🏅 Ballon D'OneFootball 2025: Jorginho of Flamengo takes ninth place | OneFootball

One of the masterminds behind the multi-champion Flamengo, Jorginho is ranked NINTH in the Ballon D'OneFootball 2025 award.

The award, given by Brazilian journalists from OneFootball, lists the best-performing players throughout 2025 in Brazil, considering all competitions.

We will reveal one name per day until December 25, when the winner of the Ballon D'OneFootball 2025 will be announced.

A GREAT (half) year ⚫🔴

Jorginho appears in the Top-10 of the Ballon D'OneFootball 2025 despite having played only half the year - and that says a lot about the performance of Flamengo's number 21.

Announced by Fla on June 6, the former Arsenal player might have been better positioned if he had played the entire year in Brazilian football.

In these six months, Jorginho played 32 games, scoring five goals and providing three assists.

He was decisive, for example, in the 3-2 victory over Palmeiras in the 29th round of the Brasileirão.

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Much more than numbers 🧠

However, the numbers do not reflect Jorginho's importance to the red-black team.

Despite directly participating in "only" eight goals in these 32 games, Jorginho is the brain of the midfield.

The 33-year-old player acts as a watchdog and also as a maestro to initiate the transition from defense to attack.

Coach Filipe Luís, for example, has already described Jorginho as "complete" and a "star".

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A lucky charm 🏆🏆

In these six months with Flamengo, Jorginho won two titles that many traditional Brazilian football clubs do not have.

The midfielder helped the club become the champion of the Libertadores and, shortly after, the Brasileirão. And it could have been more...

In the Intercontinental final against PSG, Jorginho even converted the penalty that took the game to extra time and penalties.

However, the midfielder left the field at the 28th minute of the second half. And Fla lost the title to the French in the penalty shootout (2-1).

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