Léo Pereira passes Juan among Flamengo's scoring centre-backs | OneFootball

Juan ended his spell as a Flamengo football player in 2019

Flamengo has a new highest-scoring center-back of the century. That is because Léo Pereira scored against São Paulo and reached 19 goals wearing the Sacred Shirt. The number surpasses the 18 scored by Juan throughout the century. See the ranking:

In Flamengo’s entire history, however, Juan and Júnior Baiano still share the title of highest-scoring center-backs. Each of the club idols found the net 32 times for Mengão. Therefore, Léo Pereira needs 13 goals to join the duo.

Until when did Juan play for Flamengo?

The goal-scoring center-back played for Mengão until 2019, but his last goal came in 2017. In his first spell with the Rubro-Negro, however, Juan spent seven seasons wearing the Sacred Shirt before transferring to Bayer Leverkusen (GER) in 2003.

So, the former player was able to witness both sides of the coin in Flamengo’s history. That is because the idol experienced the structural difficulties of the 2000s, but also saw up close the beginning of the winning era of 2019.

Will Léo Pereira have time to reach the record at Flamengo?

The number 4 arrived at the club in 2020 and is under contract at least until 2027, since he could renew. In addition, the defender turned down an offer from Beşiktaş (TUR), which offered 10 million euros (R$ 58.4 million) to Fla.

What is Flamengo’s next match?

With Léo Pereira available, the match between Flamengo and Internacional takes place this Wednesday (29), in the 21st round of the Brasileirão. Thus, the ball starts rolling at 7:30 p.m. (Brasília time) at Beira-Rio Stadium, in Rio Grande do Sul.

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