Corinthians keeper joins Brazil squad for final pre-World Cup friendlies | OneFootball

Throughout this Tuesday (24), Corinthians goalkeeper Hugo Souza joined the Brazilian National Team in Orlando for the final two friendlies before the start of the 2026 World Cup, which will take place between mid-June and July in the United States, Mexico, and Canada – watch the video at the end of this article. The final squad list will be announced on May 18.

On Thursday the 26th, at Gillette Stadium, at 5 p.m. (Brasília time), Brazil will face France. Then, on Tuesday the 31st, they will take on Croatia at 9 p.m. at Camping World Stadium. Corinthians’ No. 1, in fact, along with midfielder André Carrillo, will be unavailable for the team led by Dorival Júnior in the match against Fluminense on April 1 at the Maracanã, for the ninth round of the Brasileirão.

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It is worth remembering that Hugo Souza has been called up by the Brazilian National Team since 2025, totaling five straight call-ups after the arrival of Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti. In this call-up, he replaces Liverpool’s Alisson, from England, who was ruled out through injury. Wearing the Seleção jersey, he has only one appearance: the 3-2 comeback defeat in a friendly against Japan in October of last year. In the following call-up, in November, he was ultimately left out due to injury.

Hugo Souza was signed by Corinthians in July 2024 and quickly became one of the team’s pillars. He was part of that year’s historic Brasileirão surge, with nine straight wins – from the Z4 to the Libertadores qualifying stage – and was also decisive in winning the Campeonato Paulista (2025), Copa do Brasil (2025), and Supercopa do Brasil (2026), against Palmeiras, Vasco da Gama, and Flamengo, respectively.

The shot-stopper has the third-most penalties saved in Corinthians history (14), behind only Cássio (32), who played for the club between 2012 and 2024, and Ronaldo Giovanelli (27) – who wore the Corinthians shirt throughout the 1990s. In total, he has 51 wins, 31 draws, and 26 losses in 108 matches for the club from Parque São Jorge. 

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