América end seven-year wait for Brazilian players in the squad | OneFootball

Just a few days ago, Club América officially announced the arrival of Rodrigo Dourado as the team's first signing ahead of the Clausura 2026.

Dourado arrived at the express request of André Jardine, who knows him well after having coached him at Atlético de San Luis, making him the first Brazilian player to join the Águilas under his management.

But that's not all—since 2018, the Águilas had not had a Brazilian player on their roster, with the last one being William Da Silva.

The last Brazilians to wear the América jersey.

Brazilian players are the second most common nationality to have worn the América jersey, but incredibly, seven years had passed without one on the team.

Since André Jardine's arrival, it was said that he would look to bring in players he trusted, but unfortunately, the board never fulfilled his requests and instead offered him different options to strengthen the team.

These have been the most recent Brazilian players with América:

From this list of players, only two lasted more than a year at América, and only Kleber Boas lived up to expectations; the rest failed to fit in and left the club very soon.

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