Up to 8 tricolor players have worn the Rio de Janeiro club jersey.
Júnior Sornoza can find some consolation in his time at Fluminense, because at the time he played he was better than all the Ecuadorians hired by that Rio de Janeiro club.
It is the exception, of course, considering the discreet steps of Patricio urrutia (5 sets), Jefferson Orejuela (28), Bryan Cabezas (5) the Juan Cazares (37), who has a current contract with Tricolor until December 31, 2022.
In 1966, Polo Carrera He was the first Ecuadorian soccer player to play in Brazil. He left the Quito League, signed for Fluminense and then returned to the Quito team the same year.
In the Flu he also militated Hector Carabalí. After his time at São Paulo, he managed to stay in Brazil, because the following year he wore the shirt of the Rio de Janeiro team.
With the official presentation of Mario Alberto Pineida On Tuesday as a reinforcement of the Flu for the entire 2022 season, on loan from Barcelona SC, there are eight tricolor footballers hired by the eternal rival of Flamengo, plus one who arrived in Rio but did not play any official game: the central defender Jefferson Camacho.
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In 1976 his possible transfer to Fluminense was mentioned, but the signing did not materialize. He traveled to Rio de Janeiro, but there he was abandoned by the Mexican businessman Federico Sagiante, who, according to Ecuadorian newspapers of the time, lied to Camacho because he never made arrangements with Fluminense. After several days without doing anything in Brazil, Camacho returned to rejoin Emelec, where he was active until 1978.
Before Pineida’s signing, the Ecuadorian who made the news in Fluminense was Cazares. The former River Plate and Banfield player arrived in Rio last April after passing through Corinthians and Atlético Mineiro.
According to Transfermarkt, Juanito Cazares this year played 9 games in the Copa Libertadores, 22 in the Brasileirao, 3 in the Paulista Championship, 2 in the Brazil Cup and 2 in the Carioca Taça Guanabara Championship, for a total of 37 games and 1,274 minutes played. In addition, he scored a goal at the Brasileirao against Corinthians.
Junior Sornoza, whose record belongs to Corinthians and until December 31, 2021 will be a player of the Independiente del Valle national champion, has the best record of an Ecuadorian footballer in Fluminense.
In two seasons with Flu, the Portoviejo player accumulated 59 performances (44 for the Brasileirao and 15 for the South American Cup) and 4,487 minutes on the court.
After the incorporation of Pineida to the Tricolor discipline, the newspaper Lance made a review of the foreigners of Fluminense in recent years with this title: ‘Pineida has arrived!’.
De Sornoza, Lance notes that he was approved by the fans and scored an Olympic goal with Corinthians. During his time in Brazil he scored 10 goals in 98 games.
Additionally, remember that “Bryan Cabezas arrived in 2018, on loan from Atalanta. However, he only played five games. The Ecuadorian left Fluminense six months before the end of the contract, claiming that he wanted to be in a team that was ‘financially and football stable.’ (D)
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