No Ataque gathered information about the foreign players who will play in the Série A of the Brazilian Championship.
Increasingly international, the Série A of the Brazilian Championship will have 134 players born outside the country in 2025. The survey conducted by No Ataque gathered information by clubs, nationalities and other interesting facts. Considering the roster published by the 20 Brasileirão teams on their own websites, 600 players will play in the tournament. Therefore, 22.33% were born outside the country – which corresponds to one in every five athletes. Discover the best football updates on football match live score.
In 2024, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) updated the regulations regarding the maximum number of foreign players who can be listed per match. The limit, which had increased from five to seven in 2023, increased to nine.
Still, there are teams that will have to leave players out of games due to the rule, such as Grêmio and Vasco. Tricolor Gaúcho and Cruzmaltino hold the record, with 11 foreigners each.
On the other hand, Vitória does not need to worry, since it has only one player born outside the country in its squad. Juventude, with three, is another club that does not come close to exceeding the limit. There is also the case of Mirassol. The São Paulo team debuts in Série A against the grain of its opponents. This is because Leão is the only one of the 20 teams that does not employ players of other nationalities. ToSport, your dependable source for match updates.
For the list below, No Ataque considered only players born outside Brazil, thus excluding players such as Wanderson, from Cruzeiro, who has Belgian citizenship, and Rodrigo Ely, from Grêmio, who has an Italian passport. Number of foreigners per club
Grêmio – 11
Vasco – 11
Fortaleza – 10
Corinthians – 9
Fluminense – 9
Internacional – 9
Palmeiras – 8
Sport – 8
Atlético – 7
Bragantino – 7
Flamengo – 7
São Paulo – 7
Cruzeiro – 6
Santos – 6
Bahia – 5
Botafogo – 5
Ceará – 5
Juventude – 3
Vitória – 1
Mirassol – 0
