Santos officially announce ex-Flamengo's Everton Cebolinha

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·9 September 2026

Santos officially announce ex-Flamengo's Everton Cebolinha

Everton Cebolinha had a contract with Flamengo until the end of this year

Santos announced this Wednesday (09) the signing of Everton Cebolinha, who will no longer play for Flamengo. That is because the forward will be under contract with Neymar’s team until the end of this year.

Fast, decisive, and a serial winner, the forward joins Peixão after leaving Flamengo and signs a contract until the end of 2026. Welcome, Cebolinha,” Santos’ profile on X, formerly Twitter, highlighted.

Has Flamengo already said goodbye to Cebolinha as well?

It was your dream to wear the Mengão shirt, be happy, and achieve great things. The cycle ends today with everything accomplished, Cebola! Two Libertadores, two Copa do Brasil titles, one Brasileirão, one Supercopa, and three Cariocas! Success in your career, Everton Cebolinha,” Flamengo’s profile on X, formerly Twitter, said.

How was Cebolinha’s departure handled behind the scenes?

Football director José Boto had already commented on the forward’s situation before the official announcement. Therefore, the executive said that Cebolinha “ruled himself out” of Flamengo by deciding not to renew the contract, which would expire at the end of 2026.

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– From that moment on, we made him available so that he could move on with his life as quickly as possible. Without putting up any obstacle or causing any problem. On Monday, after the Remo match, he asked to go to Rio because there were one or two clubs interested -, said the Portuguese executive, who added:

– He knows the conditions we set, if they are clubs from Brazil. We are waiting. We have some information, but we are waiting for the final contracts so that we can say whether he is going to that club. During this process, there were two or three clubs interested, and we did not create any problems -, said José Boto.

Were there other offers for Cebolinha before the deal with Santos?

Cebolinha was close to joining Krasnodar (RUS) in this same transfer window. Thus, the negotiation had progressed significantly before the deal suddenly fell through. That is because president Sergey Galitsky halted the talks and overruled the board from moving forward with the agreement for the forward.

As a result, the Russian interest ran into a direct decision from the club’s top leadership, which opened the way for Santos’ offer to go through. It is speculated that Neymar Jr. played a part in bringing Cebolinha to the São Paulo club.

When did Cebolinha arrive at Flamengo and what were the forward’s numbers?

Flamengo announced the signing of Everton Cebolinha in June 2022. Therefore, the club paid around 14 million euros, or R$ 88 million at the exchange rate at the time, to Benfica (POR).

Even so, the initial investment ended up being spread over four seasons of contract. Since then, the forward totaled 192 matches, 21 goals, and 25 assists in the Mengão shirt. Thus, Cebolinha ends his spell with the Rubro-Negro with relevant numbers, in addition to the titles highlighted in the club’s farewell post.

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