A 2017 São Paulo Junior Football Cup it was historic. Much of this is due to a hitherto unknown defender, who was the protagonist of the campaign of, in theory, finalist Paulista de Jundiaí.
On the eve of the decision against Corinthians, it was discovered that Brendon Matheus was, in fact, Heltton Matheusa defender who had lowered his age — from 22 to 19 years old. Thus, the tricolores were excluded due to the player’s document falsification, which led Batatais to go to the final, which would end with the.
Suspended for a year, Heltton caught the attention of Vampeta, Audax’s strongman, who was moved by the defender’s story and gave the defender a chance to restart his career. Thus, from 2017 to 2020, Heltton defended both Osasco Audax and Audax Rio. In fact, he was champion in 2019.
Since then, he has played for teams from Rio, such as Friburguense, Sampaio Corrêa and 7 de Abril. Outside of Rio de Janeiro, he also defended União Frederiquense and Pacajuz, in addition to the Iraqi Naft Al-Basra. In addition, he had spells with , with which he enjoyed a historic year in 2024.
He was the Rio de Janeiro champion of Series A2 and won the title, thus ensuring a place in Series A1 of Cariocão and Series D of Brasileirão. He renewed his contract for Rio de Janeiro State — in fact, Maricá’s debut will be against Botafogo, on January 11th.
