Only 4 academy players made 10+ appearances for Flamengo in 2025 | OneFootball

Of the four, only two are still at Flamengo

Flamengo continues to prepare for the 2026 season. With a focus on renewing Filipe Luís, the Most Beloved is mapping the market in search of the first reinforcements for the next year. Meanwhile, the red-black youth academy has not had much strength in the professional squad.

This is because only four young players from the academy played more than ten games for the professional team of Flamengo in 2025. Moreover, of these, two are no longer at the club, as they were transferred: Wesley and Matheus Gonçalves.

How many youth players took the field for Flamengo?

It is worth noting that, despite this, 35 youth players took the field for the professional team of Flamengo in 2025. However, 20 of them played in matches where the main group and coach Filipe Luís did not participate.

These were against Boavista, Madureira, Nova Iguaçu, and Bangu, at the start of the Carioca, and against Mirassol, in the last round of the Brasileirão. Finally, of the remaining 15 athletes, only four played more than ten games under the command of Filipe Luís throughout 2025.

Wesley played 29 matches before moving to Roma (ITA). On the other hand, Evertton Araújo participated in 36 duels; Wallace Yan, a reserve option, took the field 33 times. Finally, Matheus Gonçalves was fielded in 15 matches before being transferred to Al-Ahli (SAU).

Which players played more than 10 games for Fla?

What does Flamengo intend to do?

Recently, the president of Flamengo, Bap, admitted dissatisfaction with the player development at the club. As a result, the leader informed the red-black members that Fla's youth categories will undergo some restructuring.

— Flamengo's youth academy will go through a dry spell. This year was not brilliant, we do not expect a brilliant year in 2026, but in 2027 we will be flying low. We are betting everything on some boys aged 15, 16. We had 404 boys when we arrived, today we have 260. More than 270 left, eight or 10 joined -, said Bap.

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