🎖 Ballon D'OneFootball: Palmeiras star breaks into the top three | OneFootball

Vitor Roque faced questioning and was even the target of memes.

But he bounced back after goal droughts, ended 2025 on a high at Palmeiras, and secured THIRD place in the Ballon D'OneFootball 2025.

The award, given by Brazilian journalists from OneFootball, lists the best-performing players throughout 2025 in Brazil, considering all competitions.

We will reveal one name per day until December 25, when the winner of the Ballon D'OneFootball 2025 will be announced.

4th - Matheus Pereira, midfielder from Cruzeiro

5th - Léo Pereira, defender from Flamengo

6th - Reinaldo, left-back from Mirassol

7th - Rayan, forward from Vasco

8th - Flaco López, forward from Palmeiras

9th - Jorginho, midfielder from Flamengo

10th - Thiago Silva, defender from Fluminense

So, what is the remaining order? Leave your guess in the comments box!

Most expensive in HISTORY 🤑

After a controversy involving even La Liga - which wanted to veto the negotiation - Palmeiras officially announced the arrival of Vitor Roque on February 28.

Securing for itself the most expensive signing in Brazilian football history: 25.5 million (R$ 154 million at the time's exchange rate).

The sequence includes Danilo and Samuel Lino, who cost 22 million euros for Botafogo and Flamengo, respectively.

Droughts before the spotlight 🙄

Vitor Roque's debut took place on March 10, in the Paulistão semifinal against São Paulo.

It was the first of 12 goalless games at the start of his journey with Verdão.

The first goal came against Vasco on May 4. He also scored in the next two games before another "drought" of 11 matches.

The young Tiger faced pressure both on and off the field.

Started scoring ⚽

Vitor Roque ended the new goalless streak against Fluminense on July 27.

And gradually, he turned the determination seen on the field into several celebrations.

The change made by Abel Ferreira in the sequence also helped a lot.

He started playing alongside Flaco López. And the good phase truly arrived.

He finished the season with 20 goals and five assists in 56 matches.

His goals were decisive for eight of Verdão's victories, for example.

Alviverde only lost twice when the number 9 scored.

Young Tiger in the National Team 🇧🇷

Vitor Roque's first chance with the Brazilian National Team was still in March 2023, when Ramon Menezes was the interim coach.

He was called up again in November this year.

And he was brought on in the final stage in the draw with Tunisia on French soil.

He had the first chance to show his skills to Carlo Ancelotti.

Will he remain on the radar for the World Cup in Mexico, the United States, and Canada? Share your thoughts in the comments.

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

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