Starting in 2027, the limit on the number of foreign players on Series A and B club rosters—as listed on the official game reports for Brazilian Championship matches—will be reduced. Currently, there are 159 players considered foreign—from 26 countries—in the national top division: an average of eight per club. Of that total, 25% were not born in Brazil. Under current regulations, a club may list up to nine foreign players on the game sheet per match. The proposal approved by the clubs calls for starting the reduction with eight foreign players in 2027 and reaching a limit of five by 2030. Foreign players at each club: Athletico-PR (11 foreign players): Carlos Terán, Aguirre, Vargas, Alejandro García, Portilla, Viveros, Jorge Rivaldo, and Mendoza (Colombia); Lucas Esquivel, Benavidez, and Zapelli (Argentina) Atlético-MG (9 foreign players): Alan Franco, Alan Minda, and Preciado (Ecuador); Borbas, Tomás Pérez, and Cuello (Argentina); Cassierra and Kevin Castaño (Colombia); and Mamady Cissé (Guinea) Bahia (8 foreign players): Alejo Véliz, Guido Herrera, Lautaro López, Sanabria, and Román Agustín Gómez (Argentina); Marco Moreno (Spain); Michel Araújo and Acevedo (Uruguay) Bragantino (8 foreign players): Herrera (Argentina); Mosquera and Weimar Palacios (Colombia), Sosa (Uruguay); Sant’Anna, Guzmán Rodríguez (Uruguay), Isidro Pitta (Paraguay), Hurtado (Ecuador) Chapecoense (5 foreign players): Borrero (Colombia), Miguel Carvalho (Spain); Franco Rossi (Uruguay); Bolasie (DR Congo), and Kevin Ramírez (Uruguay) Corinthians (7 foreign players): Labyad (Morocco); Garro and Angileri (Argentina); Milans (Uruguay); Carrillo (Peru); Lingard (England); Memphis (Netherlands) Coritiba (7 foreign players): Nico Fonseca, Ocampo, and Lavega (Uruguay); Bustos (Argentina); Sebastián Gómez and Ararat (Colombia); and Josué (Portugal) Cruzeiro (9 foreign players): Viña and Lucho Rodríguez (Uruguay); Villalba, Romero, Rojas (Argentina); Sinisterra and Neyser Villarreal (Colombia); Arroyo (Ecuador) and Peralta (Paraguay) Botafogo (12 foreign players): Mateo Ponte, Lucas Monzón, and Lucas Villalba (Uruguay); Ferraresi (Venezuela); Medina and Montoro (Argentina); Domingos Andrade (Angola); Jhoan Hernández and Jordan Barrera (Colombia); Loor (Ecuador); Ziyech (Morocco) and Kadir (Panama) Flamengo (10 foreign players): Rossi and Freitas (Argentina); Arrascaeta, De la Cruz, Varela (Uruguay); Pulgar (Chile), Saúl (Spain); Carrascal (Colombia), Plata and Valencia (Ecuador) Fluminense (9 foreign players): Acosta, Cano, Castillo, and Freytes (Argentina); Millán and Serna (Colombia); Canobbio (Uruguay); Savarino and Soteldo (Venezuela) Grêmio (10 foreign players): Krovinovic (Croatia), Enamorado (Colombia), Nardoni and Pavón (Argentina), Jovane Cabral (Cape Verde), Noriega (Peru), Amuzu (Belgium); Balbuena and Villasanti (Paraguay); Braithwaite (Denmark) Internacional (10 foreign players): Rochet (Uruguay), Maripán (Chile); Félix Torres (Ecuador); Gabriel Mercado, Bernabei, Aguirre, Villagra (Argentina); Benjamin (Ghana), Carbonero (Colombia), and Sanabria (Paraguay); Eliasson (Sweden) Palmeiras (8 foreign players): Barboza, Emiliano Martínez, and Piquerez (Uruguay); Flaco López and Giay (Argentina); Gustavo Gómez and Sosa (Paraguay); Jhon Arias (Colombia) Santos (6 foreign players): Caballero (Paraguay); Barreal, Escobar, and Rollheiser (Argentina); Oliva (Uruguay); Miguelito (Bolivia) São Paulo (7 foreign players): Duarte and Cedric (Portugal); Arboleda (Ecuador); Calleri and Enzo Diaz (Argentina), Buta (Angola), Bobadilla (Paraguay) Vitória (6 foreign players): Brítez, Pochettino, Martínez, Tarzia (Argentina); Ismael (Portugal); Laquintana (Uruguay) Vasco (11 foreign players): Puma Rodríguez and Saldívia (Uruguay); Andrés Gómez, Rojas, Hinestroza, and Carlos Cuesta (Colombia); Colídio, Lescano, Sosa, and Spinelli (Uruguay); Nuno Moreira (Portugal) Remo (6 foreign players): Andrés González (Colombia); Tchamba (Cameroon); Catarozzi and Tassano (Uruguay); Picco (Argentina) and Galeano (Paraguay)   submitted by   /u/Exhausted_98 [link]   [comments]