In 2024, Oscar’s triumphant return to the Brasileirão could take place. The talented footballer who knew how to shine at Chelsea and with the Brazilian National Team will culminate his fruitful relationship with Chinese side Shanghai Porto at the end of the year and the international press reports that a Brazilian club is already negotiating to arrange his return to his native country.
Oscar was trained in sports at União Barbarense and then at São Paulo, a club he left in 2010, the year in which he signed for Internacional de Porto Alegre. Just two years after his arrival at the tricolor team, Chelsea became interested in his services and signed him for 32 million euros. The rest? It’s already history.
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Flamengo is already actively working on signing Oscar
In 2017, Oscar completed an unexpected but fruitful transfer to Chinese football, a year in which Shanghai Port made him the highest-paid footballer in the world and one of the most expensive sales in the history of Chelsea, a club that received 60 million for its transfer.
Seven years later, Oscar feels ready to close his time in Chinese football and with a contract that ends in November of this year, conversations to return to his native Brazil have already begun, as journalist Rudy Galetti claims.
🚨🗣️ #Flamengo started talks with #Oscar, considered a main target for the summer. 🇧🇷
📌 The contract of the former #Chelsea player with Shanghai Port expires in November, but his entourage is working to terminate it early. 🐓⚽ @Lemos_Santos #Transfers pic.twitter.com/nO9SiSgY94
— Rudy Galetti (@RudyGaletti) May 26, 2024
According to this source, Flamengo is already actively working on the possible arrival of Oscar and there is talk of the possibility of reaching an agreement with Shanghai Porto to break their relationship early so that Oscar can sign for Mengão this summer.
It will be achieved? Only time will tell. The truth is that Mengão would have already taken the first key step to agree on his return to Brazil and his arrival, if not between June/July, could take place at the end of the year.
What was Oscar’s last season at the Brasileirão?
If his return to Brazil takes place, Oscar could play his first game in the Brasileirão in more than 12 years, since the last season in which he played in this championship was in the 2012 season and his last game was a 2-1 against Cruzeiro corresponding to the eighth round of the league championship, playing just under 20 days after his signing for Chelsea is finalized.
- Óscar’s last game with Internacional
- Brasileirão 2012, matchday 8 : Internacional 2-1 Cruzeiro – 07/07/2012
93 anos do Tricolor! 🇾🇪
Muito orgulho de ter vestido essa camisa. Parabéns, @SaoPauloFC ❤️⚽️ pic.twitter.com/jy3xJZFeAI
— Oscar (@oscar8) January 25, 2023
Oscar’s statistics with Brazilian teams
Oscar played in his native Brazil for both São Paulo and Internacional. However, he was in the gaúcho team with which he added the most games in the initial stage of his career.
Há nove anos marquei meu primeiro gol como profissional com a camisa do @SCInternacional na @LibertadoresBR. Foi um dos gols mais bonitos que fiz jogando pelo colorado! 👊🏻⚽️ pic.twitter.com/wnO6QWvSKr
— Oscar (@oscar8) February 23, 2020
With São Paulo, Oscar played a total of 13 games between 2008 and 2010, in which he managed to distribute 3 assists. However, he never managed to score with the São Paulo team.
- Oscar with São Paulo (2008-2010)
- Games played : 13
- Goals : 0
- Assists: 3
For his part, with Internacional, Oscar lived his best scoring and creative period, playing a total of 59 games between 2010 and 2012, scoring 19 goals and distributing 22 assists.
- Oscar with International (2010-2012)
- Games played : 59
- Goals : 19
- Assists: 22
Now, if we talk about his statistics with the Brazilian National Team, his figures are also quite good. Oscar debuted with the majors in 2011 and was called up until 2016, being very important in the 2014 World Cup despite the catastrophic elimination against Germany and with the Olympic Team that reached Silver in 2012.
- Oscar with the Seleção (2011-2016)
- Games played : 48
- Goals : 12
- Assists: 15
- Oscar with the Olympic Team (2012)
- Games played : 6
- Goals : 1
- Assists: 3
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 full series, available on Sambafoot’s Youtube channel.
