Corinthians midfielder shines in the stats since Fernando Diniz's arrival | OneFootball

After fluctuations in form during the 2025 season, midfielder Rodrigo Garro is showing signs that he is regaining his best physical and technical condition at Corinthians, now coached by Fernando Diniz, after Dorival Júnior left the position on April 6 following a 1-0 defeat to Internacional in Itaquera in the 10th round of the Brasileirão.

According to Sofascore, a sports statistics app, Corinthians’ No. 8 is the Serie A player with the most assists since the change in the club’s coaching staff, with three assists. In Diniz’s debut, when the Alvinegro beat Platense of Argentina 2-0 in the Libertadores, Garro set up Kayke and Yuri Alberto for their goals.

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Last Wednesday (15), he provided another assist for Gustavo Henrique to score the second goal in the win over Santa Fé of Colombia in the second round of the 2026 Libertadores group stage. It is worth noting that, this season, the Argentine is the team’s top provider – with six assists. By comparison, throughout all of last year, he had eight assists, which showed the player’s return to a leading role at Corinthians.

In addition to the three assists, Rodrigo Garro has posted the following numbers since Fernando Diniz’s arrival: one goal involvement every 82 minutes, three big chances created, 12 key passes, four tackles, 58% crossing accuracy and nine balls recovered. His rating on the app over this stretch is 7.47.

With Garro included in the squad, Corinthians return to action this Saturday (18) at 8:00 p.m. Brasília time to face Vitória at Barradão Stadium in the 12th round of the 2026 Brazilian Championship. The Corinthians side have not won in the tournament for eight matches. At the moment, the club from Parque São Jorge sits only 16th in the national competition with 11 points – two wins, five draws and four defeats – with eight goals scored and 11 conceded.

Rodrigo Garro’s spell at Corinthians

Rodrigo Garro joined Corinthians in January 2024 after standing out for Talleres of Argentina. The No. 8 did not take long to adapt and quickly became one of the team’s main players. In his first season in Brazil, he led the Brazilian Championship in assists (10), made the competition’s Bola de Prata ESPN best XI and was key in the team’s surge in the tournament that year – from the relegation zone to the Libertadores preliminary rounds and a place in the following year’s Copa do Brasil.

In 2025, however, he was unable to repeat that performance, but he was still important in decisive matches. Between late March and late May, he was sidelined while treating patellar tendinopathy in his right knee – part of the treatment was carried out in Madrid, Spain. Then, in October/November, he had a calf muscle problem. Even so, he was part of the squad that won the Paulista Championship and the Copa do Brasil against Palmeiras and Vasco, respectively.

In the 2026 season, he was on the field for the Supercopa do Brasil title win against Flamengo at Mané Garrincha Stadium in Brasília. This year, he is also the team’s assist leader (5), in addition to one goal in 19 matches so far. Overall, wearing the Corinthians shirt, he has 16 goals and 29 assists in 122 matches (97 as a starter), with 54 wins, 33 draws and 35 defeats – a 53.28% success rate – along with the three titles already mentioned. His contract runs until December 2028.

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