This is a list of noted footballers who have played for Flamengo whether or not they have a Wikipedia article. Players who have made significant/notable contribution to the club are included.
ZICO (Arthur Antunes Coimbra) is the famous Flamengo’s player all the time.
GK | Goalkeeper | CM | Central midfielder |
---|---|---|---|
CB | Centre back | AM | Attacking midfielder |
RB/LB | Full back | W | Winger |
DM | Defensive midfielder | FW | Forward |
Statistics correct as of match played 6 December 2023.
Name | Nationality | Position | Flamengo career | Captaincy | Appearances | Goals |
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Renato Abreu | Brazil | CM | 2005–2007 2010–2013 | 2006–2007 | 267 | 73 |
Cláudio Adão | Brazil | FW | 1977–1980 1983 | 154 | 82 | |
Adriano | Brazil | FW | 2000–2001 2009–2010 | 94 | 44 | |
Adílio | Brazil | AM | 1978–1987 | 616 | 128 | |
Alfredinho | Brazil | FW | 1934–1936 | 105 | 101 | |
Aldair | Brazil | CB | 1985–1989 | 185 | 11 | |
Diego Alves | Brazil | GK | 2017–2022 | 2019–2022 | 217 | 0 |
Andrade | Brazil | DM | 1979–1987 | 569 | 28 | |
Ronaldo Angelim | Brazil | CB | 2006–2011 | 280 | 17 | |
Willian Arão | Brazil | DM/CB | 2016–2022 | 377 | 35 | |
Athirson | Brazil | LB/CM | 1996–2000 2002–2004 | 2002 | 252 | 37 |
Leandro Ávila | Brazil | DM | 1998–2002 | 1999–2000 | 156 | 0 |
Gabriel Barbosa | Brazil | FW | 2019– | 2023 | 268 | 153 |
Bebeto | Brazil | FW | 1983–1989 1996 | 1996 | 307 | 151 |
Jorge Benítez | Paraguay | AM | 1952–1956 | 115 | 75 | |
Beto | Brazil | CM | 1998–2002 | 2001–2002 | 177 | 32 |
Biguá | Brazil | RB | 1941–1953 | 390 | 7 | |
Borgerth | Brazil | FW | 1912–1916 | 1912–1915 | 45 | 21 |
Modesto Bria | Paraguay | DM | 1943–1953 | 1950–1953 | 369 | 8 |
Bruno | Brazil | GK | 2006–2010 | 2009–2010 | 232 | 4 |
Bruno Henrique | Brazil | FW | 2019– | 2024– | 224 | 86 |
Candiota | Brazil | FW | 1919–1927 | 118 | 50 | |
Newton Canegal | Brazil | CB | 1939–1952 | 389 | 1 | |
Cantarele | Brazil | GK | 1973–1989 | 549 | 0 | |
Carlinhos | Brazil | DM | 1958–1969 | C | 517 | 23 |
Paulo César Carpegiani | Brazil | CM | 1977–1981 | 1977–1981 | 223 | 12 |
Flávio Costa | Brazil | DM | 1926–1934 | 145 | 15 | |
Giorgian De Arrascaeta | Uruguay | AM | 2019– | 2024– | 247 | 63 |
Domingos da Guia | Brazil | CB | 1936–1943 | C | 230 | 0 |
Evaristo de Macedo | Brazil | FW | 1953–1957 1965–1966 | 191 | 103 | |
Dequinha | Brazil | DM | 1950–1961 | 1954–1959 | 384 | 8 |
Dida | Brazil | FW | 1954–1963 | 357 | 264 | |
Diego | Brazil | CM | 2016–2022 | 2019–2022 | 289 | 44 |
Djalminha | Brazil | AM | 1989–1993 | 133 | 28 | |
Narciso Doval | Argentina | FW | 1969–1976 | 263 | 92 | |
Durval | Brazil | FW | 1948–1951 | 133 | 124 | |
Edílson | Brazil | FW | 2000–2001 2003 | 115 | 51 | |
Esquerdinha | Brazil | FW | 1948–1955 | 1953–1954 | 280 | 117 |
Fabio Luciano | Brazil | CB | 2007–2009 | 2007–2009 | 93 | 7 |
Felipe | Brazil | AM | 2003–2004 | 2003–2004 | 87 | 12 |
Filipe Luis | Brazil | LB | 2019–2023 | 176 | 4 | |
Fio | Brazil | FW | 1965–1973 | 288 | 79 | |
Sinforiano Garcia | Paraguay | GK | 1949–1958 | 276 | 0 | |
Gaúcho | Brazil | FW | 1990–1993 | 200 | 98 | |
Geraldo | Brazil | CM | 1973–1976 | 169 | 13 | |
Gérson | Brazil | AM | 1959–1963 | 153 | 86 | |
Gerson | Brazil | CM | 2019–2021 2023– | 2023– | 169 | 13 |
Wilson Gottardo | Brazil | CB | 1991–1993 | 131 | 8 | |
Henrique | Brazil | FW | 1954–1963 | 412 | 216 | |
Ibson | Brazil | CM | 2003–2005 2007–2009 2012–2013 | 234 | 35 | |
Índio | Brazil | FW | 1951–1957 | 218 | 142 | |
Jadir | Brazil | CB/DM | 1952–1962 | 1959–1962 | 501 | 8 |
Jaime | Brazil | CM | 1938–1949 | 1943–1949 | 342 | 31 |
Jarbas | Brazil | LW | 1933–1946 | 381 | 154 | |
