Alongside Grazi, Gabi Zanotti becomes Corinthians' appearance record holder | OneFootball

Corinthians traveled to Rio de Janeiro on the night of last Friday (27) to face Botafogo at Nilton Santos Stadium, in the fifth round of the first phase of the 2026 Brazilian Women’s Championship, and won 3-1. The three points moved the Brabas into fourth place in the national tournament with 10 points — three wins, one draw, and one loss — with 12 goals scored and six conceded.

In addition to scoring one of the goals in the match, the game was special for midfielder Gabi Zanotti for another reason. The number 10 became the player with the most appearances for Corinthians’ women’s team, with 258. She matched former forward Grazi, who is now also part of the club’s coaching staff and played in the Corinthians shirt between 2016 and 2023, scoring 78 goals and providing 27 assists in 258 matches, in addition to winning 15 titles — the Brasileirão, Copa do Brasil, Libertadores, Campeonato Paulista, and Supercopa.

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At 41 years old, Gabi Zanotti has been at Corinthians since 2018. Her debut in the Corinthians shirt came in April of that year. Since then, she has scored 89 goals and recorded 34 assists in 258 matches (207 as a starter), with 200 wins, 38 draws, and 20 losses — an 82.4% success rate. The ‘Queen’ has won 18 titles with Alvinegro.

They are: the Brazilian Championship (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025), the Conmebol Libertadores (2019, 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025), the Campeonato Paulista (2019, 2020, 2021, and 2023), and the Brazilian Women’s Super Cup (2022 and 2023). The midfielder is also the Corinthians Women player with the most goals at Neo Química Arena and, among both men and women, the one with the most titles for the club from Parque São Jorge.

In 2024 and 2025, she was also elected Queen of America by the newspaper El País — an award given to the best athlete in South America in a season. In both of those years, Zanotti was champion and top scorer of the international competition. So far, she is the only player to have won the award in question. In 2021, left-back Tamires also received the same award.

Now, the Brabas will have a one-week break until their next commitment and remain focused on the national competition. Next Friday (3), at 9 p.m. (Brasília time), Alvinegro will face Red Bull Bragantino in a match valid for the sixth round of the first phase of the 2026 Brazilian Women’s Championship.

Vic Albuquerque also close to reaching Grazi

Corinthians’ number 17, who also found the net on the night of last Friday (27) against Botafogo away from home in the Brasileirão Feminino, reached 257 matches for the club and is just one game away from matching Grazi and Gabi Zanotti as the player with the most appearances in the club’s history in the category.

In total, she has 123 goals and 53 assists for the club from Parque São Jorge, in addition to winning 18 titles — the Brasileirão, Campeonato Paulista, Conmebol Libertadores, and Supercopa do Brasil.

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