Flamengo’s Douglas Telles on comeback, reveals debut goal plans

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·18 November 2025

Flamengo’s Douglas Telles on comeback, reveals debut goal plans

Douglas Telles, 18 years old, scores his first professional goal

There’s nothing like one day after another. The cliché, adapted to football, would be: there’s nothing like one game after another. On November 6th, Douglas Telles left the Estádio Luso-Brasileiro devastated after missing a penalty in the knockout stage of the Copa do Brasil U-20. Nine days later, the young player scored his first goal as a professional.

Asked by the Coluna do Fla team about what he would do with the shirt from his debut goal against Sport, Douglas replied that he will frame it. In addition, the Ninho academy product showed personality when analyzing the missed penalty against Atlético-MG.

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“In a decisive U-20 match, I missed the penalty, but only those who take penalties miss them. It happened, it wasn’t supposed to, but now it’s time to look forward. I missed the penalty and it’s done,” said Douglas Telles. On that occasion, Flamengo lost the first leg 2-0, returned the score in the second leg, but fell in the penalty shootout.

WHAT ELSE DID DOUGLAS TELLES SAY?

With a smile from ear to ear, Douglas Telles spoke about other topics in his first interview as a professional, after scoring the fifth goal in the 5-1 rout. The 18-year-old gem, who signed his first professional contract at 16, did not hide that the goal against Sport will never be forgotten.

— For any player moving up from the youth team to the professional squad, scoring a goal takes a weight off your shoulders. Debuting with a goal is the realization of a dream. I will never forget this date. Thousands of things went through my mind. My family, my aunt Viviane, who always supported me. She passed away at the beginning of this year and couldn’t see this. I believe she’s in heaven, proud of me. After the game, my phone was full of messages from my family, I spoke to my mother, they congratulated me on my debut. It’s hard to explain — said Douglas.

— When Filipe (Luís) was in the U-17, I learned a lot from him and the coaching staff. I’m very grateful to him for this opportunity. Since my first training session with the professionals, the players welcomed me in an incredible way. They supported me and gave me tips, we move up to learn from them, and they help a lot — he added.

— Flamengo chose the shirt number and I wasn’t going to refuse it (laughs). What I want is to always wear Flamengo’s shirt, I want to fulfill my dream here and win titles. If Flamengo wins the Libertadores and the Brasileirão, everyone will be a champion — he concluded, when asked about wearing the number 81 shirt.

WHAT IS DOUGLAS TELLES’ RELEASE CLAUSE?

In short, Douglas Telles’ contract has a release clause of 90 million euros (R$ 554 million at the current exchange rate). Left-footed, the 18-year-old is a right winger and stands out for his physical explosiveness, speed, and dribbling. With Filipe Luís, the academy product won the Copa Rio U-17.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.