Brazil has always been a nation crazy about soccer, and this translates onto the international stage. Of the professional soccer players across 132 leagues worldwide in 2019, some 6.8 percent came from Brazil.
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CIES Football Observatory. (May 30, 2020). Share of men's professional soccer players worldwide in 2019, by country of origin [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 28, 2026, from /statistics/1283911/pro-soccer-players-by-country/
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