It is an open secret that Brazil has one of the best quarries in all of South America. Although the talent that emerges from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay or Ecuador is constantly compared, there is no doubt that Brazilians are ahead when it comes to exporting talent and no, we are not saying that, but the prestigious Swiss educational entity is saying that. specialized in football studies: the International Center for Sports Studies or, as it is known by its acronym, the CIES Football Observatory.
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Brazil was the top exporter of talent in 2023: 1,289 expatriates
According to its most recent study regarding expatriate footballers, Brazil is the country in South America that exported the most talent in 2023 and, as if that were not enough, it was also the one that did so the most worldwide.
The Colossus of America exported a total of 1,289 footballers in 2023, having a growth of 5.6% in relation to last year’s figures (2022).
The only country that comes close to these figures is France, who managed to expatriate 1,033 soccer players in 2023.
Further down, in third position, appears Argentina (905 soccer players) and is followed by England (535) and Spain (458) to complete the TOP-5.
Brazil broke its own expat record and surpassed its numbers for the first time since 2019
These numbers not only allow Brazil to consolidate itself as the best exporters of football talent worldwide, but also gives them the possibility of seeing a margin for improvement in relation to previous years, since they surpassed their export figures for the first time. since 2019:
· 2017: 1,177 expatriates
· 2018: 1,229 expatriates
· 2019: 1,276 expatriates
· 2020: 1,252 expatriates
· 2021: 1,243 expatriates
· 2022: 1,221 expatriates
· 2023: 1,289 expatriates
What are the main countries where Brazilian talent arrives?
The CIES FO also managed to find quite interesting data regarding the favorite destination of many of these footballers who make the jump to foreign leagues, these being the countries where expatriate footballers go the most according to 2023 data:
· Portugal – 213 expatriates
· Japan – 79 expatriates
· United Arab Emirates – 49 expatriates
· South Korea – 44 expatriates
· United States – 44 expatriates
· Spain – 44 expatriates
· England – 40 expatriates
· Italy – 40 expatriates
· Bulgaria – 39 expatriates
· Thailand – 34 expatriates
