List of Brazilian footballers in Serie B

The list of Brazilian footballers in Serie B records the association football players from Brazil who have appeared at least once for a team in the Italian Serie B. Entries in bold denote players still active in actual season. ^[1]

A

• Adaílton – Verona, Genoa, Bologna – 2002–08
• Adriano (Adriano Pereira da Silva) – Atalanta – 2005–06
• Adriano (Adriano Louzada) – Reggina – 2012–14
• Adryan – Brescia – 2022–23
• Aílton – Bari – 2001–02
• Aldair – Genoa – 2003–04
• Alemão – Vicenza, Varese – 2010–12
• Alfred – Salernitana – 2000–01
• Amarildo – Cesena – 1991–92
• Anderson – Venezia, Brescia, Ancona – 2002–06, 2008–09
• Robert Anderson – Genoa, Treviso – 2003–04, 2006–07
• Ângelo – Crotone, Lecce, Siena, Latina – 2006–08, 2009–10, 2013–15
• Matias Antonini Lui – Catanzaro – 2023–
• Artur – Cesena – 2007–08
• Paulo Azzi – Cittadella, Spezia, Modena, Cagliari – 2013–14, 2015–16, 2022–23

B

• Babù – Salernitana, Venezia, Lecce, Verona, Triestina, Avellino – 2001–04, 2006–09
• Barreto – Treviso, Bari – 2003–05, 2007–09
• Bruno Bertinato – Venezia – 2022–24
• Fábio Bilica – Venezia, Palermo – 2000–01, 2002–03
• Binho – Empoli, Livorno – 1999–00, 2002–03
• Bondi – Salernitana, Arezzo, Grosseto – 2002–03, 2006–07, 2010–11
• Eric Botteghin – Ascoli, Modena – 2021–
• Branco – Brescia – 1987–88
• Gabriel Brazão – SPAL – 2022–23
• Brenno – Bari – 2023–24

C

Walter Casagrande won the Serie B scorers ranking in 1990–91 season.

• Caetano – Frosinone, Crotone, Varese – 2009–14
• Caio Secco – Crotone – 2013–15
• Canè – Napoli, Bari – 1963–65, 1970–71
• Carlos Augusto – Monza – 2020–22
• Walter Casagrande – Ascoli – 1990–91
• Catê – Sampdoria – 1999–2000
• Mateus Cecchini Müller – Entella – 2020–21
• César – Catania, Chievo, Padova, Juve Stabia, Virtus Entella – 2004–06, 2007–08, 2009–12, 2014–15
• Charlys – Cosenza – 2024–
• Lucas Chiaretti – Cittadella, Foggia, Pordenone – 2016–20
• Claiton – Varese, Bari, Crotone, Cremonese – 2010–13, 2014–16, 2017–20
• Sergio Clerici – Lecco – 1962–66
• Igor Coronado – Trapani, Palermo – 2015–18
• Cribari – Empoli – 1999–2002
• Felipe Curcio – Brescia, Salernitana – 2017–21

D

• Da Costa – Ancona, Sampdoria, Bologna – 2008–10, 2011–12, 2014–15
• Victor Da Silva – Pescara, Brescia – 2014–15
• William Da Silva – Verona – 2006–07
• Danilo – Parma – 2021–22
• Caio De Cenco – Trapani – 2015–17
• Marcos de Paula – Padova, Bari – 2010–12
• Rodrigo Defendi – Avellino – 2007–09
• Armando del Debbio – Lucchese – 1925–26
• Di Fabio – Cagliari – 2002–04
• Diego – Padova – 2009–10
• Digão – Rimini, Lecce, Crotone – 2005–07, 2009–10
• Diniz – Livorno – 2008–09
• Guilherme do Prado – Catania, Mantova, Perugia, Spezia, Cesena – 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10
• Doriva – Sampdoria – 1999–2000

