WHO THEY ARE
From Physical Education college to the World Cup final against Liverpool, discover the future of the ten players who were with Vini
Published on December 19, 2024 at 5:32 pm
Team that played with Vini at Flamengo Credit: Disclosure I Flamengo
In recent days, much has been said about Flamengo, São Gonçalo and the origins of the best player in the world – Vinicius Júnior. Elected by The Best FIFA, the Brazilian was revealed by the red and black team and played there until he was bought by Real Madrid and went to play for the Spanish team as soon as he turned 18.
But what happened to Vini’s colleagues at Flamengo’s academy? One of the first teams born in the 2000s went two years without losing between 2014 and 2015, and already had seven players in the Brazilian under-15 team. Together, they competed in 23 finals, and won 19 of them.
The team was made up of right-back Wesley Gasolina, defender Patrick, left-back Athirson, midfielders Leandrinho and Marx Lenin, striker Lincoln and Vini Jr. Despite their success, most of them didn’t even make it to the red professional team. -black.
Where are Vini’s colleagues:
The team’s goalkeeper, Victor Hugo left Mengão in 2021 to play for Ferroviário-CE. From there, he went to São Caetano, Rio Claro-SP, União Barbarense-SP, Lemense-SP and América-RJ.
On the right flank was Wesley Gasolina, who got his nickname for his speed. Gasolina left Flamengo in 2019 due to a dispute with the club, and went to Europe, playing for Juventus (Italy). From there, he passed through Hellas Verona (Italy), Sion (Switzerland) and returned to Brazil in 2022, when he arrived at Cruzeiro.
Wesley Gasolina Credit: Gustavo Aleixo I Cruzeiro
In defense was Renan, who left the club in 2019 to play for Mentes, Second Division District of the Algarve, in Portugal. Shortly afterwards, he stopped playing and studied Physical Education.
Renan, ex-Flamengo Credit: Disclosure
Alongside him was the team captain, Patrick, who joined Flamengo as a professional in 2018. A year later, he was loaned to Midtjylland, in Denmark, and went on to Tombense-MG, Bangu, Joinville and Monsoon-RS .
The team’s midfielder was Matheus Alves, who was traded to the Portuguese club Leixões in 2020, but ended up not going due to documentary reasons. He only left Flamengo in 2021, when he went to Kalamata, in Greece.
In midfield, there was Leandrinho, who left the club in 2018 and went to Fremad Amager, from Denmark. From there, he played for the under-23s of Aves (Portugal), under-20s of Ceará, Globo-RN, Primavera-SP, Tupynambás-MG, North-MG, Mamoré-MG and Nova Venécia-ES, the last club before leaving to the São Paulo floodplain. Marx Lenin, the other midfielder, was loaned to Avaí in 2019, and from there he went to Akron Togliatti (Russia), Amazonas and Galícia-BA.
Marx Lenin for Galicia Credit: Valder Silva I Galicia
In the attack were Yuri César and Lincoln. Yuri went professional for four games in 2020, but was soon loaned to Fortaleza. A year later, Flamengo sold the striker for 31 million reais to Al Shabab, from the United Arab Emirates.
Lincoln, in turn, played 64 games for Mengão, with eight goals scored from 2017 to 2020. He even played in the 2019 World Cup final, against Liverpool, where he missed a goal chance that made him difficult for Flamengo. Two years later, he was sold for 16 million reais to Vissel Kobe, from Japan, from where he went to Cruzeiro and Altach, from Austria.
