Corinthians hit 100 injuries since start of 2024, report says | OneFootball

After confirmation of midfielder Vitinho’s physical issue on the afternoon of this Monday (27), which will require surgery on the meniscus in his left knee, Corinthians reached the mark of 100 injuries since January 2024. The survey was released by the Fiel Imprensa profile on X, formerly Twitter.

Vitinho has not played since April 30, when Corinthians beat Uruguay’s Peñarol 2-0 in a match valid for the 2026 Conmebol Libertadores group stage. That day, he came on at the end of the game and played for only two minutes. Since then, the player had been recovering from hip pain and a hamstring tendon injury. On July 15, he began physical transition work, but in training last Friday (24), he was injured again.

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On October 4, 2025, during Corinthians’ 3-0 win over Mirassol in Itaquera in the Brazilian Championship, the player injured the meniscus in his right knee, underwent arthroscopy, and only returned to the pitch on November 20 of that same year, in the 3-1 win over São Paulo at Neo Química Arena in the closing stretch of the Brasileirão.

At the moment, two other Corinthians players are in the medical department: left-back Hugo Farias, who has not played for 172 days after suffering a meniscus injury in his right knee and is currently in physical transition, as well as forward Kayke, who has been out for 97 days recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament injury in his left knee.

Since 2024, the Corinthians players with the most injuries have been: Raniele (eight), Memphis Depay (seven), Gustavo Henrique (six), Rodrigo Garro (five), Yuri Alberto (four), José Martínez (four), and Hugo Souza (four). Although it happened in December 2023, the injury that kept a player out the longest within this period was that of midfielder Ruan Oliveira, who tore a knee ligament and only returned to training with the Corinthians squad in September 2024. His contract was not renewed at the end of that year.

Between April 2024 and February 2025, defensive midfielder Maycon, a Corinthians academy product who is now at Atlético-MG, spent nearly 300 days without taking the field due to the same injury. Among the 2024 signings, left-back Diego Palacios had the longest period of inactivity — 426 days. He is currently on loan at Universidad Católica of Ecuador and is under contract with Timão until December 2027. For Alvinegro, he has made only four appearances (one as a starter). Before being loaned to the Ecuadorian side, he was also sent on loan to Karpaty of Ukraine, where he likewise failed to establish continuity.

One of Corinthians’ main standouts over the last two years, Rodrigo Garro struggled with physical issues at Timão mainly in 2025. Between late March and the end of May, he was sidelined while treating patellar tendinopathy in his right knee, which ended up affecting his performances on the field. Between October and November of that same year, he was also out due to a calf muscle injury.

Despite some medical setbacks, Corinthians continue preparing for their upcoming commitments. Next Thursday (30), Alvinegro return to the pitch at 7:30 p.m. (Brasília time) to face Athletico-PR at Neo Química Arena in the 21st round of the Brazilian Championship. At the moment, Timão sit ninth with 28 points — seven wins, seven draws, and six defeats — with 22 goals scored and 20 conceded.

Vitinho’s path at Corinthians

Vitinho joined Corinthians in August 2025 on a free transfer after spells at Al-Ettifaq (2022/2023 to 2024/2025) and Al-Shabab (2023/2024 – on loan), with the approval of coach Dorival Júnior, who at the time was in charge of Timão and had already worked with the player at Flamengo in 2018. Wearing the Corinthians shirt, he has one goal and four assists in 38 matches (13 as a starter) in a spell marked by some physical problems and inconsistency, which has prevented him from establishing himself as a regular starter.

His only goal for Corinthians came on February 22, 2026, when, in stoppage time, he scored a stunning goal that sent the match against Portuguesa, at Canindé, in the quarterfinals of the Campeonato Paulista, to a penalty shootout. That day, the club from Parque São Jorge advanced to the semifinals after Hugo Souza proved decisive.

In addition to the hip injury that ruled him out of Timão’s recent matches, Vitinho had also suffered a meniscus injury in his right knee in October last year. He ended up spending a little over a month out of action. With Corinthians, he was part of the squads that won the Copa do Brasil (2025) and the Supercopa do Brasil (2026) against Vasco da Gama and Flamengo, respectively. The player has also had spells at: Botafogo (where he came through the youth ranks), CSKA Moscow (Russia), Internacional, and Flamengo.

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