On holiday in Alagoas, Corinthians striker urged to stay | OneFootball

With the break for the World Cup, which takes place between June 11 and July 19 in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, the Corinthians squad is on vacation. One of the players making the most of the rest period is forward Yuri Alberto, who is in Alagoas. While there, the number 9, in a video posted on social media, was approached by a Corinthians fan who asked him to stay at the club for the rest of the season.

“Please, don’t leave Corinthians,” he said. The striker, in good spirits, took the comment lightly and laughed it off. The fan’s request comes after the player himself said in mid-May, following Corinthians’ Copa do Brasil qualification over Barra, from Santa Catarina, in the fifth round, that he wanted to experience something new. Click here to watch the video.

Photo: Rodrigo Coca/Agência Corinthians

Yuri Alberto arrived at Corinthians in mid-2022, initially on loan from Zenit of Russia. At the start of 2023, he was signed permanently in a deal involving five players – Ivan, Robert Renan, Du Queiroz, Gustavo Mantuan, and Pedrinho. Since then, he has recorded 82 goals and 23 assists in 236 matches (202 as a starter), with 105 wins, 61 draws, and 70 losses – a 53.11% win rate.

He is the top scorer in the history of Neo Química Arena, inaugurated in 2014, with 51 goals. In addition, Yuri Alberto is also the team’s leading scorer in the 21st century. In 2024, he had the most prolific season of his career, scoring 31 goals – 15 of them in the Brasileirão, where he was the competition’s top scorer and crucial in the team’s surge (from the relegation zone to the Libertadores qualifiers).

Last year, he played a decisive role in the club’s Campeonato Paulista (2025) and Copa do Brasil (2025) titles, against Palmeiras and Flamengo respectively, scoring goals in both finals. At the start of 2026, he also found the net against Flamengo in the Supercopa do Brasil.

Corinthians will return to training this Thursday (25) at CT Dr. Joaquim Grava to continue preparations for the resumption of the Brasileirão and the round of 16 of the Copa do Brasil and Conmebol Libertadores in August. Officially, Timão will return to action on July 23 at 7:30 p.m. (Brasília time) in Itaquera, in the final match of the first half of the Brazilian Championship. On July 12, Alvinegro is expected to play a friendly against FC Cascavel in Paraná.

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