Jesse Lingard could become Corinthians’ second English player in club history | OneFootball

Corinthians are close to announcing Jesse Lingard as a new signing. If completed, the move would make the attacking midfielder only the second Englishman in the club’s history.

According to Meu Timao, the other English-born player to feature for Corinthians was Colin Kazim-Richards, who was naturalised Turkish and played for Türkiye. Lingard, 33, has represented his country of birth, England.

He won 32 caps for England, scoring six goals, including one in a 6-1 win over Panama in their opening match of the 2018 World Cup.

Among the club’s foreign players, Ángel Romero leads for appearances with 377 games, plus 67 goals and six titles. He is followed by fellow Paraguayan Fabián Balbuena, with 167 outings and three trophies, then Colombian Freddy Rincón on 158 matches and four titles.

Dorival Júnior’s current squad includes Rodrigo Garro and Fabrizio Angileri of Argentina, André Carrillo of Peru, Memphis Depay of the Netherlands, Pedro Milans of Uruguay and Zakaria Labyad of the Netherlands and Morocco.

Across their history, Corinthians have fielded players from 23 nations, including Italy, Spain, Argentina, Lebanon, Hungary, Uruguay, Croatia, Poland, Chile, United States, Japan, Paraguay, Portugal, South Africa, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, China, England, Türkiye, Ecuador, Venezuela and the Netherlands. Of 81 foreign signings, only three never played, Argentines Emiliano Vecchio and Mariano Torres, and Paraguayan goalkeeper Aldo Bobadilla.

Source: Meu Timao