On June 10, at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium, in Istanbul, Manchester City and Inter Milan will face each other to decide who will be the next champion of the Champions League. The Italian team will go after their fifth cup, the last one achieved in 2010, while the English seek to lift it for the first time after losing the final against Chelsea in 2021.
The only Brazilian to be present at the stadium in Turkey will be Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson, in what is the fewest number of Brazilians in a Champions League final in 11 years. The last time that only one Brazilian footballer was in the final was in the 2012 season when David Luiz defended the colors of Chelsea and beat Bayern Munich on penalties.
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Although Dalbert, who is also Brazilian, is at Inter, he is not in coach Simone Inzaghi’s plans and is also out for the season due to a knee ligament injury.
The list of Brazilian players who have played in the Champions League final since 2012:
- > 2012: David Luiz for Chelsea (Bayern 1×1 Chelsea, 3×4 on penalties)
- > 2013: Dante and Luiz Gustavo for Bayern (Borussia Dortmund 1×2 Bayern)
- > 2014: Marcelo for Real Madrid, Miranda and Filipe Luís for Atlético de Madrid (Real Madrid 4×1 Atlético de Madrid)
- > 2015: Dani Alves and Neymar for Barcelona (Juventus 1×3 Barcelona)
- > 2016: Marcelo, Casemiro and Danilo for Real Madrid, Filipe Luís for Atlético de Madrid (Real Madrid 1×1 Atlético de Madrid, 5×3 on penalties)
- > 2017: Dani Alves and Alex Sandro for Juventus, Marcelo and Casemiro for Real Madrid (Juventus 1×4 Real Madrid)
- > 2018: Marcelo and Casemiro for Real Madrid, Roberto Firmino for Liverpool (Real Madrid 3×1 Liverpool)
- > 2019: Lucas Moura for Tottenham, Alisson, Fabinho and Roberto Firmino for Liverpool (Tottenham 0-2 Liverpool)
- > 2020: Thiago Silva, Marquinhos and Neymar for PSG, Philippe Coutinho for Bayern (PSG 0-1 Bayern)
- > 2021: Ederson, Fernandinho and Gabriel Jesus for Manchester City, Thiago Silva for Chelsea (Manchester City 0-1 Chelsea)
- > 2022: Casemiro, Marcelo, Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo and Éder Militão for Real Madrid, Alison, Fabinho and Roberto Firmino for Liverpool (Real Madrid 1 x 0 Liverpool)
