Mateus Mané
Portuguese footballer (born 2007)
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Mateus Bula Dami Mané (born 16 September 2007) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mateus Bula Dami Mané | ||
| Date of birth | 16 September 2007 | ||
| Place of birth | Barreiro, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| Number | 36 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2016 | Barreirense | ||
| Manchester Cobras | |||
| Moston Brook | |||
| Bee-Inspired Football Academy | |||
| 2023–2024 | Rochdale | ||
| 2024–2025 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024–2025 | England U18 | 7 | (0) |
| 2026– | Portugal U21 | 2 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:33, 24 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:54, 2 April 2026 (UTC) | |||
Club career
A product of his local club Barreirense, he moved to Moston, Manchester, England with his mother aged eight in 2016.[2]
After playing for grassroots clubs Manchester Cobras, Moston Brook and Bee-Inspired Football Academy,[3] he joined Rochdale's youth academy in 2023 where he finished his development before appearing once on the bench in a National League match against Dagenham & Redbridge on 3 February 2024.[4]
On 25 February 2024, he joined the academy of Wolverhampton Wanderers.[5] He was included in a Premier League match-day squad for the first time for Wolves, for a match against Fulham on 25 February 2025.[6]
On 10 May 2025, he made his senior and professional debut with Wolves as a substitute in a 2–0 Premier League loss to Brighton & Hove Albion.[7]
On 27 December 2025, after a series of substitute appearances, he made his first start for Wolves, in a 2–1 league defeat away at Liverpool.[8] On 3 January 2026, Mané scored his first senior goal, assisted, and won a penalty in a 3–0 win at Molineux against West Ham United, which was also Wolves' first league win of the season.[9]
International career
Born in Portugal, Mané is of Bissau-Guinean descent[10] and moved to England at the age of eight.[11] He holds Portuguese, Bissau-Guinean and British citizenship. In October 2024, he was simultaneously called up to the Portugal U18s and England U18s, where he opted to play for the latter.[12]
In March 2026, Mane was named in the Portugal under-21 squad for the first time ahead of their Euro U21 qualifiers against Azerbaijan and Scotland,[13] appearing off the bench in both matches as Portugal claimed a pair of victories.
Career statistics
- As of match played 24 May 2026[14]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 | 2024–25[15] | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2025–26[16] | — | — | — | 3[a] | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Total | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2024–25[15] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2025–26[16] | Premier League | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 3 | ||
| Total | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 5 | ||
- Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy