Players born in Brazil
144 born here.
86 of them
have an appearance on record,
4,176 games and
160,864 minutes between them.
The 100 with the most games on record, of 144.
Players born in Brazil, most games played first
#
name
born
birthplace
gp
min
g
1
Felipe Martins
Sept. 30, 1990
Engenheiro Beltrao, Brazil
295
19528
23
2
Benny Feilhaber
Jan. 19, 1985
Río de Janeiro, Brazil
273
21667
41
3
Paulo Nagamura
March 2, 1983
São Paulo, Brazil
265
21365
16
4
Marcelo Sarvas
Oct. 16, 1981
São Paulo, Brazil
183
14142
15
5
Vitor Gomes Pereira Júnior
Jan. 8, 1989
Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil
176
14537
15
6
Anderson
Oct. 24, 1989
Caravelas, Brazil
156
10912
7
7
Eli Durante
—
São Paulo, Brazil
147
—
30
8
Carlos Alberto
July 17, 1944
Río de Janeiro, Brazil
119
—
8
9
Zequinha
Nov. 18, 1934
Leopoldina, Brazil
116
—
24
10
Jorge Siega
April 3, 1947
Cotipora, Brazil
112
—
23
11
Carlos Metidieri
Dec. 18, 1942
Sorocaba, Brazil
111
—
59
12
Jackson
June 3, 1988
Franca, Brazil
109
7105
23
13
Uriel Da Veiga
Aug. 28, 1940
Niteroi, Brazil
107
—
6
14
Ivair Ferreira
Jan. 27, 1945
São Paulo, Brazil
105
—
22
15
Siri Moura
Jan. 25, 1954
Río de Janeiro, Brazil
96
—
3
16
Luís Fernando
March 29, 1955
São Paulo, Brazil
91
—
59
17
Alex Monteiro de Lima
Dec. 15, 1988
São Paulo, Brazil
82
4741
3
18
Thiago da Rosa Correa
April 7, 1982
Porto Alegre, Brazil
79
5815
10
19
Michel Garbini Pereira
June 9, 1981
Vitoria, Brazil
74
4985
12
20
Iris DeBrito
April 15, 1945
Río de Janeiro, Brazil
73
—
30
21
Nelsi Morais
Oct. 22, 1951
Santos, Brazil
63
—
1
22
Tatú
Feb. 1, 1962
Mairnique, Brazil
60
—
24
23
Pelé
Oct. 23, 1940
Tres Coracoes, Brazil
56
—
31
24
Jose Neto
June 5, 1955
Aracaju, Brazil
54
1129
8
25
Renato Costa
Feb. 12, 1948
Bahia, Brazil
53
—
13
26
Kaká
April 22, 1982
Gama, Brazil
51
4003
15
27
Ilsinho
Oct. 12, 1985
São Paulo, Brazil
50
2833
12
28
Marcos González
June 9, 1980
Río de Janeiro, Brazil
50
4108
1
29
André Rocha
Aug. 19, 1984
São Paulo, Brazil
49
3421
5
30
Val Fernandes
March 24, 1958
São Paulo, Brazil
46
—
0
31
Francisco Marinho
Feb. 8, 1952
Natal, Brazil
43
—
11
32
Fred Carreiro
Aug. 18, 1979
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
42
2339
5
33
Pablo Campos
Jan. 29, 1983
Río de Janeiro, Brazil
41
1445
4
34
Mario Baesso
Sept. 5, 1945
São Paulo, Brazil
39
—
12
35
Milton
Aug. 1, 1957
Santos, Brazil
36
—
14
36
Renato Cila
Nov. 23, 1951
Cruzalia, Brazil
36
—
0
37
Jose Berico
Nov. 29, 1947
São Paulo, Brazil
35
—
8
38
Jorge Miguel
Nov. 3, 1943
Votorantum, Brazil
32
—
0
39
Leo Fernandes
Dec. 23, 1991
São Paulo, Brazil
32
1234
2
40
Mirandinha
Feb. 26, 1952
São Paulo, Brazil
32
—
8
41
Pedro Ribeiro
June 13, 1990
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
30
1235
4
42
Miguel DeLima
Sept. 9, 1937
Paraiba, Brazil
29
—
0
43
Ismael Moreira
—
Río de Janeiro, Brazil
27
—
0
44
Ricardo Virtuoso
March 1, 1984
Guarapuava, Brazil
27
1751
3
45
Curt Onalfo
Nov. 19, 1969
São Paulo, Brazil
26
1096
0
46
Ednaldo da Conceicao
Feb. 6, 1976
Río de Janeiro, Brazil
24
993
1
47
Júlio Baptista
Oct. 1, 1981
São Paulo, Brazil
23
729
6
48
Juninho
Jan. 8, 1989
Sao Jose de Campos, Brazil
21
1528
1
49
Alvaro Pires
March 11, 1985
Jardinopolis, Brazil
19
