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Brazil Football Team | The R$3.6 billion Team is World’s 2nd Most Valuable
Boasting of having won five world cup titles, the Brazil football team is throttle full with immensurable talents. Although the country last they won the World Cup in 2002, its team is still dripping with incredible talent, and it’s not surprising that they’re valued at R$3.6 billion, coming a distant second to England.
Despite recently losing to Argentina in the Copa America final, Brazil is still the titan of South America in value and the second most valuable team in the world. The Brazilian squad as constituted doesn’t hold significant accolades to show their prowess. However, the gold medal they clinched in the Tokyo Olympics is enough proof that they are a force to be reckoned with.
Of course, the majority of the value in the Brazilian soccer team comes from none other than the Paris Saint Germain skipper Neymar da Silva Santos, Jr.
Valued at over R$600 million, Neymar grew his talent at Santos, one of the best clubs in Brazil. Although controversies marred his transfer to Barcelona, Neymar settled in fast and established himself as one of the world’s most lethal strikers.
However, his record-breaking move to PSG made him the most valuable player in the world. Although he’s yet to win a World Cup with Brazil or a Champions League with PSG, Neymar remains one of the world’s best-attacking talents, hence his high transfer value.
Coming second on the list of the most valuable Brazilian players is Manchester City’s ace, Gabriel Jesus. Despite playing second fiddle to Sergio Aguero before the latter moved to Barcelona, Jesus has proved that he can regularly score fabulous goals. He’s only 24, and is considered by many to be a huge talent with a value of more than R$500 million.
At number three is the Real Madrid sensational winger, Vinicius Junior. His star shone during Zinedine Zidane’s tenure at Real Madrid, and now he has grown into one of the best attackers in football. Surprisingly he’s still 21 years and he’s valued at around R$495 million.
Next is Marquinhos, one of the toughest defenders that Brazil has given to the world. The 27-year old is known for taking charge of the defense and scoring header goals in crucial matches. He is valued at around R$450 million, making him the fourth most valuable Brazilian player.
Closing the top five is the man who has become the heart of Real Madrid’s midfield; Casemiro. While he may not be mentioned among the biggest names in soccer, you can hardly ignore his importance in a team. Although he was bought at only R$44.8 million, his value has skyrocketed to more thanR$420 million, making him the fifth most expensive player in the Brazilian team.
The list is endless since we also have the likes of Ederson, Alisson, Fabinho, Richarlison, Fred, Coutinho, Militao, and Lucas Moura, who are all valued above R$200 million.
From this preview of the players we just mentioned, there’s no doubt that the samba magic that is synonymous with the Brazilian players doesn’t come cheap.
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Meet Matheus Nunes, Another Brazilian Who Choose To Represent the Portuguese National Team
Although Matheus Nunes was born on the west side of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, he moved to Portugal with his stepfather and mother when he was only 12. Eventually, he started playing football when he was not working at his family’s bakery.
At age 20, Nunes was signed by Estoril. After playing a few matches for the team, he got a surprise offer to join Sporting Lisbon, one of the highly coveted clubs in Portugal.
After moving to Alvalade, Nunes started out playing in the second team. Within a few months, Nunes got the chance to play for the Sporting’s first team, and he’s not disappointed since. Indeed, he has managed to stamp his authority in the central midfield.
Since then, the player has shown impressive progression, becoming one of the integral pillars of coach Reuben Amorim’s team. Nunes has scored a goal and assisted in 11 games this season, which has made him attract attention even from the other side of the Atlantic.
In August 2021, Nunes was summoned by the Brazilian national team coach, Tite, to join the Brazil squad for the World Cup qualifiers. He was called to replace the athletes playing in the Premier league who were banned from leaving the country to represent their national team.
Eligible to play for both Brazil and Portugal, Nunes had a tough decision to make. But surprisingly, he declined Tite’s invitation. Later, secret sources found that a technician in the Portuguese National Team had contacted the central midfielder to join the Portuguese side. However, nothing was formal at the time he was being called to join the Brazil squad.
In a press conference, Portugal’s head coach Fernando Santos mentioned that Matheus Nunes was a vital player they were monitoring and planning to bring to the squad. Three days later, Nunes was named in the 24-man squad representing Portugal in the World Cup qualifiers.
