The statistic displays the number of professional soccer players from Brazil playing abroad as of May 1st 2018, sorted by region. As of this date, Europe was the region with the highest number of Brazilian professional soccer players abroad, with a total of 824 Brazilian footballers playing in European teams.
Number of professional soccer players from Brazil playing abroad as of May 2018, by region
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Number of professional soccer players from Brazil playing abroad as of May 2018, by region
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* Includes North, Central and South America. This survey took into account 12,425 expatriate footballers from a total of 2,235 teams from 142 leagues of 93 national associations.
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CIES Football Observatory. (June 1, 2018). Number of professional soccer players from Brazil playing abroad as of May 2018, by region [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/873529/number-soccer-players-brazil-playing-abroad-region/
CIES Football Observatory. "Number of professional soccer players from Brazil playing abroad as of May 2018, by region." Chart. June 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed February 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/873529/number-soccer-players-brazil-playing-abroad-region/
CIES Football Observatory. (2018). Number of professional soccer players from Brazil playing abroad as of May 2018, by region. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/873529/number-soccer-players-brazil-playing-abroad-region/
CIES Football Observatory. "Number of Professional Soccer Players from Brazil Playing Abroad as of May 2018, by Region." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/873529/number-soccer-players-brazil-playing-abroad-region/
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Number of professional soccer players from Brazil playing abroad as of May 2018, by region [Graph], CIES Football Observatory, June 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/873529/number-soccer-players-brazil-playing-abroad-region/
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