According to data from the CIES Football Observatory, there is a Brazilian club that has stood out from the rest in this regard, being the team with the most profits from the sales of non-homegrown players in all of South America: Athletico Paranaense. All of this is according to the data analyzed by the aforementioned entity, which examined the figures of all clubs worldwide between 2014 and 2023.
In this list, LOSC Lille is the club in the world with the most profits from this type of sales, with a profit of +368 million euros after having spent around 241 million euros on signings that were sold for over 627 million euros. The top 3 is completed by AFC Ajax (+317 million euros) and RB Salzburg (+233 million euros).
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In this list, where there are no other South American teams, Athletico Paranaense appears in the thirteenth position. The club based in Paraná spent around 16 million on signings, generating an impressive net gain of +123 million euros, totaling 139 million euros.
Which discarded players did Athletico Paranaense sell in this period? According to TransferMarkt data, here are some of the players not formed in the Athletico Paranaense academy who were sold for more money between 2014 and 2023:
- Vitor Roque (Formed at Cruzeiro) → FC Barcelona (40.00 million euros)*
- Bruno Guimarães (Formed at GO Audax) → Olympique Lyon (20.00 million euros)
- Robson Bambu (Formed at Santos) → Nice (8.00 million euros)
- Fernandinho (Formed at Paraná STC) → Shakhtar (7.80 million euros)
- Abner Vinicius (Formed at Cruzeiro) → Real Betis (7.00 million euros)
