CIES reports place Brazil on a new table for players who play abroad

May 22 – Brazil remains an undeniable power plant in global football exports, with more than 3,000 Brazilian players who have performed in a foreign league since 2020, according to the latest report by Cies Football Observatory.

In his latest post, the Observatory ranked 100 of the top export countries in 135 professional leagues worldwide between 2020 and 2025. Brazil led with 3,020 expatriate soccer players, comfortably in front of the recent World Cup winners, France (2,293) and Argentina (2,171).

However, France has seen the biggest absolute growth, adding 372 expatriates during the six -year period. Argentina (+216) and Nigeria (+181) also posted a strong improvement, underlines sustainable demand for talents from South America and Africa.

The top ten exporting countries include familiar European names – Britain, Spain, Germany, Serbia, and Croatia – with Colombia and Nigeria. The calculation of the British calculation is part of the strong presence of British players in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

This report highlighted the dominance of Argentina in America, with 1,580 Argentine players who crossed their trade throughout the continental league – Total Colombia. In Europe, France leads with 2,080 exports to the top 83 UEFA league, right in front of Brazil (2,009), while England runs with 1,323.

Brazil also took the top of the charts in Asia, with 1,027 players performing in 20 Asian League since 2020 – more than four times more than the next largest exporter, Spain (243) and France (201). Among Asian countries, Japan and South Korea lead as domestic exporters.

Data underlines the globalization of the talent pipeline, with the mobility of players increases in the volume and geographical range. This also reflects the shift in the dynamics of developing-especially the role of exports that developed from countries such as Nigeria and Colombia-Enthusiastic clubs around the world continue to explore new markets for affordable and high potential talents.

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