Luizinho extends lead in Corinthians Under-20 scoring charts in 2026 | OneFootball

Corinthians faced Criciúma on Wednesday afternoon (22) at CT Antenor Angeloni in a match valid for the seventh round of the first phase of the 2026 Brazilian Under-20 Championship, and won 2-1. The victory moved Timãozinho up from eighth to sixth place with 12 points — three wins, three draws, and one defeat — with 12 goals scored and six conceded.

The two goals for the Sons of the Terrão in the match were scored by forward Luiz Fernando, known as Luizinho, who increased his lead in the Under-20 scoring charts in 2026. In total, he has seven goals in 10 matches. In second place are defensive midfielder Luiz Gustavo Bahia and forward Favela, both with two goals each.

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For comparison, in 2025, Luizinho was also the top scorer of the Under-20 team, but scored 10 goals in 39 matches. In other words, he is close to matching last year’s mark with less than half the number of games. Against Criciúma this afternoon, his first goal came 13 minutes into the second half, when he received a long pass from defensive midfielder Caraguá, beat two markers, and finished into the goalkeeper’s left corner. His second, meanwhile, came just two minutes later. In a play down the left side, he was set up by midfielder Vitinho Dourado and hit it first-time into the opposing goalkeeper’s corner.

The youngster has already taken part in training sessions with the professional squad and is under contract until December 2027. Born in Taboão da Serra, in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, the winger arrived at Parque São Jorge in 2019 to join the Under-12 team and has since gone through every age group. Before that, he had already played for CATS, from Taboão da Serra.

In 2023, he gained more attention by scoring 11 goals in 35 matches in the Under-17 category, finishing as the team’s second-highest scorer that year and helping win the Paulista Championship in the category against São Paulo at Alfredo Schürig Stadium in Parque São Jorge. In the 2024 season, he was promoted to the Under-20 squad after that year’s Copinha and, since then, has been one of the category’s main players, with 21 goals in 79 matches for the team.

At Under-17 level, he scored 17 goals in 49 matches. Overall, across Corinthians’ Under-17 and Under-20 teams, the record is: 66 wins, 28 draws, and 34 defeats. Luiz Fernando has not yet made his debut for the first team, but in 2024 he was included by coach Ramón Díaz in the squad for a match against Vitória at Barradão in the second half of that year’s Brasileirão. On that day, the Corinthians side won 2-1, coming from behind.

Timãozinho will now return to the pitch next Sunday (26) at 3 p.m. (Brasília time) in Cotia to face São Paulo in the Majestoso derby for the eighth round of the first phase of the 2026 Brazilian Under-20 Championship. The Sons of the Terrão are looking to reach the knockout stage for the first time since 2023, when they were eliminated by Palmeiras in the semifinals. In the last two years, Alvinegro finished in the lower part of the table.

Check out Corinthians Under-20’s top scorers in 2026 below:

1) Luiz Fernando – seven goals2) Luiz Gustavo Bahia and Luiz Fábio ‘Favela’ – two goals each3) Gui Amorim, Gui Pires, Lorenzo, Iago Machado, Nicollas, and own goal – one goal each

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