Jorginho shines for Flamengo with 85% career penalty success | OneFootball

Midfielder Jorginho, who scored the second goal for Flamengo in the victory over Palmeiras, 3-2, last Sunday, reached an impressive milestone in his career. With this goal, the player now has a 85% success rate in penalty kicks.

In total, Jorginho has taken 53 penalties in regulation time, converting 45 and missing only eight. For the Rubro-Negro, the Italo-Brazilian has converted two penalties during the 90 minutes and two more in penalty shootouts, against Atlético-MG and Estudiantes, in the Copa do Brasil and Libertadores, respectively.

Jorginho’s other goals were scored for Chelsea (27), the Italian national team (5), Hellas Verona (5), Napoli (4), and Arsenal (2). His best performance was in the Premier League, where he converted 19 out of 22 penalties.

Among the main penalty takers in this year’s Brasileirão, with five goals from six attempts, Alan Patrick of Internacional and Reinaldo for Mirassol have a lower success rate (83%).

Jorginho’s season with Flamengo

In addition to his two goals, Jorginho also has two assists in 21 matches this season. The player started and played the full last four matches for the Rubro-Negro.

Flamengo’s next match

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