E

• Edmar – Pescara – 1989–91
• Edinho – Lecce – 2009–10
• Édson  [ it ] – Genoa – 1997–98
• Eloi – Genoa – 1984–85
• Rodrigo Ely – Reggina, Varese, Avellino – 2012–15 ^{[c ITA U20] [c ITA U19]}
• Emerson – Reggina, Livorno – 2011–13, 2014–15
• Alan Empereur – Livorno, Salernitana, Foggia, Bari, Verona – 2014–16, 2017–19

F

• Fabiano (Fabiano Lima Rodrigues) – Arezzo, Genoa, Vicenza – 2005–07, 2009–10
• Fabiano (Fabiano Medina da Silva) – Lecce – 2007–08, 2009–10
• Fabinho – Modena, Perugia – 2011–12, 2014–15
• Diego Farias – Nocerina, Padova, Cagliari, Benevento – 2011–13, 2015–16, 2021–23
• Faustinho  [ it ] – Palermo – 1964–65
• Fernando (José Ferdinando Puglia)  [ it ] – Bari – 1964–65
• Adriano Ferreira Pinto – Perugia, Cesena, Atalanta, Varese – 2004–06, 2010–11, 2012–14
• Filipe – Varese – 2011–13
• Lucas Finazzi – Brescia – 2012–14

G

• Denilson Gabionetta – Pisa, Albinoleffe, Crotone, Torino, Salernitana – 2007–13, 2015–16
• Gabriel (Gabriel Appelt Pires) – Pro Vercelli, Spezia, Pescara – 2012–15
• Gabriel (Gabriel Vasconcelos Ferreira) – Carpi, Empoli, Perugia, Lecce – 2014–15, 2017–19, 2020–22
• Gilberto – Latina – 2016–17
• Gladestony – Pro Vercelli – 2017–18
• Gladstone – Verona – 2005–06
• Gelson – Pistoiese – 2001–02
• Gleison Santos – Atalanta, Albinoleffe, Reggina – 2003–04, 2006–07, 2009–10
• Goliardo Gelardi  [ it; pt ] – Padova – 1934–35
• Leandro Gobatto – Piacenza – 2006–07
• Leandro Guerreiro – Salernitana, Pescara – 2003–05
• Rodrigo Guth – Pescara – 2020–21

H

• Hernani – Reggina, Parma – 2022–24
• Humberto – Torino – 2004–05

J

Jeda is the second most capped Brazilian player and the second best foreign goalscorers in Serie B.

• Jeda – Vicenza, Siena, Palermo, Piacenza, Catania, Crotone, Rimini – 2001–08
• Jéffe – Frosinone, Latina, Livorno – 2009–10, 2013–16
• Jefferson – Modena – 2011–12
• João Paulo – Bari – 1992–94
• Joelson – Albinoleffe, Pisa, Reggina, Grosseto – 2004–07, 2008–10
• Jonathas – Brescia, Latina – 2011–12, 2013–14
• Juliano – Lecce, Pisa – 2006–08

L

Jonathas is the top scorer of Latina in Serie B.

• Francisco Lima – Brescia – 2006–08
• Luciano – Chievo – 2000–01, 2007–08
• Mateus Lusuardi – Frosinone – 2024–
• Luvanor  [ it ] – Catania – 1984–86

M

• Filipe Machado – Salernitana – 2009–10
• Maicon – Reggina, Livorno – 2011–12, 2013–16, 2018–19
• Marcelinho – Catania – 2014–15
• Mancini – Venezia – 2002–03
• Marco Aurélio – Vicenza, Palermo, Cosenza – 1999–2000, 2001–03
• Marcón – Venezia – 2002–03
• Martinho – Verona, Catania, Bari, Ascoli – 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–19
• Ryder Matos – Verona, Empoli, Perugia – 2018–19, 2020–23
• Matuzalém – Napoli, Bologna – 1999–2000, 2014–15
• Fernando Menegazzo – Catania – 2004–05
• Junior Messias – Crotone – 2019–20
• Mezavilla – Catania, Cesena, Pisa, Juve Stabia – 2004–05, 2006–08, 2011–13, 2019–20
• Milton – Como – 1989–90
• Montresor – Treviso – 2006–07
• Mozart – Reggina – 2001–02
• Müller – Torino – 1989–90
• Murilo – Livorno – 2018–20

