Tuesday, February 19, 2008

2008 - Brazilians Playing Abroad

This is a current list of the number of Brazilians on first team squads in top-level leagues overseas.


144 - Portuguese Liga
42 - Japan J-League
40 - Italian Serie A
37 - France Ligue 1
30 - German Bundesliga
28 - Spanish La Liga
22 - Korea K-League
18 - Ukrainian Premier League
15 - Dutch Eredivisie
14 - EPL
14 - Russian Premier League
12 - Qatari League


Interestingly, every team in the Japanese J-League has at least one Brazilian. Portugal has the most Brazilians for obvious reasons, but I still found it amazing that C.S. Maritimo has 16 Brazilians on their current squad. The Swedish Allsvenskan, A-League, MLS, and Danish Superliga were close to making the list.

4 comments:

  1. There are lots of Brazilians in Turkish Super League too. I don't know the total number of them but let me search and write it down here.

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  2. Well, it's about 34-36. I couldn't find the clear number. There are different numbers on different sources. But according to a more trustful website, 34 Brazilians there are.

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  3. Thanks Scapula,

    I appreciate your input, although, this particular post is nearly a year old. I've since done a comprehensive post of all the Brazilians in Europe if you're interested. Thanks for reading!

    http://www.thebesteleven.com/2008/12/complete-brazilians-in-europe-december.html

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  4. Hi TheBestEleven,

    I've recently discovered your blog and started reading all the posts from the begining. That's why i didn't see the newer post.

    Thanks and congrats for preparing this site!

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