Mateus Caramelo

Brazilian footballer (1994-2016)

Mateus Lucena dos Santos (30 August 1994 – 28 November 2016), commonly known as Caramelo, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played for Chapecoense on loan from São Paulo FC as a right back.

Mateus Caramelo
Personal information
Full name Mateus Lucena dos Santos
Date of birth (1994-08-30)30 August 1994
Place of birth Araçatuba, Brazil
Date of death 28 November 2016(2016-11-28) (aged 22)
Place of death La Unión, Colombia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
2009–2013 Mogi Mirim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Mogi Mirim 3 (0)
2013–2016 São Paulo 15 (0)
2014Atlético Goianiense (loan) 23 (1)
2015Chapecoense (loan) 5 (0)
2016Chapecoense (loan) 3 (0)
Total 49 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Caramelo was one of the victims when LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crashed on 28 November 2016.

Career statistics

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As of 27 November 2016[1]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mogi Mirim 2013 Série C 0 0 3 0 3 0
São Paulo 2013 Série A 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2016 4 0 8 0 0 0 4[a] 0 16 0
Subtotal 7 0 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 19 0
Atlético Goianiense 2014 Série B 13 1 10 0 1 0 24 1
Chapecoense 2015 Série A 4 0 1 0 0 0 4[b] 0 9 0
2016 3 0 3[b] 0 6 0
Subtotal 7 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 15 0
Career total 27 1 22 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 61 1
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  2. 2.0 2.1 Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

Honours

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Chapecoense

References

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  1. Caramelo at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  2. "CONMEBOL otorga el título de campeón de la Sudamericana 2016 a Chapecoense y reconoce a Atlético Nacional con el premio del centenario de la CONMEBOL al Fair Play" [CONMEBOL awards 2016 Sudamericana champion title to Chapecoense and bestows Atlético Nacional with CONMEBOL century Fair Play award] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 December 2016. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.