N

• Nenê – Spezia, Bari - 2014–18
• Neto Pereira – Varese – 2010–15
• Nícolas – Verona, Lanciano, Trapani, Reggina, Pisa – 2012–13, 2014–17, 2020–

O

• Oliveira – Cittadella, Vicenza – 2008–11

P

• Paco Soares  [ it; es ] – Fidelis Andria – 1997–98
• Paquito – Ravenna, Cosenza, Crotone – 2000–02, 2005–06
• Paulinho – Grosseto, Livorno, Cremonese – 2007–09, 2011–13, 2017–19
• Pedrinho – Catania – 1984–86
• Pelado – Treviso – 1999–01
• Luís Atílio Pennacchi – Lucchese – 1939–41
• Paulo Pereira – Genoa – 1996–98
• Inácio Piá – Ascoli, Napoli, Treviso, Torino, Portogruaro – 2003–04, 2006–08, 2009–11
• Guglielmo Piantoni  [ it ] – Palermo – 1931–32
• Pinga – Torino, Siena – 2000–05

R

• Rafael – Verona, Cagliari – 2011–13, 2015–16
• Reginaldo – Treviso, Parma, Siena, Pro Vercelli – 2003–05, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2017–18
• Renan – Sampdoria – 2011–12
• Rincon – Ancona, Piacenza, Grosseto – 2008–11
• Romeu  [ pt; it ] – Ravenna – 1999–2000
• Ronaldo Pompeu – Mantova, Padova, Grosseto, Empoli, Pro Vercelli, Salernitana, Novara – 2009–18
• Rubinho – Genoa, Torino – 2006–07, 2010–11

S

• Vítor Saba – Brescia – 2012–14
• Luís Gabriel Sacilotto – Cesena, Nocerina – 2006–08, 2011–12
• César Augusto Sant'Anna – Crotone – 2000–01
• Bruno Siciliano – Bari – 1964–65
• Guilherme Siqueira – Ancona – 2008–09
• Sodinha – Bari, Brescia, Trapani – 2008–09, 2012–16
• Gabriel Strefezza – SPAL, Cremonese, Lecce, Como – 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–22, 2023–24

T

• Rodrigo Taddei – Siena, Perugia – 2002–03, 2014–15
• Teco – Salernitana – 2002–03
• Tesser – Lecce – 2006–07
• Thiago – Genoa – 2003–05
• Thomas – Siena – 2013–14
• Tita – Pescara – 1989–90
• Rômulo Eugênio Togni – Arezzo, Pescara, Avellino – 2006–07, 2011–12, 2013–14
• Robson Toledo – Ascoli, Ravenna, Triestina – 2004–05, 2007–08, 2010–11

V

• Vanderson – Treviso – 2008–09
• Ronaldo Vanin – Catanzaro – 2005–06
• Vincente – Treviso, Padova – 2008–09, 2010–11
• Vinícius – Padova, Perugia – 2013–15

W

• Wágner – Modena – 2010–11
• William (Justino Clovis William) – Ascoli – 2008–09
• William (William Nascimento Lacerda) – Modena – 2012–13
• Wilker – Treviso – 2006–07, 2008–09

Z

• Adrián Zanettin – Verona – 1935–36
• Zé Elias – Genoa – 2003–04
• Zé Eduardo – Empoli, Padova – 2011–13

See also

• List of foreign Serie B players
• List of Brazilian footballers in Serie A

Notes

1. ^
   Capped for the Italy national under-20 football team
2. ^
   Capped for the Italy national under-19 football team

References

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