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

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

A record, since the previous highest number came 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.

Standouts are 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 are going to their third straight World Cup, for example. Piquerez and Emi Martínez, meanwhile, are making their debuts.

Vasco’s Puma Rodríguez was still a real possibility to raise that mark further. But he was left out.

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

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

Paraguay, meanwhile, has seven players from Brazilian football in its return 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 been the one with the highest number of “Brazil-based” players in the Albirroja: Arce (Palmeiras), Rivarola (Grêmio), Gamarra (Corinthians) and Enciso (Internacional). 

Seleção 🇧🇷 posts its highest mark since 2002

The seven Brazil-based players called up by Ancelotti are 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).

The squad for this World Cup could have had even more “domestic-based” players, since the preliminary list still included 13 other 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. 

⚫🔴 Flamengo - 9

Danilo (CB) - 🇧🇷

Léo Pereira (CB) - 🇧🇷

Alex Sandro (LB) - 🇧🇷

Lucas Paquetá (M) - 🇧🇷

Valera (RB) - 🇺🇾

De La Cruz (M) - 🇺🇾

Arrascaeta (M) - 🇺🇾

Plata (F) - 🇪🇨

Carrascal (M) - 🇨🇴

🟢⚪ Palmeiras - 7

Gustavo Gómez (CB) - 🇵🇾

Mauricio (M) - 🇵🇾

Ramón Sosa (F) - 🇵🇾

Piquerez (LB) - 🇺🇾

Emiliano Martínez (M) - 🇺🇾

Flaco López (F) - 🇦🇷

Arias (F) - 🇨🇴

🐓 Atlético Mineiro - 4

Ángelo Preciado (RB) - 🇪🇨

Alan Franco (M) - 🇪🇨

Alan Minda (F) - 🇪🇨

Junior Alonso (CB) - 🇵🇾

⚫🔵⚪ Grêmio - 2

Weverton (GK) - 🇧🇷

Balbuena (CB) - 🇵🇾

🔴⚪ Internacional - 2

Rochet (GK) - 🇺🇾

Félix Torres (CB) - 🇪🇨

🌪️ Athletico - 1

Juan Portilla (M) - 🇨🇴

⭐ Botafogo - 1

Danilo Santos (M) - 🇧🇷

🦅 Corinthians - 1

Memphis (F) - 🇳🇱

🔴⚪🟢 Fluminense - 1

Canobbio (F) - 🇺🇾

🐂 Red Bull Bragantino - 1

Isidro Pitta (F) - 🇵🇾

🐋 Santos - 1

Neymar (F) - 🇧🇷

⚫🔴⚪ São Paulo - 1

Bobadilla (M) - 🇵🇾

💢 Vasco - 1

Andrés Gómez (F)  - 🇨🇴

Photo: Pedro Souza / Atlético

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.