“Nunes has been seeking an opportunity to play for the Portugal for some time, and now his chance to show that he deserved it,”
said Santos.
Interestingly, Nunes was called up to replace another Brazilian-born Midfielder, Otavio, who had an injury when Porto was playing against Liverpool in the Champions League. In a presser before Sporting’s game against Borussia Dortmund, he revealed how he decided to represent Portugal instead of Brazil.
“After a lengthy discourse and contemplation with my family, I’ve concluded that playing for Portugal is the best option; I think I will be happy here.” Nunes further said that he had already spoken with both coaches and explained his decision.
“After doing a lot of thinking, I believe that playing for Portugal is the best thing for my budding football career,” Nunes said.
He reiterated that this was the hardest decision he had to make in his career, revealing that being called up to the Brazilian National team was one of his proudest moments.
Having amassed over 1000 minutes of action for Sporting Lisbon in 23 appearances, we hope that playing for Portugal will add to this decent game time.
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Neymar could cut ties with the Brazil national team after World Cup 2022
The PSG superstar admitted that criticism directed at him has now blown over the top.
There are also those who call him a “popcorn man”, and those who defend him saying that he plays “alone”. But the fact remains that the player carries expressive numbers in the Brazilian national team. Despite not having won a Cup yet – which is why many criticize him – he is close to becoming the top scorer and the player who most played for the Brazilian national team. The ace never listened to such criticism, but that seems to have changed in recent months.
The Brazilian sports press tends to get tough with the player, not only for their attitudes on the field, such as expulsions in decisive matches, but also for those outside the four lines, such as going to parties, political positioning and opinions on social networks. Abroad, it’s no different.
View this post on InstagramThe Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) player was recently criticized by France Football, France’s biggest sports magazine, who called him egocentric and accused him of trying to hurt rival players after losing a game. Fans also do not leave for less: in the last month, Ney was accused of being out of shape on social networks, and responded with photographs showing his physical bearing.
In September, after Brazil’s 2-0 victory over Peru, in a match valid for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, the player was very uncomfortable and said after the game: “I’m very happy, very happy, with the help of my partners. But I don’t know anymore what I have to do with this shirt so that guys can start respecting Neymar”.
In an interview in October, the player made the statement that generated even more repercussion: the ace said that the 2022 World Cup could be the last of his career. The striker also stated that he will hardly have the psychological skills to play at a high level until 2026: “I think it’s my last World Cup (2022). I see it as my last one because I don’t know if I’ll be better able, head on, to stand up to more football. So, I’m going to do everything to get there very well, do everything to win with my country. To make my dream come true since I was little, and I hope I can do it”.
Many journalists treated the speech as a certain threat, as the star knows that he is still the biggest name in Brazilian football – and that it will probably still be in 2026, when he will be 34 years old. The teammates, however, came out in defense of the player, and asked for patience with the athlete and with the performance of the team, which, despite the positive results, has not been showing great football under the command of coach Tite.
Before the last qualifiers in October, Thiago Silva – one of the most experienced players in the national team – defended Neymar at a press conference, saying that the charge “is very strong” and that he is criticized for things “that have nothing to do with it” :
“I went through similar moments, especially after the 2014 World Cup. Things that hurt you and you know it’s not. I hope he doesn’t miss this joy. He’s a super special kid. When he’s happy doing what he likes, he always gets the job done and performs what he always did”
commented the defender, who added that the criticism of Neymar seems to be of a personal nature.
Luckily for the national team, Ney seems willing to ignore the criticism and present good football. In Brazil’s last official match, on October 14, against Uruguay, in the World Cup qualifiers, the ace was the best on the field and helped the team build a solid 4-1 victory. In addition to having scored one (1) goal, the striker also gave two assists.
Neymar’s numbers by selection
Neymar has very expressive numbers for the Brazilian team, which tend to improve even more, despite the criticisms. The ace is only 29 years old and can still play many more matches with the hopscotch, if he changes his mind about not playing in the 2026 Cup.
He has already competed in eight (8) official competitions with the green and yellow jersey, including two World Cups. Not having won the biggest competition on the planet is one of the reasons why many Brazilians get a “flea behind their ear” in relation to the player. His best finish in the tournament was 4th place in 2014.
