Lingard reunites with Depay at Corinthians after 10 years | OneFootball

On the morning of Friday (6th), Corinthians has finally made official the signing of Jesse Lingard, the 33-year-old English attacking midfielder, who boasts an extensive résumé in European football and a stint in Korean football. The player will rekindle his partnership with striker Memphis Depay, with whom he played together during their time at Manchester United, England, in the 2015/2016 season.

According to the platform Sofascore, a sports statistics app, the duo played together for Manchester United on 31 occasions, with Lingard starting 27 times and Memphis Depay 12 times. In this period, the midfielder scored six goals and provided four assists. The Dutchman, on the other hand, scored three goals and had one assist.

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In the only season they played together, Manchester United finished fifth in the Premier League, the English league, and won the FA Cup. The two had only one direct goal involvement together: in a Europa League match in 2015/2016, Lingard assisted Memphis Depay to score in the Red Devils’ 2-1 defeat to Midtjylland of Denmark.

In the following season, 2017, however, Memphis Depay lost his place at Manchester and left the club for Lyon, France. There, he stayed until 2021 and stood out—leading the team to a Champions League semifinal. Afterwards, he had spells at Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid in Spain, before joining Corinthians in September 2024, where, since then, he has scored 19 goals and provided 15 assists in 74 matches (58 as a starter), winning three titles: Paulistão (2025), Copa do Brasil (2025), and Supercopa do Brasil (2026).

The career of Jesse Lingard

Lingard came up through the ranks at Manchester United and had his most prominent period between 2015 and 2020. In the 2015/16 season, he played alongside Dutchman Memphis Depay in 22 matches. Still in England, he also played for Birmingham, Derby County, West Ham United, Brighton, Leicester, and Nottingham Forest.

The player also has caps for the England national team. He was part of the squad that played in the 2018 World Cup, scoring one goal and providing one assist in the tournament, and was also called up for Euro 2020, when his country finished as runners-up. His last appearance for the national team was in 2021.

At 33 years old, the attacking midfielder had spent the last two seasons in South Korean football. Recently, he was also rumored to be a target for Remo, which plays in the Série A of the Brazilian Championship, but negotiations with the Pará club did not progress. In his last season for Seoul FC, Jesse Lingard played 41 matches, scoring 13 goals and providing seven assists. Over his career, he has accumulated 385 games, 77 goals, and 45 assists, totaling 122 goal involvements.

In his résumé, Lingard boasts four titles, all with Manchester United: FA Cup (2016), English League Cup (2017), UEFA Europa League (2016/17), and English Super Cup (2016/2017).

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