Brazil has become one of the mandatory destinations for scouts from any part of the planet, especially for European giants looking to find the new jewel of world football. Thus, many Brazilian footballers made the leap to the Old Continent in recent years.
However, not all of them have been successful, and many had to return to Brazil shortly after leaving the country. In fact, Globo Esporte discovered that 71 players returned to Brazil at the age of 23 or younger after a brief stint in Europe.
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The 71 under-23 players who returned to Brazil from 2019 onwards
- 2019 – João Pedro, from Porto to Bahia
- 2019 – Matheus Jesus, from Estoril to Corinthians
- 2019 – Gabigol, from Inter Milan to Flamengo
- 2019 – Gerson, from Fiorentina to Flamengo
- 2019 – Caio Henrique, from Atlético de Madrid to Fluminense
- 2019 – Ewandro, from Austria Vienna to Fluminense
- 2019 – Lucão, from Estoril to Goiás
- 2019 – Felipe Vizeu, from Udinese to Gremio
- 2019 – Felipe Pires from Hoffenheim to Palmeiras
- 2019 – Jorge, from Monaco to Santos
- 2020 – Ravanell, from Akhmat Grozny to Athletico Paranaense
- 2020 – Allan, from Liverpool to Atlético Mineiro
- 2020 – Guilherme Arana, from Sevilla to Atlético Mineiro
- 2020 – Gustavo Cascardo, from FK Senica to Botafogo
- 2020 – Pedro Raul, from Vitória de Guimarães to Botafogo
- 2020 – Luan Cândido, from Leipzig to Bragantino
- 2020 – Luis Phelipe, from Salzburg to Bragantino
- 2020 – Leandrinho, from Napoli to Bragantino
- 2020 – Felipe Vizeu, from Udinese to Ceará
- 2020 – Thiago Maia, from Lille to Flamengo
- 2020 – Pedro, from Fiorentina to Flamengo
- 2020 – Caio Henrique, from Atlético de Madrid to Gremio
- 2020 – Lucas Ribeiro, from Hoffenheim to Internacional
- 2020 – Ewandro, from Udinese to Sport
- 2020 – Neto Borges, from Genk to Vasco
- 2021 – Luizão from Vorskla Poltava to Bahia
- 2021 – Raí Nascimento from Deportivo La Coruña to Bahia
- 2021 – Erick from Braga to Ceará
- 2021 – Ravanelli from Akhmat Grozny to Chapecoense
- 2021 – Camilo from Lyon to Cuiabá
- 2021 – Gustavo Maia, from Barcelona to Internacional
- 2021 – Kaique Rocha, from Sampdoria to Internacional
- 2021 – Matheus Fernande, from Barcelona to Palmeiras
- 2021 – Augusto Galván, from Real Madrid to Santos
- 2021 – Léo Jabá, from PAOK to Vasco
- 2022 – Paulinho Bóia, from Metalist Ukraine to América-MG
- 2022 – Vitinho, from Dynamo Kiev to Athletico Paranaense
- 2022 – Luis Phelipe from Salzburg to Atlético-GO
- 2022 – Luis Henrique, from Olympique de Marseille to Botafogo
- 2022 – Lucas Ribeiro from Hoffenheim to Ceará
- 2022 – Yuri Alberto from Zenit to Corinthians
- 2022 – Gabriel Brazão from Inter Milan to Cruzeiro
- 2022 – Luís Felipe from PSV to Cruzeiro
- 2022 – Marquinhos Cipriano from Shakhtar Donetsk to Cruzeiro
- 2022 – Marrony from Midtjylland to Fluminense
- 2022 – Jhonny Lucas from Sint-Truidense to Goiás
- 2022 – Vitão from Shakhtar Donetsk to Internacional
- 2022 – Mikael from Salernitana to Internacional
- 2022 – Igor Gomes from Barcelona B to Internacional
- 2022 – André Anderson from Lazio to São Paulo
- 2022 – Nathan Santos from Boavista to Santos
- 2023 – Mikael from Salernitana to América-MG
- 2023 – Pedrinho from Lokomotiv to América-MG
- 2023 – Kaique Rocha from Sampdoria to Athletico-PR
- 2023 – Paulinho from Bayer Leverkusen to Atlético-MG
- 2023 – Bruno Fuchs from CSKA to Atlético-MG
- 2023 – Kayky from Manchester City to Bahia
- 2023 – Diego Rosa from Manchester City to Bahia
- 2023 – Arthur Sales from Lommel SK to Bahia
- 2023 – Vitinho from Dinamo Kiev to Bragantino
- 2023 – Paulo Vitor from Valladolid to Cruzeiro
- 2023 – João Marcelo from Porto to Cruzeiro
- 2023 – Derik Lacerda from Ponferradina to Cuiabá
- 2023 – Giovanni Manson from Ajax to Fluminense
- 2023 – Pedrinho from Lokomotiv to São Paulo
- 2023 – Marcos Paulo from Atlético de Madrid to São Paulo
- 2024 – Gabriel Verón from Porto to Cruzeiro
- 2024 – Robert Renan from Zenit to Internacional
- 2024 – Rildo from Santa Clara to Juventude
- 2024 – Douglas Mendes from Salzburg to Bragantino
- 2024 – Adson from Nantes to Vasco
