Personal information | |||
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Full name | Matheus Bitencourt da Silva | ||
Date of birth | 28 June 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Porto Alegre, Brazil | ||
Date of death | 28 November 2016 | (aged 21)||
Place of death | La Unión, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2012 | Grêmio | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | Grêmio | 37 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Barra-SC | 0 | (0) |
2015 | → Grêmio (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2016 | → 1899 Hoffenheim (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2016 | → Chapecoense (loan) | 16 | (0) |
Total | 53 | (0) | |
International career | |||
2013–2014 | Brazil U20 | 10 | (1) |
2014 | Brazil U21 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Matheus Bitencourt da Silva (28 June 1995 – 28 November 2016), known as Matheus Biteco, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for Chapecoense.[1]
Matheus Biteco was one of the victims when LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crashed on 28 November 2016.