Joel | Brazil | RW | 1951–1958 1961–1963 | 414 | 116 | |
Jonatas | Brazil | DM | 2002–2006 2008–2009 | 2005–2006 | 204 | 13 |
Jordan | Brazil | LB | 1952–1963 | 1962–1963 | 608 | 3 |
Jorginho | Brazil | RB | 1984–1989 | 246 | 8 | |
Juan | Brazil | LB | 2006–2010 | 251 | 31 | |
Juan | Brazil | CB | 1996–2002 2016–2019 | 332 | 32 | |
Júlio César | Brazil | GK | 1997–2004 2018 | 287 | 0 | |
Júlio César "Uri Geller" | Brazil | LW | 1975–1977 1979–1981 | 134 | 10 | |
Júnior | Brazil | LB/CM | 1974–1984 1989–1993 | 1989–1993 | 874 | 77 |
Júnior Baiano | Brazil | CB | 1989–1993 1996–1998 2004–2005 | 1997 2004–2005 | 314 | 32 |
Leandro | Brazil | RB/CB | 1978–1990 | 1986 | 417 | 14 |
Leonardo | Brazil | LB/AM | 1987–1990 2002 | 176 | 10 | |
Leônidas | Brazil | FW | 1936–1941 | 149 | 153 | |
Lico | Brazil | LW | 1980–1984 | 129 | 17 | |
Liminha | Brazil | DM | 1968–1975 | 513 | 29 | |
Rogério Lourenço | Brazil | CB | 1988–1994 2000–2001 | 1993–1994 | 282 | 23 |
Marcelinho Carioca | Brazil | AM | 1988–1993 | 240 | 47 | |
Marinho | Brazil | CB | 1980–1984 | 219 | 6 | |
Marquinhos | Brazil | CM | 1988–1995 | 1994 | 335 | 27 |
Moacir | Brazil | AM | 1956–1961 | 226 | 59 | |
Moderato | Brazil | FW | 1923–1930 | 147 | 27 | |
Leonardo Moura | Brazil | RB | 2005–2015 | 2010–2015 | 519 | 47 |
Mozer | Brazil | CB | 1980–1987 | 293 | 21 | |
Murilo | Brazil | RB | 1963–1971 | 448 | 3 | |
Nélio | Brazil | AM | 1990–1998 | 342 | 71 | |
Nelsinho | Brazil | CM | 1962–1968 | 194 | 19 | |
Nery | Brazil | CB | 1912–1919 | 1915–1919 | 113 | 6 |
Nonô | Brazil | FW | 1921–1930 | 143 | 123 | |
Nunes | Brazil | FW | 1980–1982 1984 1987 | 214 | 99 | |
Paulo César Caju | Brazil | LW | 1972–1974 | 105 | 19 | |
Paulo Henrique | Brazil | LB | 1960–1972 | C | 437 | 14 |
Pavão | Brazil | CB | 1951–1959 | 357 | 5 | |
Pedro | Brazil | FW | 2020– | 220 | 105 | |
Perácio | Brazil | AM | 1941–1947 1951 | 123 | 97 | |
Dejan Petkovic | Serbia | AM | 2000–2002 2009–2011 | 198 | 57 | |
Sidney Pullen | England | CM | 1915–1923 | 130 | 47 | |
Pirillo | Brazil | FW | 1941–1947 | 236 | 204 | |
Raul | Brazil | GK | 1978–1983 | 1983 | 228 | 0 |
Renato Gaúcho | Brazil | FW | 1987–1990 1993 1997–1998 | 213 | 68 | |
Réver | Brazil | CB | 2016–2018 | 2016–2018 | 135 | 11 |
Francisco Reyes | Paraguay | CB | 1967–1972 | 196 | 7 | |
Éverton Ribeiro | Brazil | AM | 2017–2023 | 2019–2023 | 394 | 46 |
Riemer | Brazil | FW | 1913–1918 | 68 | 55 | |
Gilmar Rinaldi | Brazil | GK | 1991–1994 | 239 | 0 | |
Rodrigo Caio | Brazil | CB | 2019–2023 | 152 | 6 | |
Romário | Brazil | FW | 1995–1999 | 1995–1999 | 240 | 204 |
Ronaldinho | Brazil | AM | 2011–2012 | 2011–2012 | 74 | 28 |
Rondinelli | Brazil | CB | 1973–1981 | 406 | 12 | |
Rubens | Brazil | AM | 1951–1956 | 173 | 84 | |
Sávio | Brazil | FW | 1993–1997 2006 | 261 | 95 | |
Seabra | Brazil | DM | 1918–1927 | 1925–1927 | 59 | 4 |
Silva | Brazil | FW | 1965–1966 1968–1969 | 132 | 70 | |
Telefone | Brazil | CB | 1917–1925 | 1920–1925 | 111 | 3 |
Tita | Brazil | AM | 1977–1985 | 1984–1985 | 391 | 135 |
José Ufarte | Spain | RW | 1960–1964 | 106 | 15 | |
Uidemar | Brazil | DM | 1989–1993 | 163 | 8 | |
Agustín Valido | Argentina | RW | 1937–1942 1944 | 143 | 45 | |
Vevé | Brazil | LW | 1941–1948 | 213 | 92 | |
Carlos Volante | Argentina | DM | 1938–1943 | 164 | 4 | |
Wallace | Brazil | CB | 2013–2016 | 2015–2016 | 177 | 7 |
Zagallo | Brazil | LW | 1951–1958 | 217 | 30 | |
Zé Carlos | Brazil | GK | 1984–1991 1996–1997 | 352 | 1 | |
Zico | Brazil | AM | 1971–1983 1985–1989 | 1981–1983 1985–1989 | 731 | 508 |
Zinho | Brazil | LW/CM | 1986–1992 2004–2005 | 466 | 65 | |
Zizinho | Brazil | AM | 1939–1950 | 329 | 146 |
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