Mateus

Mateus's current-season form is level with last season (Season 22→22), while his Rating held around 24. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 49).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2027/28	Nagoya Grampus · 13th	3	0	0	6.47	24	22
2025/26	Nagoya Grampus · 16th	25	5	2	7.07	24	22
2024/25	Al Taawon · 8th	8	0	1	7	27	3
2023/24	Al Taawon · 4th	19	6	5	7.56	41	33
2023/24	Nagoya Grampus · 6th	21	4	2	7.23	39	23
2022/23	Nagoya Grampus · 8th	30	8	4	7.27	48	40

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 9 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral midfielder

Mateus is a 31-year-old central midfielder at Nagoya Grampus, enjoying a standout season — 5 goals and 2 assists in 25 appearances, a Season grade of 25. On long-term scout potential he's rated 24.6. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option (48.4% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Mateus.

On the season, Mateus graded 25 for current form (age-blind), on 5 goals, 2 assists and 0.924 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 22 → 22). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 25. At 31 Mateus is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 5 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2020/21Holding levelBreakout: 2025/26Injury-hit 2025/26

24.6

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

25.3

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

48.4%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.92

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Nagoya Grampus finished 16th of 20 · a lower-table side

Apps

0.92

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

0.92 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 25 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (16th of 20) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 5 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.38 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.

Watch points

Game time. Only 48.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Defensive numbers. Modest 0.92 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 24.6 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (0.92 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %48.4%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.272

Assists / 900.109

Goal contribution / 900.381

Defensive actions / 900.924

Player flow

Goal involvements7

Cards / 900.163

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~11), then tapers with age. At 31, Mateus sits on 5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Mateus's projected Rating — 24.6 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the J1 League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals5

Passing

Assists2

Defending

Tackles13

Interceptions4

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

Nagoya GrampusJan 2025 – nowFree Transfer

Al TaawonAug 2023 – Jan 2025

Nagoya Grampus(back from loan)Jan 2020 – Aug 2023

Yokohama F. Marinos(on loan)Aug 2019 – Jan 2020

Nagoya GrampusJan 2019 – Aug 2019

Omiya ArdijaJul 2015 – Jan 2019

BahiaJan 2015 – Jul 2015

Omiya Ardijauntil Jan 2015

About Mateus

Mateus dos Santos Castro is a 31-year-old central midfielder who plays for Nagoya Grampus, born on September 11, 1994 in Itabuna, standing 167 cm tall. He is from Brazil. Nagoya Grampus currently sit 13th of 20 in the J1 League.

This season

In the current season, Mateus has made 3 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 138 minutes.

Mateus's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Nagoya Grampus face Fagiano Okayama at home in the J1 League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Mateus at 24.6 with a Season form score of 25.3. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 8 career titles — among them the J-League Cup and the J1 League. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 14 recorded seasons, Mateus has totalled 299 club appearances with 63 goals and 25 assists for 6 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2018/19, with 41 appearances for Omiya Ardija.

Mateus's career has also included time at Al Taawon, Yokohama F. Marinos, Omiya Ardija and Bahia.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.