Palmeiras star Vitor Roque eyes 2026, chasing major trophies | OneFootball

One of the big news stories in Palmeiras football in 2025 is called Vitor Roque! With 20 goals in the season, Palmeiras' number nine was one of the club's highlights in the year 2025. Despite a shower of individual titles, the player commented on the lack of team titles and projected 2026.

Speak, Roque!

Vitor Roque used social media to thank Palmeiras for their support and to highlight the great season he had individually.

‘I want to thank GOD for everything I experienced this season. At the beginning of the year, nothing seemed to go right; there were moments of great difficulty, doubts, and overcoming. But each challenge made me grow and strengthened my desire to keep moving forward even more.

I am very grateful to Palmeiras for believing in me, for trusting my work. I also thank them for the individual awards I won throughout the year; they mean a lot, but I know none of this would be possible without my teammates.

To all the fans, the coaching staff, my teammates, and my family: thank you very much for the support.

2026 is coming, and I am sure we will improve even more. We will work hard to pursue important titles together.‘

Comeback

Signed at the beginning of the season, Vitor Roque made a comeback at Palmeiras. Discredited in Europe, the player was on loan from Barcelona to Betis, in Spain, but without truly rediscovering his football.

With his return to Brazilian football, the number nine took a while to get going, but he ends the season as Palmeiras' standout player and being called up by Carlo Ancelotti for the Brazilian National Team.

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