Assist king, Corinthians midfielder also tops key team stat in 2026 | OneFootball

Midfielder Rodrigo Garro, despite showing inconsistency in terms of performance since the start of last season, remains fundamental for Corinthians. The team’s assist leader so far this year, the Argentine No. 8 also leads another category among all squad players in 2026: key passes. According to Sofascore, a sports statistics app, he has 20.

In addition, he has also totaled 18 shots (10 on target), four big chances created, 30% crossing accuracy, and 69% accuracy on long passes. The midfielder has appeared in 16 of Alvinegro’s 19 matches this season (nine of them as a starter), scoring one goal and providing three assists so far. All of those goal contributions came in the Brasileirão.

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In the 2-1 comeback loss to Bahia at Vila Belmiro, in the Brasileirão opener, he set up midfielder and Terrão academy graduate Breno Bidon, who opened the scoring. Then, in the second round of the national tournament, he scored from the edge of the box in Corinthians’ 1-0 win over Athletico-PR at Arena da Baixada.

In the following match, in the third round of the Brasileirão, he provided an assist from a corner kick for center-back Gabriel Paulista to score the first of the two goals in the win over Red Bull Bragantino at Neo Química Arena. Finally, in a fourth-round clash, he delivered a corner onto the head of defender João Pedro Tchoca, who scored the equalizer in a 1-1 draw against Cruzeiro at Mineirão.

Signed at the start of 2024 after standing out for Talleres of Argentina, Rodrigo Garro quickly adapted to Brazilian football and, consequently, to Corinthians. In his first season, he was crucial in the team’s surge in the Brasileirão (from the relegation zone to the Libertadores qualifiers) — a seventh-place finish with 56 points — having been the national competition’s assist leader (10) and earning a spot in the tournament’s best XI selected by ESPN Brasil – Bola de Prata.

In 2025, he dealt with some physical problems, but he was part of the title-winning campaigns in the Campeonato Paulista and Copa do Brasil, against Palmeiras and Vasco da Gama, respectively, while playing regularly. Between March 27 and May 27 last year, he was sidelined to treat tendinopathy in his right knee — he even traveled to Madrid, Spain, to try to speed up his recovery.

Between October and November, he suffered a muscle injury in his calf. In 2026, he was on the field for the Supercopa do Brasil title win against Flamengo at Mané Garrincha in Brasília. Overall, in addition to the three titles won, he has 16 goals and 26 assists in a Corinthians shirt across 117 matches (93 as a starter).

Now, amid the FIFA international break, Corinthians will return to action only next Wednesday (1). That is because Alvinegro will visit Fluminense at 9:30 p.m. Brasília time at the Maracanã Stadium for the ninth round of the 2026 Brasileirão. At the moment, Corinthians sit in 11th place with 10 points — two wins, four draws, and two losses — with seven goals scored and seven conceded.

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