Reinaldo to play 400th Brasileirão match against favourite rivals | OneFootball

The match between Mirassol and Fluminense, taking place this Wednesday at 9 p.m. (Brasília time), at Estádio Maião in Mirassol, will mark a special date in Reinaldo's career. At 36 years old, the left-back—top scorer for Leão in the 2025 Brasileirão with nine goals—will play his 400th Série A match in this rescheduled fixture, valid for the 13th round of the competition.

And by coincidence, the opponent on this occasion will be his greatest victim throughout his career: Fluminense, currently in seventh place, against whom Reinaldo has already scored seven goals and provided three assists. Last season, for example, the player found the net three times against the Rio de Janeiro club.

“It’s been many years of dedication. I feel fulfilled for everything I’ve gone through to reach these 400 games with so many important numbers, but at the same time, I like to look ahead and aim for new goals. I am fully convinced that I have always given my best at every club I’ve played for, and I hope to celebrate this milestone with a great individual and collective performance against Fluminense. A win could allow us to start a new climb up the table and reach the Libertadores zone,” said Reinaldo.

With 41 goals and 43 assists in 399 Brasileirão matches, Reinaldo is the full-back with the most direct goal involvements in the history of the points system, a model established in 2003 in Série A. With 84 goals generated, Mirassol’s number 6 leads the ranking ahead of former Flamengo players Léo Moura (78) and Juan (73), who complete the podium. With the goal scored against Bragantino in the 26th round, Reinaldo also took over second place among the highest-scoring full-backs in Brasileirão history, with 41 goals—behind only Nelinho (53), according to data from the Ogol platform.

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Born in Porto Calvo, Alagoas, the full-back made his Série A debut in 2012 for Sport, and since then has had 14 consecutive appearances in the country’s top competition. Over this period, he has played for five other top-tier Brazilian teams, accumulating campaigns that earned seven Libertadores qualifications and two Série A runner-up finishes.

For São Paulo, where he played from 2013 to 2022, he scored 32 goals and was a regular presence in the squad. At Ponte Preta in 2016 and Chapecoense in 2017, he was part of campaigns that ended with 8th place finishes—the best results for both teams in the points system format.

At Chape, he arrived just a few months after the plane crash that shook the club and scored the team’s first goal in the Copa Libertadores. At Grêmio, between 2022 and 2024, he was part of the squad that finished as Brazilian runners-up in 2023, the club’s best campaign in the tournament since 2012.

In 2025, the Alagoas native is enjoying the most prolific season of his career, with 10 goals in 36 matches—nine of them in the Brasileirão. With his three assists, he has reached 12 goal involvements, making him the full-back with the best numbers in the competition. In their first Brasileirão, the team from the São Paulo countryside is in 6th place with 43 points—the same as Botafogo, who round out the G4.

See Reinaldo’s main stats in the top tier of the Brasileirão

Statistics – 399 matches – 14 consecutive editions – 41 goals – 43 assists – 5th active player with the most matches

Matches (399) – Sport: 24 matches – São Paulo: 225 – Ponte Preta: 32 – Chapecoense: 34 – Grêmio: 59 – Mirassol: 25

Goals (41) – São Paulo: 20 goals – Ponte Preta: 2 – Chapecoense: 5 – Grêmio: 5 – Mirassol: 9

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