Despite this, the ace has already lifted the 2013 Confederations Cup and was a gold medalist at the 2016 Olympic Games. He also won the Superclásico das América – a friendly tournament played against Argentina – in four (4) opportunities.
The number of matches and goals is what draws the most attention: there were 115 matches with the five-time world champion shirt and 70 goals. The player is only seven (7) goals behind Pelé – the greatest player in the history of Brazilian football – and may soon become the greatest scorer in the history of the selection of the Brazilian soccer team. As for the number of games played, he is in 4th place, and has only 27 games less than leader Cafu, captain of the five-time world champion team in 2002.
Neymar has everything to become the greatest scorer and the player who played the most matches in the history of the Brazilian national team. We can only hope that he remains focused on playing good football, because then the titles will be a consequence. And wait, too, for his decision regarding the 2026 World Cup – a mystery that only the ace will be able to unravel
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Third time coming: Rogério Ceni returns to São Paulo
This will be the idol’s third stint at the club – before, as one of the most important players in the history of the São Paulo tricolor, and now, for the second time, as the team’s coach. The announcement was made on October 13, after the resignation of Argentine coach Hernán Crespo.
Ceni’s return, however, generated divergent opinions among São Paulo fans.
On social networks, some from São Paulo were excited about the possibility, but Independente – the biggest fan group related to the São Paulo tricolor – took a stand against the coach’s arrival.
In its Instagram account, Independente published that Ceni was “the last option as a coach” for the club. In addition, he showed against Crespo’s dismissal — including putting a banner in honor of the Argentine at the Morumbi stadium — and said he will not sing the name of the new coach in the remaining matches of this year’s Brasileirão until he apologizes for statements made at the time he commanded the Flamengo team.
At the time, Ceni said that the working atmosphere at Flamengo was “different”, even though he had worked for so many years at another mass club like São Paulo. The declaration was not well received by the São Paulo. After the re-debut on the 14th, in a 1-1 draw against Ceará for the Brasileirão, Ceni decided to recant, clarifying that São Paulo is his home and that the difference between the two (2) clubs is that, in São Paulo, there is a division between three (3) big clubs, unlike Rio, where the Flamengo crowd is dominant, being a “social insertion to wear the Flamengo shirt”.
Although his career as coach of the São Paulo tricolor may generate controversy, Ceni’s history as a São Paulo player is undeniable: he is the athlete who wore the tricolor shirt the most and the one who won the most titles. There were 1,237 games, several achievements — with emphasis on the two Club World Cups — and the record as the greatest goalkeeper in the history of world football with 131 goals. The good performance, however, was not repeated as a coach, at least at the first opportunity: only six (6) months in charge of the club in 2017, no official title, and his resignation after leaving the team in the relegation zone of the Brazilian Championship.
Rogério Ceni comes from good work as a coach. At Fortaleza, he became an idol and won the Serie B of the 2018 Brazilian Nationals. At Flamengo, he was champion of the 2020 Brazilian Championship.
View this post on InstagramThe merry-go round of coaches in Brazilian football
Comings and goings of players and coaches have become more than common in Tupiniquim football. It’s hard to find a big club in the country that doesn’t have at least one (1) player who has played for the club before in its roster. The record holder in this case, at the moment, is Corinthians, which has six (6) players well known by their fans who returned in recent seasons for the São Paulo club.
In the case of coaches, it’s no different: eight (8) of the 20 clubs in the Serie A of the Brazilian Championship have current coaches who had already coached the club before. If we add the coaches who have worked for the clubs in other roles, this number is even more expressive. See the list below for the 11 current cases in the national football elite:
Atlético-MG: Cuca. The coach had already worked for the Minas Gerais club between 2011 and 2013, where he was champion of the Copa Libertadores da América in 2013. He returned to Galo at the beginning of the 2021 season.
Athletico-PR: Alberto Valentim. He had already worked in Hurricane as a player from 1996 to 1999 and from 2008 to 2009. He was announced as the club’s coach in October 2021.
Bahia: Guto Ferreira. He was the club’s coach between 2016 and 2017 and in 2018. He won the 2017 Northeast Cup title and returned to Salvador in October of that year.
Corinthians: Sylvinho. He played for the Parque São Jorge club between 1994 and 1999, when he won the Brasileirão in 1998. He debuted as a coach in May 2021.
