Cunha is far from the first footballer to find Jiu-Jitsu of course, as celebrity BJJ practitioners have come from many different walks of life. It’s not usually until retirement that professional athletes start training in it though, like fellow former Wolverhampton Wanderers player Carl Ikeme. As a Brazilian Cunha will have plenty of people to train with whenever he’s back in his home-country and even on the squad itself, blue belt Joao Gomes is another player who fallen in love with the sport. Cunha even played alongside Gomes at Wolves from 2023 to 2025, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see them training together on the mats soon enough.
Lucio ‘Lagarto’ Rodrigues shared the footage of Matheus Cunha receiving the first stripe on his BJJ white belt in a recent post to his official Instagram account:
