Brazil · Football economics
Brazil led both directions of men's international transfers in 2025
FIFA recorded 1,190 incoming and 1,005 outgoing international transfers at Brazilian men's professional clubs in 2025. Brazil led both counts, and Portugal was its largest partner by recorded player moves.
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Incoming
Shared scale · 0 transfers to 1,190 transfers
Outgoing
Shared scale · 0 transfers to 1,190 transfers
Both measures count transfers. The article explains the Brazil and Portugal route separately.
Brazil's annual balance moved toward arrivals
FIFA recorded 1,102 arrivals and 1,113 departures at Brazilian clubs in 2024. Arrivals rose by 88 in 2025 while departures fell by 108. The balance moved from 11 more departures than arrivals to 185 more arrivals than departures. Source 1 Source 2
Portugal was the largest partner in both directions
The report identifies 184 transfers from Brazilian clubs to Portuguese clubs and 180 going the other way. The 364 moves across the two directions were counted separately, and the report describes them as the two largest individual streams by volume. Source 1
The most moves can occur on a different route from the highest fees
FIFA attributes USD 69.2 million of reported fees to Brazil-to-Portugal moves and USD 35.1 million to Portugal-to-Brazil. Its highest-value country route was Germany to England, with 51 transfers and reported fees of USD 1.04 billion. Source 1
The record concerns international club registration
The report counts transfers across associations and includes different transfer types, such as loans and moves without a fee. Domestic moves are outside this table. An association's incoming and outgoing counts describe football registrations, independent of the players' nationality. Source 1 Source 3