Vitor Roque enters the history of the canarinha this Saturday in Tingi. The Athletico Paranaense striker, wanted by FC Barcelona, will not only make his debut with his country’s senior teams, but will also become the youngest to make his debut with Brazil since 1994.
Roque will thus follow in the footsteps of Ronaldo ‘O’ Fenomeno, who in 1994 became the youngest player in the history of the Brazilian team at the age of 17. Roque will continue in his awakening, debuting with the senior team for the “canarinha” 18 years ago and just 25 days old and will be placed second in the historical order of the “verdemarela” team. In addition, curiously, Vitor Roque also went through Cruzeiro, with whom Ronaldo made his professional debut, and where “O Phenomenon” had the presidency, before Atheltico Paranaense paid the release clause in April 2021.
Vitor Roque won the Meridian Under’20 and Pichichi left the competition with six goals
Associated Press
The smallest rookies in Brazil
Debut player turned in 18 days
Diego 30/04/2003 61
Marcelo 05/09/2006 116
Coutinho 10/07/2010 117
Doria 06/04/2013 149
Ze Elias 29/03/1995 185
Neymar 10/08/2010 187
Pato 26/03/2008 205
C. Alberto 07/15/2003 216
Luke 27/03/2011 226
Adrianus Correia 07/13/2003 260
Adrian Leite 11/15/2000 271
Eduardo Costa 07/15/2001 295
Rodrigo 15/11/2019 310
Nilmar 07/13/2003 364
Sources: Dennis Woods
pending in Barcelona
Parallel to his debut with the Brazilian team against Morocco in Tangier, Vitor Roque looks to the future. Despite Barça’s desire to sign the player, Barça has not yet taken the step for him, because the “sporting game” that characterizes LaLiga does not allow him to run anywhere he can now sign. The young Brazilian’s development has already passed all the filters of the Barca club’s scouting, sports management and technical staff, but the Barca club has not yet sat down to negotiate with Athletico Paranaense. In addition to Barça, other big clubs, such as PSG, Chelsea, Arsenal, Milan and Atlético, are interested in receiving the services of Vitor Roque, winner of the recent South American Under’20, still 17 years old, and where has he been. Pichichi Pichichi tournament with six goals together with Andrey Santos.
Vitor Roque, with his current team, Athletico Paranaense
