Brazil occupies a prominent role in the annual report of FIFA, the maximum football entity, on international transfers of players.
Global Transfer Report shows that 2,350 Brazilian footballers have changed clubs by 2024. It is the largest number among the 176 nationalities reported in the document – the front of Argentines (1,217), British (1,078), French (1,052) and Nigerians (954).
The number of Brazilians transferred is similar to that of the previous year (2023): 2,375.
Clubs around the world paid $ 1.19 billion (almost $ 7 billion for the current exchange rate) to have brasucas in their ranks. The amount exceeds the expense with French (US $ 926 million) and Portuguese (US $ 620.5 million).
Brazil is first in both exports and in the importation of the workplace – lists include Brazilian athletes and other nationalities.
Last year, 1,113 players made their bags and left the country to play in another, and 1,102, coming from outside, began to live here, defending some national team, an increase of 18.5% compared to 2023. Brazil imported so much, adding the repatriations with the hiring of foreigners.
With these numbers, Brazil is the country that executes the most transfers among the 211 affiliates to FIFA. No other nation surpassed by 2024 the brand of the thousand athletes, whether in export (England is the nearest, 908), or in import (Portugal, in second place, recorded 767 entries).
When it comes to Brazil and Portugal, which have historical proximity and speak the same language, it is the countries that last year, according to Global Transfer Report, the most did business among themselves: 262 athletes left here to play there and 223 did The reverse route.
The exported workpace earned Brazil clubs in the period encompassed by the study US $ 592 million (R $ 3.451 billion). The top of the list is occupied by England, whose player departure negotiations have provided the teams a total of $ 1.34 billion.
Regarding imports, it was also the English, who have the richest league on the planet (Premier League), who spent the most: $ 1.88 billion. Brazilian clubs disbursed US $ 363 million (R $ 2.116 billion) to hire footballers who were playing in other countries.
According to the report, Botafogo is the South American club that spent the most hiring players, followed by Cruzeiro. Alvinegro carioca, with an investment of over R $ 400 million, reaped fruits in 2024, conquering Brazilian and Libertadores.
The businesses that FIFA compiles at Global Transfer Report include those that are definitive and those that are temporary, on loan. More than 5,000 clubs participated in some transaction.
The total money involved in 2024 in male professional football was $ 8.59 billion (with nearly 22,800 traded players), the second largest in history, behind the 2023 mark ($ 9.66 billion involving 21 , 8 thousand professionalized).
The most expensive transfer of 2024 was Argentine Julián Álvarez, who was from Manchester City to Atletico Madrid for $ 81 million. And the average age of those internationally transferred was 24.6 years, identical to that of 2022 and that of 2023.
FIFA in its research also points out that women’s football recorded records in the number of negotiations (2,284) and the value involved (US $ 15.6 million).
Brazilian striker Priscila was negotiated by Internacional with Mexican America for $ 2.8 million, in the third largest transaction of 2024 – zambia athletes occupied the first places.
Finally, Global Transfer Report mentions that amateur football was dominant in international transfers last year, totaling 53,679 athletes –beleship and Switzerland notable in this topic in Europe, and Argentina in South America.
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