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Aiyran is Flamengo’s new signing for the youth academy

Flamengo continue working to recruit young talents for their youth setup. This time, the club finalized the signing of Aiyran, a forward from Cuiabá. The Rubro-Negro agreed to a four-year contract, with the option to extend it for one more year.

Aiyran made history at Cuiabá by becoming the youngest player to score for the club’s senior team. At 17 years, five months and 29 days old, the forward found the net against América-MG in the Série B of the Brasileirão and etched his name into the history of the Mato Grosso club.

With the move to Flamengo, Aiyran is coming back home. The youngster was born in São Gonçalo, in Rio de Janeiro, the hometown of Vini Jr. In addition, the forward grew up in the Barreto neighborhood of Niterói. In the state, the player had brief spells at Fluminense and Botafogo, where he stayed until the end of 2024.

After being released by the club from General Severiano, Aiyran even had a trial at Flamengo. Before going through another stage of evaluations, Cuiabá stepped in. Thiago Aprigio, former youth coordinator at Mengão and currently at Cuiabá, called the boy and took him to Mato Grosso in March 2025. The report about the deal with Fla comes from the ‘FlaZoeiro’ page.

WHAT ARE AIYRAN’S NUMBERS AT CUIABÁ?

Aiyran has made three appearances for the senior team and scored one goal, that one against América-MG on July 2, 2026. On that occasion, the player had a magic touch, as he came on in the second half, played only 16 minutes and scored the only goal in the Série B match.

For the under-20s, he has 21 matches, six goals and one assist. However, his 2025 numbers are even more impressive, still with Cuiabá’s under-17 team: 31 matches and 20 goals. In other words, the player’s stats are a strong calling card for him to shine at Flamengo.

WHAT IS THE AUTHOR’S OPINION?

— This Flamengo strategy of signing youth-age players who are already playing for senior teams is a good alternative. Sometimes it doesn’t work out, as in the case of Zé Lucas, who ended up leaving Sport to join Cruzeiro because he didn’t see any short-term prospect of playing for Flamengo’s first team —, began Pedro Paulo Catonho, journalist for Coluna do Fla.

— But when it works and Flamengo manage to sign them, it is very good. The club gets a player who already has senior-level experience and has the chance to polish him in the academy so he can develop until reaching the first team or be sold to European clubs —, he concluded.

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