List of CR Flamengo foreign football players

This is a list of all time foreign players who have signed professional contracts with Flamengo. ^[1]

• Players in bold currently still play for the club.
• ^† Include friendlies and unofficial matches.

Last updated on 8 December 2024.

	Nation	Name	Club career	League		Copa do Brasil		Copa Libertadores		Copa Sudamericana		Carioca		Other1		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		Modesto Bria †	1943–1953	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	369	8
2		Giorgian de Arrascaeta [2]	2019–	132	37	31	8	53	8	–	–	61	16	12	4	289	73
3		Sinforiano Garcia †	1949–1958	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	276	0
4		Horácio Doval †	1969–1975	83	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	117	–	62	–	262	94
5		Francisco Reyes †	1967–1973	39	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	79	–	82	–	200	7
6		Dejan Petković †	2000–2002 2009–2011	98	31	11	–	11	–	2	–	38	–	38	–	198	57
7		Gustavo Cuéllar [3]	2016–2019	78	0	20	1	18	0	12	1	35	0	4	0	167	2
8		Carlos Volante †	1938–1943	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	164	4
9		Agustín Valido †	1937–1944	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	143	45
10		Sidney Pullen †	1915–1925	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	131	49
11		Jorge Benítez †	1952–1956	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	114	76
12		Paolo Guerrero [4]	2015–2018	61	19	13	4	6	2	5	0	24	15	4	3	113	43
13		José Ufarte †	1961 1962–1964	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	106	15
14		Erick Pulgar [5]	2022–	54	2	13	0	12	0	–	–	17	0	3	0	99	2
15		Sergio Ramírez †	1977–1979	32	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	27	0	35	2	94	2
16		Gonzalo Fierro [6]	2008–2011	47	1	7	0	6	0	3	0	29	1	1	0	93	2
17		Darío Bottinelli [7]	2011–2012	47	6	4	0	8	2	3	0	22	0	5	3	90	11
18		Héctor Canteros [8]	2014–2018	60	4	12	0	0	0	0	0	16	1	–	–	88	5
19		Mauricio Isla [9]	2020–2022	50	3	6	0	17	1	0	0	9	0	1	0	83	4
20		Orlando Berrío [10]	2017–2020	44	3	8	1	6	0	4	1	16	1	3	1	81	7
21		Agustín Rossi [11]	2023–	50	0	5	0	10	0	–	–	12	0	–	–	77	0
22		Emerson [12]	2009 2015–2016	46	12	10	3	0	0	8	2	12	4	–	–	76	21
23		Claudio Maldonado [13]	2009–2012	38	1	3	0	7	0	2	0	25	0	1	0	75	1
24		Marcos González [14]	2012–2014	45	2	8	0	5	0	0	0	16	0	–	–	74	2
25		Fritz Engel †	1936–1938	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	74	23
25		Miguel Trauco [15]	2017–2019	34	1	5	0	8	2	7	0	20	1	1	0	74	4
27		Guillermo Varela [16]	2022–	28	1	10	0	12	0	–	–	19	1	4	0	73	2
28		Víctor Cáceres [17]	2012–2015	48	1	12	1	3	1	0	0	16	0	4	0	72	3
29		Ubaldo Fillol †	1984–1985	34	0	–	–	10	0	–	–	21	0	6	0	71	0
30		Jorge Manicera † [18]	1967–1970	15	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	29	0	26*	0	70	0
31		Maxi Biancucchi	2007–2009	45	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	69	7
32		Federico Mancuello [19]	2016–2017	29	5	4	1	6	0	3	0	23	4	1	0	66	10
32		Alejandro Mancuso †	1996–1997	13	0	7	0	–	–	–	–	26	3	20	2	66	5
34		Roger Guerreiro	2004	36	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	63	11
35		Robert Piris Da Motta [20]	2018–2021	42	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	57	0
36		Eusébio Chamorro †	1953–1956	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	55	0
37		Arturo Vidal [21]	2022–2023	21	2	8	0	10	0	–	–	7	0	5	0	51	2
38		Eduardo da Silva [22]	2014–2015	27	10	9	2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	46	13
39		Alfredo González †	1940	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	45	31
40		Lucas Mugni [23]	2014–2016	26	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	41	5
40		Rogelio Domínguez †	1968–1969	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	41	0
42		Nicolás de la Cruz [24]	2024–	15	2	6	0	9	0	–	–	11	0	–	–	41	2
43		Fernando Uribe [25]	2018–2019	20	6	2	0	3	1	0	0	12	1	0	0	37	8
44		Marlos Moreno [26]	2018	21	1	5	0	5	0	–	–	4	0	0	0	36	1
45		César Ramírez	2005–2006	16	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	7	3	3	2	32	11
45		Átmio Villa †	1937–1938	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	32	0
47		Carlos Gamarra †	2000–2002	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	10	0	30	1
47		Pablo Marí [27]	2019–2020	22	2	0	0	6	1	–	–	0	0	2	0	30	3
49		Agustin Cosso †	1937	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	28	20
49		Carlos Monín †	1960	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	28	0
51		Arcadio López †	1937–1938	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	0
52		Francisco Provvidente †	1938	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	21	8	24	9
53		Matías Viña [28]	2024–	9	0	3	0	5	1	–	–	5	0	–	–	22	1
54		Marcelo Moreno [29]	2013–2014	16	2	4	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	4
54		Horacio Peralta †	2006	8	2	4	1	–	–	–	–	3	0	5	1	20	4
56		Lawrence Andrews †	1912–1913 1915 1919	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	3	2	0	19	3
56		Talladas †	1937	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0	16	0	19	0
58		Carlos Alcaraz [30]	2024–	14	2	3	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	2
59		Liédson [31]	2002–2003 2012–2013	17	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	4
59		Alejandro Badassini †	1916–1020	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	7	5	0	17	7
59		Gonzalo Plata [32]	2024–	11	1	4	1	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	2
62		Francisco Miceli †	1946–1947	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	14	0	15	0
62		Wagner Rivera †	1996	11	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	0	15	0
64		Harry Reid †	1916	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	4	3	0	14	4
65		Mariusz Piekarski †	1997	10	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0	13	0
66		Darío Pereyra †	1988	11	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	12	0
67		Alejandro Donatti [33]	2016–2017	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	0	2	0	11	0
67		Arturo Naón †	1939	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	2	4	1	11	3
67		Raimundo Orsi †	1939–1940	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0	8	2	11	2
67		Sabino Coletta †	1944–1945	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	0	6	0	11	0
71		Rafael Sanz †	1944–1945	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	7
71		Ricardo Alarcón †	1942–1944	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	8	5	10	5
73		Julio Castillo †	1940	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	7	6	9	6
73		Jorge Paolino †	1976–1977	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	6	0	9	0
75		Frickson Erazo	2014	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	5	0	–	–	7	0
75		Emilio Reuben †	1941–1942	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0	4	4	7	4
75		Rubens Sambueza	2008	7	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	0
75		Cristian Borja	2010	7	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	0
75		Richard Ríos [34]	2020–2022	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	6	0	–	–	7	0
80		Humberto Buchelli †	1945	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	1	6	1
80		Claudio Borghi †	1989	4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	6	0
82		Alfredo De Terán †	1944–1945	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	0
82		Diego Gavilán	2008	–	–	–	–	1	0	–	–	4	0	–	–	5	0
82		Hugo Colace	2007–2008	3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	–	–	5	0
82		Henry Welfare †	1915–1916	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	7	5	7
86		Pablo Armero	2015	4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	4	0
86		Rui Loio †	1965	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	3	0	4	0
86		Carlos Jorge †	1970–1971	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0	1	0	4	0
86		Juan Daniel Cáceres †	1998	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	0	4	0
90		Darío Conca	2017	2	0	–	–	–	–	0	0	–	–	1	0	3	0
91		Carlos Mendoza †	1966–1967	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2*	0	2	0
91		Flórian Albert †	1967	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	2	0
91		Peter Timko †	1950	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	2	0
91		Rimbo †	1966–1967	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	2	0
91		Santiago Ocampos [35]	2022–2024	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	–	–	2	0
96		Haraoui Nino †	1993	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1*	0	1	0
96		Shola Ogundana [36]	2024–	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0
98		Kurt Axelsson	1966	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
98		Jorge Soto	2000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
98		Aluspah Brewah	2004	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
98		Jorginho [37]	2025–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
98		Saúl Ñíguez [38]	2025–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
98		Jorge Carrascal [39]	2025–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0