Flamengo: Renato Gaucho. He had three (3) successful spells as a player for the Rio de Janeiro club in the 80s and 90s, when he won the 1987 Brasileirão. He debuted as a coach in July of that year.
Fluminense: Marcao. He played for the Rio de Janeiro club between 1999 and 2006, becoming an idol for the fans. As a coach, he had already worked as an interim coach and was hired in 2016 and 2020. He was hired again in August of this year.
Guild: Vagner Mancini. As a player, he had a great time in the tricolor gaucho in 1995, when he won the Libertadores that year. In the role of coach, he spent only two (2) months in 2008. He returned to the club in October 2021.
International: Diego Aguirre. He played for Inter between 1988 and 1989 and was champion of Rio Grande do Sul as a coach in 2015. He returned to Colorado in June 2021.
Youth: Marquinhos Santos. He has been with the club since February of this year. He worked in Caxias do Sul in 2019 and 2020, when he gained access to the Série B and Série A of the Brasileiro with Juventude.
Red Bull Bragantino: Maurício Barbieri. He worked at Red Bull Brasil, before the club’s merger with Bragantino, between 2013 and 2016. He has been with the club since September 2020.
São Paulo: Rogério Ceni. He was an idol as a player between 1990 and 2015, and failed as a coach in 2017. He returned to the club in October 2021.
How will these coaches’ current passages for their clubs be? Only the future will tell. But one thing is certain: the coming and going of Brazilian football has already become a tradition and should not stop anytime soon. Who will be the next player or coach to return to a club they’ve previously played at? We’ll have to wait and see.
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Cruzeiro face the biggest crisis period in the club’s history
The team came from a bi-championship of the Copa do Brasil (2017 and 2018) and had beaten their rival Atlético in the final of the Minas Gerais Championship. However, they did not expect, however, that the second half of that year would mark the beginning of the biggest institutional crisis in the club’s history.
After reports from TV Globo in May 2019, the Civil Police began an investigation into irregular transactions and the use of front companies to hide crimes committed within the club. From then on, Fox was unable to take off in the season, was eliminated from all competitions that he competed in and began the fight against relegation in the Brazilian Championship.
Four (4) coaches – only in 2019 – tried to save Cruzeiro from falling to the second division, which was confirmed on December 8 of that same year – the first relegation in the club’s history.
The investigation and the fall to Serie B opened up a reality that the fans did not know, and which was hidden by its directors: the club had a debt of more than R$1 billion, did not have cash to put players’ salaries in day, and would face serious problems in the legal sphere in a short period of time.
2020: the first year in Serie B
After relegation, Cruzeiro tried to turn the page and started a revolution within the club. The then president Wagner Pires de Sá was persuaded to resign from the position – which he had held since 2017 –, with several expensive players, and the focus was on building a younger and cheaper team to return to the elite of Brazilian football. But the dream of rebuilding became a nightmare.
A management board formed by successful businessmen took control of the club and stayed until the president-elect, Sergio Santos Rodrigues, assumed the presidency in May 2020. The lack of money and debts knocking at the door would be the biggest challenges for the new leader. Businessman Vittorio Medioli, one of the board members at that time, even said that the only solution for Cruzeiro was to file for bankruptcy and start over from scratch.
Given the situation, the team was quickly eliminated in the Copa do Brasil and the 2020 Minas Gerais Championship and, a few days before the start of Serie B, suffered a penalty from FIFA with the loss of six (6) points for not having made the payment to an Arab club for hiring the player Denílson, in 2016. Cruzeiro, then, would already start its campaign in the second season with a negative score on the table.
As if the aforementioned problems were not enough, several former players began to sue the club for not complying with the contract termination agreements at the beginning of the year. Striker Fred, for example, filed a lawsuit against Cruzeiro in which he charged more than R$70 million in court. Other FIFA sanctions also appeared and the club was even banned from making new signings for the remainder of that season.
The result could not be different: Raposa did not get promotion to the Serie A. Even after hiring the famous coach Felipão, the 4th coach that season, Cruzeiro finished Serie B in 11th place and would have to play in the second division again in 2021. Felipão did not want to stay for the following year and his manager even commented that there was even a lack of food at the club’s premises.
