If we talk about Fernando Diniz’s Fluminense and his most recent successes, it is impossible not to highlight the figure of Colombian winger Jhon Arias.
The 26-year-old attacker, in the last 365 days, has played practically every possible match with Fluzão and has established himself as one of the best footballers in Brasileirão and his importance on the field goes hand in hand with the successes achieved by the carioca painting.
As if that were not enough, his participation is not only on par with the most important players in European football, but he far surpasses them in minutes played.
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Jhon Arias is the winger with the most minutes accumulated in the last year
According to data from the CIES Football Observatory, Jhon Arias is the winger with the most minutes accumulated in the entire world in the last 365 days. Although the study did not specify the exact date on which it began counting it, we can assume that it is his numbers from the beginning of 2023 to the beginning of 2024.
In the 2023 season, Jhon Arias played a total of 59 games with Fluminense, not counting the nine games that he also played with the Colombian National Team, including five qualifying matches and four friendlies.
Most official game minutes, wingers 🌐 (last 3⃣6⃣5⃣ days)
🥇 #JhonArias 🇨🇴 5,589'
🥈 #DusanTadic 🇷🇸 5,018'
🥉 #KeremAktürkoğlu 🇹🇷 4,875'#EphronMasonClark 🏴 #PhilFoden 🏴
More exclusive ⚽️ stats 👉 https://t.co/P0Ohpx4eDz pic.twitter.com/VWeYWi30fr— CIES Football Obs (@CIES_Football) April 23, 2024
All these minutes played give a total of 5,589 minutes in the last year, being the winger with the most minutes accumulated worldwide and surpassing players of the stature of Dusan Tadic or Phil Foden.
- Jhon Arias (Fluminense) – 5589 minutes*
- Dusan Tadić (Fenerbahce) – 5018 minutes
- Kerem Akturkoglu (Galatasaray) – 4875 minutes
- Ephron Mason-Clark (Peterborough United) – 4874 minutes
- Phil Foden (Manchester City) – 4757 minutes
*Disputed in the last 365 days
Remembering Zagallo
Sambafoot Series launched a new documentary about the football legend Zagallo. Known as ‘Velho Lobo‘ and as superstitious as it gets, Zagallo helped shape what Brazilian football is nowadays — as a player and as a coach.
Binge the first four episodes available on Sambafoot’s Youtube channel. Stay tuned for upcoming releases as we keep telling this legend’s life story.
