Likely Arboleda exit could make Luciano São Paulo's longest-serving man | OneFootball

With the likely departure of Roberth Arboleda, forward Luciano should become the longest-serving player in São Paulo’s squad. At Tricolor since August 2020, the No. 10 is one of the main attacking pieces in Roger Machado’s team.

The Ecuadorian center-back, who has played for São Paulo since July 2017, became one of the squad’s leaders and even wore the captain’s armband. However, this season, Arboleda is going through one of his biggest crises in the Tricolor shirt.

Arboleda was supposed to report at 12 p.m. (Brasília time) last Saturday at SuperCT for São Paulo’s pre-match camp before facing Cruzeiro, but he did not show up and was left out of the squad list for the Brazilian Championship match.

Internally, São Paulo heard that Arboleda had traveled to Ecuador in a hurry during the early hours of the morning. The club, however, had no official confirmation of the player’s whereabouts, since it tried to contact him and received no response.

Now, the defender has posted indirect messages aimed at São Paulo and is unlikely to report back to the club. As a result, Arboleda should end his spell with São Paulo after nine seasons, 359 matches, and three titles: the 2021 Campeonato Paulista, the 2023 Copa do Brasil, and the 2024 Supercopa do Brasil.

New record holder

In nearly six seasons with São Paulo, Luciano has made 336 appearances, scored 105 goals, and provided 33 assists. In addition, the forward won three titles with Tricolor: the 2021 Campeonato Paulista, the 2023 Copa do Brasil, and the 2024 Supercopa do Brasil.

Although he is not the player who has been tied to the club the longest — behind Calleri, who had a brief spell in 2016, and Luan, who made his professional debut in 2020 before the forward arrived but was loaned to Vitória in 2024 — Luciano is the player with the longest consecutive time in São Paulo’s squad.

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