2021: the second year in Serie B and the players’ strike
The 2021 season looks almost like a “reprise” of the previous year. Former players and coaches sued the club – like Rodriguinho, Edílson, Egídio and Rogério Ceni. FIFA sanctions for non-payment of debts to other teams also continued and, in June, Cruzeiro was again banned from signings for not having paid the Defender of Uruguay for the hiring of midfielder De Arrascaeta.
For fans, the start of the season was more exciting. Cruzeiro were doing well in the state and in the Copa do Brasil and had a lot of confidence in the work of the young coach Felipe Conceição. The usual wage delays, however, returned. The club ended up being eliminated from all competitions again, even before the start of Serie B, and the constant changes of coach were also repeated. The current commander is Vanderlei Luxemburgo, their 3rd this season.
Luxa took over as Coach of Cruzeiro in August and said that her acceptance of the position was conditional on the regularization of the athletes’ salaries. The coach had an optimistic speech of recovery and of taking Cruzeiro back to the elite of national football, even with the team bordering the relegation zone for Serie C, at the time.
Fox even improved, distanced themselves from the “relegation zone” and currently occupy 12th place in the Serie B of the Brazilian Championship. The problem is that only the top four (4) places move up to the 1st division, and the club is 11 points behind the 4th place, with only eight (8) rounds left in the tournament. The chance of access is remote – more precisely, 0.18%, according to mathematicians at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG).
Salaries were also not paid up to date. At the beginning of October, Cruzeiro players announced a training strike due to late payment of salaries and lack of satisfaction from the board. Goalkeeper Fábio, one of the greatest idols in history and current captain of the team, said: “We will stop training in voice for all employees who love the club and are helpless. Unfortunately, the way athletes and employees are being managed became intolerable and unjustifiable.”
Players went four (4) days without reporting for training, and the club now fears another FIFA punishment for points loss, this time due to salary delays. Cruzeiro prepares for the third year in the 2nd division, again in a nightmare scenario for the fans.
What does the future hold for Cruzeiro?
The fans want the resignation of the current president, Sergio Santos Rodrigues, who failed, in the two seasons he was in charge, to solve the club’s endless problems. The director, however, said that he still trusts Raposa’s recovery and that he is looking for investors and entrepreneurs from Cruzeiro to help change the situation.
Another hope for the fans is Cruzeiro’s project of becoming a club-company. President Jair Bolsonaro (non-party) passed a law in August of this year that regulates the transformation of football clubs into businesses. The problem is to find someone willing to take over the entire situation of the club and put money into an institution without credit in the national and international market.
Is there light at the end of the tunnel? Or did Cruzeiro enter an endless hole? Despite the nebulous moment that this great Brazilian football club is going through, its huge crowd does not give up and dreams of seeing them rise again and return to their glory days.
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Atletico-MG Sells 850,000 Fan Tokens on Socio.com To Break Record
A few months ago, the club generated approximately R$9 million from selling the 850,000 digital coins on the Socio.com platform. Each fan token was sold for $2 meaning the campaign raised a whopping $1.7M.
The big sales are quite a milestone for Atletico-MG as their revenue from the market was equal to that of Man City and even surpassed that of Barcelona. The Brazilian club pocked half of the revenue while the rest was wired into the accounts of Belo Horizonte Club.
The 850,000 fan tokens were sold in two batches of 600,000 and 250,000. The team from Minas Gerais recorded the fourth fastest sale on Socio.com, with the first lot of 600,000 tokens depleted in just 8 minutes!
Selling of the fan tokens is expected to significantly boost the relationship between Galo (as the club is famously nicknamed) and their fans. Incredibly, the fans will now use these tokens to vote on issues, such as the type of armband used in a match.
The Brazilian Football Confederation decided to walk in the footsteps of the top Brazilian club. In just 19 minutes, the confederation sold more than 30 million Brazilian fan tokens. The digital currency was sold to 13,568 people, raising an income of around R$ 90 million. It is expected that more clubs and organisations will soon follow the path of Atletico-MG and the Brazilian Football Confederation.
The partnership between Galo and Socio.com
The partnership between Atletico-MG and Socios was formalised in June 2021. This means fans can use the platform to buy tokens and engage with the team whenever they like. Besides boosting the team’s revenues, this is expected to boost fan loyalty for one of the biggest sides in the Brazilian Serie A.