• ¹ Includes Friendlies, FIFA Club World Cup, Intercontinental Cup, Recopa Sudamericana, Supercopa Libertadores, Copa Mercosur, Copa de Oro, Supercopa do Brasil, Primeira Liga, Torneio Rio-São Paulo, Torneio do Povo.
• ^* Includes only Friendlies.

Number of foreigners by country

During history Flamengo had 100 players from 25 different countries signing a professional contract with the club or being member of the top team, in which only three failed to have a single appearance, Kurt Axelsson, Jorge Soto and Aluspah Brewah. The club also had five Brazilian born players that chosen to represent a different country during their careers, Emerson (Qatar), Roger Guerreiro (Poland), Eduardo da Silva (Croatia), Liédson (Portugal) and Jorginho (Italy).

Dejan Petković, the non South American with more appearances and goals.

Paolo Guerrero, one of the three Peruvians in Flamengo's history.

Giorgian de Arrascaeta, currently third in all time appearances.

	Nation	Players
1		33
2		12
3		10
4		8
5		6
6		4
6		4
8		3
8		3
10		2
10		2
10		2
10		2
14		1
14		1
14		1
14		1
14		1
14		1
14		1
14		1
14		1
14		1
14		1
14		1
Total		103

References

1. Flapédia – Flamengo Foreign Players
2. "Giorgian de Arrascaeta stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
3. "Gustavo Cuéllar stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
4. "Paolo Guerrero stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
5. "Erick Pulgar stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
6. "Gonzalo Fierro stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
7. "Darío Bottinelli stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
8. "Héctor Canteros stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
9. "Mauricio Isla stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
10. "Orlando Berrío stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
11. "Agustín Rossi stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
12. "Emerson stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
13. "Claudio Maldonado stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
14. "Marcos González stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
15. "Miguel Trauco stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
16. "Guillermo Varela stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
17. "Víctor Cáceres stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
18. "Jorge Carlos Manicera Fuentes". FlaEstatística. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
19. "Federico Mancuello stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
20. "Robert Piris Da Motta stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
21. "Arturo Vidal stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
22. "Eduardo da Silva stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
23. "Lucas Mugni stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
24. "Nicolás de la Cruz stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
25. "Fernando Uribe stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
26. "Marlos Moreno stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
27. "Pablo Marí stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
28. "Matías Viña stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
29. "Marcelo Martins Moreno stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
30. "Carlos Alcaraz stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
31. "Liédson stats". Flaestaística. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
32. "Gonzalo Plata stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
33. "Alejandro Donatti stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
34. "Richard Ríos stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
35. "Santiago Ocampos stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
36. "Shola Ogundana stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
37. "Jorginho stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
38. "Saúl Ñíguez stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
39. "Saúl Ñíguez stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 August 2025.