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 change

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 change

Chapecoense

References change

  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.