PSG’s fan tokens appreciate with Messi’s arrival
Paris Saint Germain partially used digital currency when signing Lionel Messi in 2021. So it is no surprise that PSG’s digital currency increased its value by more than half after signing the six-time Ballon d’Or winner. But, of course, nothing less is expected when a team signs the best player in the planet.
The Ligue 1 giants took maximum advantage of the transfer window to bring quality players to their squad. Alongside Messi, PSG signed three other quality players for free.
First, goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma joined on a five-year contract from AC Milan. Second, the long-time and controversial Real Madrid defender, Sergio Ramos left La Liga for PSG. Last but not least, Georginio Wijnaldum came in as a star midfielder from Liverpool. The signings of the four great athletes led to PSG appreciating by more $1.2 billion from the fan tokens alone.
Use of fan tokens around the world
Fan tokens is a market that is growing rapidly in Brazil and beyond. Like PSG, other established European clubs have equally embraced the concept of digital currency. Big teams such as Juventus, Milan, Man City, Arsenal and more recently Corinthians, have already enlisted on the socio.com platform. Even national teams such as the Argentine team now use digital currency.
The market is not just a reserve for football. Other sports are also free to embrace fan tokens. Teams in basketball, cricket, Formula 1 and boxing are not left behind in this era of cryptocurrency. The idea of fan tokens is expected to grow even more in the world of sports going forward.
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Atlético-MG breaks record for the Socios.com platform with sales of 850,000 fan tokens
Much recently, two types of fan tokens, a type of crypto currency, were sold out in a very short time by Atlético-MG fans. Alvinegra fans bought 850,000 digital coins on the Socios.com platform, generating up to a revenue of R$9 million. Of this amount collected, half went directly to the accounts of the Belo Horizonte club. This is one of the fastest growing markets, not only here in Brazil, but also around the world.
To pay for the “gloves” of striker Lionel Messi, the biggest signing of world football in 2021, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) made use of this cryptocurrency. With the arrival of the Argentine to the Cidade Luz club, the fan token unit experienced a great appreciation and increased by more than 50%. In addition to the hiring of ace Hermano, along with the arrivals of other athletes such as defender Sérgio Ramos, goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum, PSG saw their value appreciate by approximately US$1.2 billion with the digital currency alone.
At Atlético-MG, the directors named their project $GALO. Fan token units were sold out in a matter of minutes. The first batch alone, with 600,000 units, lasted no more than eight minutes. It was the fourth fastest sale on Socios.com. The second wave was 250 thousand units.
Fans who acquired this asset will have access to several exclusive promotions, with the right to sweepstakes and other types of advantages. But, look, the coolest thing is the opportunity that the owner will have to participate in decisions with little impact. For example, the club may ask fans to choose a particular model of armband to use in a match and so on.
The main objective of the fan token, in addition to generating extra income for sports entities, is to generate greater interaction between fans and their football team.
The initiative taken by the Atleticans was also followed by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). In early August, in just 19 minutes, the organization that manages football in Brazil, sold out 30 million Brazilian Fan Tokens (BFT). The cryptocurrency was purchased by 13,658 people, who paid €0.50 per unit. In total, about R$90 million were collected. A new sales round is scheduled in the near future. The hope is that more and more Brazilian sports clubs and entities follow the same path as CBF and Atlético-MG.
Fan tokens around the world
Like PSG, other giant and traditional European football clubs are also joining the fan tokens. The likes of Juventus, Milan, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Rome, Galatasaray, Manchester City, Independiente and the Argentine national team all have their tokens as well. Although, this type of market is not restricted to football. E-sports teams such as Team Alliance, Natus Vincere and Team Heretics, and Formula 1 teams – Aston Martin Cognizant and Alfa Romeo Racing – also have fan tokens. The Professional Fighters League (PFL) – professional MMA league – are also not left out of this latest trend.
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Ex-Corinthians, Pedrinho, has started Shakhtar Donetsk career on a good note
With great promise on his shoulders, Pedrinho was hired by Benfica under the tutelage of Jorge Jesus. During his time with the Portuguese team, the boy from Alagoas had little to no game time and was available to be negotiated, following the approval of the coach himself. Shakhtar Donetsk’s team decided to bet on the young Brazilian, who was involved in a reported deal worth up to 18m.