1253
1
50
Alex Cazumba
June 30, 1988
Amelia Rodrigues, Brazil
18
830
1
51
Dorivaldo Becca
—
São Paulo, Brazil
18
—
0
52
Ricardo Alves Pereira
Aug. 8, 1988
Sinop, Brazil
18
601
0
53
Badu DaCruz
July 20, 1946
Niteroi, Brazil
16
—
4
54
Hipolito Chilinque
Sept. 12, 1940
Río de Janeiro, Brazil
16
—
5
55
Teodoro Santana
Oct. 22, 1947
Santos, Brazil
15
—
0
56
Francisco Lima
April 17, 1971
Manaus, Brazil
14
1183
0
57
Paulo Dias
Feb. 27, 1944
Río de Janeiro, Brazil
13
—
0
58
Abel
Sept. 1, 1952
Río de Janeiro, Brazil
12
90
2
59
Fernando Puglia
Jan. 23, 1937
Recife, Brazil
12
270
7
60
Geovanni
Jan. 11, 1980
Acaiaca, Brazil
12
777
1
61
Rildo
Jan. 23, 1942
Recife, Brazil
12
—
0
62
Ney Marques de Sousa
—
Pierdace de Paraopeda, Brazil
11
—
0
63
Diego DaSilva
Oct. 21, 1942
Río de Janeiro, Brazil
10
—
0
64
Erick Neres da Cruz
Aug. 24, 1988
São Paulo, Brazil
10
742
0
65
Bruno Siciliano
Jan. 19, 1938
Río de Janeiro, Brazil
8
—
0
66
Eduardo Adelino da Silva
Oct. 13, 1979
Río de Janeiro, Brazil
8
303
0
67
Willian Oliveira
May 31, 1984
São Paulo, Brazil
8
381
1
68
Rafael Teixeira
July 13, 1992
Agua Boa, Brazil
7
331
1
69
Bruno Menezes
March 20, 1984
Santos, Brazil
6
465
0
70
Beriba Santana
—
Salvador, Brazil
5
—
0
71
Jairo
—
Maceiao Alagoas, Brazil
4
—
1
72
Matheus Silva
Dec. 8, 1996
São Paulo, Brazil
4
139
0
73
Beto
Oct. 30, 1964
São Paulo, Brazil
3
270
1
74
Dejair Jorge Ferreira
Dec. 14, 1977
Brasília, Brazil
3
128
1
75
Paulo Mata
July 16, 1946
Bahia, Brazil
3
—
1
76
Miguel Pereira
Sept. 20, 1949
Río de Janeiro, Brazil
2
—
0
77
Roberto Linck
July 31, 1988
Cachoeira do Sul, Brazil
2
16
0
78
Tiago Ulisses
May 9, 1989
São Paulo, Brazil
2
180
0
79
Vinny Secchi
Feb. 2, 1958
Aracatuba, Brazil
2
—
0
80
Berto
June 4, 1947
São Paulo, Brazil
1
—
0
81
Cinesinho
Jan. 1, 1935
Rio Grande, Brazil
1
—
0
82
Lauriberto Ignacio
June 4, 1949
San Pedro, Brazil
1
—
0
83
Luís Eduardo Schmidt
Jan. 10, 1979
Jau, Brazil
1
89
0
84
Mauricio Salles
March 1, 1978
Salvador, Brazil
1
85
1
85
Nicola Gravina
Dec. 6, 1935
Río de Janeiro, Brazil
1
—
0
86
Sullivan Silva
July 14, 1988
Goiânia, Brazil
1
90
0
87
Paul Mendes
April 28, 1954
São Paulo, Brazil
0
—
0
88
Rivelino
Jan. 1, 1946
São Paulo, Brazil
0
—
1
89
Adauto Oliveira-Neto
Dec. 31, 1980
Itabuna, Brazil
—
—
—
90
Ademir Vieira
Oct. 21, 1951
São Paulo, Brazil
—
—
—
91
Alex Ely
Feb. 9, 1938
São Paulo, Brazil
—
—
—
92
Alex Titton
Sept. 25, 1990
Porto Alegre, Brazil
—
—
—
93
Ariel Germiniani
April 7, 1990
Ouro Fino, Brazil
—
—
—
94
Batata
Nov. 5, 1955
Londrina, Brazil
—
—
—
95
Bebeto
Feb. 16, 1964
Salvador, Brazil
—
—
—
96
Bruno Ferretti
Jan. 25, 1968
Río de Janeiro, Brazil
—
—
—
97
Cafu
June 7, 1970
São Paulo, Brazil
—
—
—
98
Claudio DeOliveira
Dec. 10, 1960
São Paulo, Brazil
—
—
—
99
Cristiano Dias
May 25, 1986
Machado, Brazil
—
—
—
100
Daniel Mendes
Jan. 18, 1981
São Paulo, Brazil
—
—
—
gp games played ·
min minutes played · g goals. All three
are career totals across every competition on record, not just the ones played
near here.
Minutes were not recorded at all in the ASL, the original NASL or the indoor leagues, so a career spent there shows games and no minutes. Totals are summed from what the record holds — see the coverage note .