Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Arthur Augusto de Matos Soares[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 17 March 2003||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Belo Horizonte, Brazil[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Dínamo de Araxá | |||||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | América Mineiro | ||||||||||||||||
2020 | → Flamengo (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | América Mineiro | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Bayer Leverkusen | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2023 | Brazil U20 | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Brazil | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:50, 12 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:24, 27 June 2023 (UTC) |
Arthur Augusto de Matos Soares (born 17 March 2003), simply known as Arthur, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Brazil national team.[2]
Born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Arthur joined América Mineiro's youth setup in 2019, after starting it out at Dínamo de Araxá. On 29 November of that year, he was loaned to Flamengo, with a buyout clause.[3]
Arthur returned to América in 2021, and was promoted to the first team in December 2021.[4] He made his senior debut on 25 January 2022, starting in a 1–2 Campeonato Mineiro away loss against Caldense.[5]
Arthur made his Série A debut on 15 May 2022, coming on as a half-time substitute for Índio Ramírez in a 0–1 away loss against Coritiba.[6]
On 3 April 2023, Arthur signed a five-year contract with German club Bayer Leverkusen, effective in July.[7]
Arthur won the 2023 South American U-20 Championship with Brazil's U20s. On 25 March 2023, he made his debut for the senior national team in a friendly against Morocco.[8]
Club | Season | League | State league[a] | National cup[b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
América Mineiro | 2022 | Série A | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
Total | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
Bayer Leverkusen | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
2024–25 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
Career total | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Brazil | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
Bayer Leverkusen
Brazil U20