For the Ukrainian team, Pedrinho has so far played three official matches, two of them as a starter. In his second match (30/08), for the Premier League against the PFK Lviv team, the player showed a lot of personality in dribbling and individual plays.
In the second half, Pedrinho dominated a rebound inside the area, where he capped the score and fired through the goalkeeper’s corner to seal the victory by 3-0.
In his last match (3/08), Pedrinho started as a starter in the dispute with KRC Genk from Belgium for the Qualifying phase of the Champions League. The match started better for the Belgian club, who scored 1-0 in the first half of the game. In the second stage of the match, Pedrinho was more connected on the field and soon after 63 minutes of the match, he was knocked down inside the opposing area, conceding the penalty which was converted by fellow Brazilian Tetê. The goal of the Ukrainian comeback came from the feet of another Brazilian, Alan Patrick, in the 81st minute. The score line remained at 2-1 until the end of the game, guaranteeing an advantage for Shakhtar in the return game.
The athlete’s controversial manager, Will Dantas, blames Pedrinho’s lack of success at Benfica on Jorge Jesus, making it clear that there were signs of the coach’s unwillingness to use the Brazilian athlete. The businessman even says that Jorge Jesus will regret this decision in the future. The fact is that the beginning of the former Corinthians player at Shakhtar is encouraging and could be the incentive that the player needed to start to emerge in Europe.
Will Dantas went on to say that Jorge Jesus should never had made ‘degrading’ comments about Pedrinho, while making a controversial claim that the veteran manager has never been an icon anywhere. In one particular game, Pedrinho was famously brought on only 20 seconds from the end of the game, something that didn’t sit too well with Dantas.
Moving forward, the choice of the athlete and the manager by the Shakhtar team was an intelligent decision, as, traditionally, the Ukrainian team is a great shelter and environment for Brazilian players to appreciate. In the match against KRC Genk, for example, 10 Brazilian-born players entered the match.
Pedrinho will face the challenge of achieving prominence in a less visible league. For this, the player fights for space in the team, looking for more opportunities in the Champions League, which is the most visible championship in the world. In a team where he will get ample game-time to show his worth, it’s safe to say Pedrinho could be set for a fruitful campaign this term.
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E-sports betting market expected to reach 18 billion dollars in 2026
E-sports is the hot topic of the moment. A few years ago, e-sports showed a lot of potential for growth and this was further driven by the arrival of the pandemic in 2020. Now, even with life “returning to normal”, this sector will not only remain strong, but tend to continue growing too high. In fact, it is now predicted to reach a few billion dollars in a few years.
In 2019, several studies showed that the e-sports betting industry was worth just over $1 billion. At that time, the expectation was that in just over three years this amount would double. However, they were very wrong in the projection and the pandemic was not the only reason for this.
More in-depth studies point to a market value of approximately 7 billion dollars as early as 2019. One possible reason for this discrepancy is the lack of attention that this market received until recently.
The e-sports market has been growing for years, with more people watching the various championships of the different titles of the moment and even playing, but this was not reflected in the sports betting business, where most of the revenue generated is still it came from traditional sports, mainly football, baseball and American football.
But then came the pandemic, in early 2020, and the landscape changed. For traditional sports all over the globe, the pandemic was something to forget and brought a downward spiral that resulted in tons of financial losses all over.
For emphasis to the above, FC Barcelona revealed they lost more than £150m to the effects of the pandemic. While it was negative reviews for traditional sports, it was quite the opposite for the e-sports sector.
At that time, the sports betting market was quite heated on national and global proportions. As almost all competitions stopped or were cancelled, the bettors found themselves with no option.
This allowed for e-sports to gain more patronage among a wider global community while also seeing many big investors play big in the sector.
In bookmakers’ event listings, for a long time there were e-sports event markets to bet on. For those who are unfamiliar, electronic sports competitions are mostly played in person (known as “on LAN”), however, you can play at a distance, over the internet (as used by all casual gamers at home ).
As this was the only option, bettors went deeper into the subject and made the market explode.
Now e-sports has grown into pop culture as well and more people are now familiar with what it is all about in the betting aspect as well. Integration into Hollywood events, real-life sports and many other facets of real life has further helped the course.
For instance, Fortnite has grown to be more than just a game globally, with many football clubs and celebrities keying into this as well. Players like Mesut Ozil, Harry Kane and a musician in Drake have in one way or the other been linked to the game which has also helped in bringing more popularity to it.
