Matheus Vieira saw his career change dramatty in a moment. It was the final stretch of the preseason in São Caetano, and he prepares to play the Serie A2 of the Paulista Championship, his great chance of gaining visibility in football. But a move changed everything.
“I went to change direction in a divided, firmly my leg and I felt the snap. I knew it was serious, ”recalls the 23 -year -old defender. The diagnosis came fast: cruciate ligament injury. What he is does not expect was that the club would not help in treatment costs.
“O club didn’t get what you should, you know? At least with physiotherapy support, or with professionals who could help me with recovery. That did not have. EU had already received salary, allowance, but the official contract would only leave in the week of the debut in Camponato. As an injury came before, I was helpless, ”he said.
Without support, Matheus had to look for alternatives. “O time passed and I didn’t even know where I would do the surgery. Until I got a contact without public hospital from Jabaquara and was operated by SUS. The running of time, because it could harm my future. ”
O postoperative, however, was even more challenging. Housed at the club’s headquarters, with no rehabilitation structure, he decided to return to Santos, his hometown. “No club I don’t take access to the physiotherapist, appliances, nothing. There were not even people to get me by car, so sometimes I was limping to the stadium to tread some forgucio alone. Today I am recovered, but I spent a perrengue, ”he said.
Before the lesion, Matheus accumulated experiences categories base cattle of major clubs. Graduated in Jabaquara and Portuguesa Santista, she arrived in São Paulo at 16. There, he played the Sao Paulo Junior Football Cup of 2020 and arrived a training with Fernando Diniz on the professional team. Then he went to Cruzeiro, where he made his last year of under-20 and arrived an intended the main cast of Vanderlei Luxembourg.
When I return to step on the countryside, he realized that as doors in Brazil were closed. It was then that an opportunity came to move to Italy, where his wife had a family. “We thought about it, but after the injury, it made even more sense. Here you could start over. ”
After arriving in Europe, Matheus signed with the fifth division Sangiuste VP was where the only foreigner. The athlete says that a routine was tiring: “He lived in Fano and trained in Morrovall. It was 2h30 of Trea to go and another 2h30 of Trea to return. He left home at 9 am and returned at 9 am. ”
Now, at Ellera Calco, his second club in Italy, he has 40 games as a professional, 37 in European football. “My goal is to get far here in Italy, play a Series A or B. I even have the desire to go back to Brazil, but I know I still have a lot to show here in Italy and Europe. I want to have a Great Championship Optority, like a Champions League Cup and UEFA ”.
