See how many Brazil-based players will be at the World Cup 👇🏽

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·1 juin 2026

See how many Brazil-based players will be at the World Cup 👇🏽

Thirteen clubs from the 2026 Brasileirão will be represented at the upcoming World Cup.

A total of 32 players from top-flight teams were called up by their respective national teams.

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A record, since the previous high was at the 1974 World Cup with 27 players: Brazil’s 22, one from Argentina (Perfumo), three from Uruguay (Mazurkiewicz, Pablo Forlán and Perfumo), and Chilean Elías Figueroa.

Special mention goes to Flamengo and Palmeiras, who account for half of the total thanks to 16 players.

Atlético Mineiro comes next with four selected players.

Records for three national teams

Marcelo Bielsa called up seven “Brazil-based” players to represent La Celeste.

A number that surpasses the previous record of four call-ups for the 1986 World Cup: Rodolfo Rodríguez (Santos), Darío Pereyra (São Paulo), Víctor Diogo (Palmeiras) and Rubén Paz (Internacional).

Arrascaeta and Varela, for example, are heading to their third straight World Cup. Piquerez and Emi Martínez, meanwhile, are making their debuts.

Puma Rodríguez, from Vasco, was still a real possibility to raise that mark even further. But he was left out.

Ecuador secured four players who play in Brazil. Three of them from Atlético.

La Tri had only previously featured Erazo (Flamengo-2014) and Arboleda (São Paulo-2022) in the other four World Cups they played.

Paraguay, meanwhile, has seven players who play in Brazilian football as it returns after missing the last three World Cups.

Special mention goes to Isidro Pitta, who claimed one of the final spots.

The 1998 World Cup had the highest number of “Brazilians” in the Albirroja: Arce (Palmeiras), Rivarola (Grêmio), Gamarra (Corinthians) and Enciso (Internacional).

🇧🇷 National team posts its highest total since 2002

The seven Brazil-based players called up by Ancelotti represent the highest number since the squad that would go on to win the World Cup in Japan and South Korea.

There were 13 call-ups back then: Rogério Ceni, Belletti and Kaká (São Paulo), Ricardinho, Dida and Vampeta (Corinthians), Anderson Polga and Luizão (Grêmio), Gilberto Silva (Atlético), Kléberson (Athletico), Edilson (Cruzeiro), Juninho Paulista (Flamengo) and Marcos (Palmeiras).

This World Cup squad could have had even more home-based players, since the preliminary list still included another 13 players from Brazilian clubs. Five of them from Cruzeiro: Fabrício Bruno, Kaiki Bruno, Gerson, Matheus Pereira and Kaio Jorge.

See below for the breakdown of call-ups by club.