Ahead of the new season 2025/2026, Ho Chi Minh City Police Club has officially launched the highest valuation of V.League – Matheus Felipe Santos.
On the morning of August 10, 2025, the homepage of Ho Chi Minh City Police Club officially introduced their first foreign soldiers in the new season. It was the Brazilian center -back, Matheus Felipe Santos.
“Ho Chi Minh City Police Club officially successfully recruited center -back Maheus Felipe Santos. With the ideal bodybuilding, competing and reading good situations, the Brazilian player will be the perfect piece for the defense of the unified team,” the fanpage of Saigon team clearly stated.
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Ho Chi Minh City Police Club has launched Matheus Felipe Santos. |
Ho Chi Minh City Police Club is showing great ambition in the V-League 2025/26 when successfully recruiting Brazilian center-back, Matheus Felipe Santos. With Transfermarkt pricing up to 1 million euros (about 30.5 billion), Matheus became the most expensive foreign soldier in the tournament history.
Matheus was present in Ho Chi Minh City on August 8, completed the medical examination and attended the team's military ceremony in the afternoon of the same day. With an ideal height of 1m86 and experience playing at famous Brazilian clubs such as Athletico Paranaense and Gremio Prudente, the 1998 center -back is expected to become a “steel block” in the defense of the team.
Matheus is only part of the plan to build an ambitious squad of Ho Chi Minh City Police. Along with this center -back, the unified team also successfully recruited midfielder Samuel Bastien – who had experience playing football in the English Premier League in the Burnley shirt. In addition, the club retained the Enrick striker, the Malaysian national player impressed last season.
The strength of the Ho Chi Minh City Police also comes from the quality of the internal soldiers, with the presence of prominent names such as Vietnam Golden Ball Nguyen Tien Linh, former U23 player Pham Duc Huy, and other talented players such as Dang Van Nho, Pham Van Luan and Nguyen Duc Phu.
With the experienced experience of coach Le Huynh Duc, the military leader has twice won the V-League, the Ho Chi Minh City Police team promises to shape a typical and identical play.
Their first match in the new season will be an attractive competition on Thong Nhat Stadium, when the Ho Chi Minh City Police welcomed Hanoi FC at 19h15 on August 16, marking the strong return of the police team.