According to Insider intelligence estimates, there will be a total of 26.6 monthly viewers of e-sports in the United States in 2021. That tally makes for a significant 11.4% increase from 2020. This same estimation hints at 31.4 million monthly users by the year 2023. Just as in previous years, this estimation could come as ‘modest’ once again as there is a good chance these figures could well be under-estimated as it stands.
As it stands, many factors point to the fact that the e-sports sector could be set for a positive trajectory over in the years to come. All of the predicted data so far seem to back the aforementioned statement.
Growth of the E-sports sector will remain and get even better
It’s been a while since life returned to normal in many countries and in a short time this should happen across the planet. Even so, the trend is that the growth of the e-sports betting market will continue.
Different studies have a coincidence number: 13%, which corresponds to the estimate of the CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate). In short, it is one of the main indicators that show whether or not a market is worth investing in (and, in this case, too much).
If the forecast comes true, with a CAGR of around 13% between 2021 and 2026, in five years the e-sports betting market should be worth no less than 18.5 billion dollars. Still in the wake of these numbers, analysts predict that in 2027, the value will reach 21 billion dollars.
Even in the moment of “crisis” for sports betting, during 2020, those focused on e-sports surfed well. According to the UK Gambling Commission, one of Organs most important agencies in the sector in the world, the e-sports betting market grew 2.992% from 2019 to 2020.
E-sports has grown to be more than just a ‘hobby’
Before the pandemic, it was estimated that there were 170 million e-sports fans, people who closely follow one or another professional scene and who consume the things that market offers. In a year, until the end of 2020, studies point to an increase in this number, which reached the mark of 250 million people.
Games like Fortnite, Counterstrike, Dota2, Overwatch, League of Legends and Global Offensive are now the most foremost games in the e-sports industry. Every bookmaker now seems to have almost all of these games in their sportsbook.
In actual fact, e-sports has become more than just a recreational hobby but has even grown to become a profession for some. At the moments, lots of competitions are now being held which sees e-sports players from across the globe compete over a period of time for grand cash prizes.
Take for instance Johan Sundstein, commonly known as ‘Notain’ who is the most popular e-sports player in the world. He grew his prominence from becoming an expert in the popular Dota2 game s. He started playing this since he was only 15. As at the latest rankings in 2021, Notain has earned about $7 million from e-sports alone and is currently the most popular player globally.
As earlier mentioned, big brands are now happy to throw their cash in this and it has resulted to millions of viewers paying close attentions to live streams and watch diligently as they would watch a normal game of basketball, football or NFL.
Just recently, Entain acquired popular esports betting company, Unikrn for about £50m in what was an example of how valuable e-sports companies have now become in the modern day.
This means more audiences at championships, more audiences in the arenas watching competitions, more people buying team products and more players investing their bankrolls in e-sports events.
One of the reasons that drove this is the professionalization of teams and players. Not long ago, CS:GO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive), one of the world’s top e-sports games, saw a major match-fixing scandal involving one of the biggest teams in the US at the time.
This caused the sports betting market not to take e-sports seriously, so much so that it took time for the offers at various bookmakers to increase. Today, there are lots and lots of titles available to bet with a series of markets on each of them.
The future is promising and has already caught the attention of Las Vegas, for example. Luxor Casino, for example, announced that it will build an exclusive arena for e-sports events in the city. Experts think other big casinos should do the same.
Another point that has been helping a lot in the growth of the e-sports betting market are the regulatory agencies that are starting to pay specific attention to the topic and treat it as something different from conventional sports.
New games should emerge and heat up the market
At the end of the first half of 2020, Valorant was launched, a tactical first-person shooter from Riot, the same developer and publisher of the successful League of Legends. It didn’t take long for the game to turn fever and in a few months it already had a robust community, with championships, large organizations hiring experienced players and young talents that were emerging.
This is perhaps the greatest example of how the world of e-sports is fast-paced and asking for space to expand. As the pandemic also helped to form or reactivate the gaming streak of older people who were not already in this world, the developers had an excellent year.
This becomes an incentive for new titles to appear and the chance of getting great acceptance like Valorant is great. With more games available to the public, more people are starting to enter this world and bigger are the gamblers that fatten the e-sports betting market.
There is a lot of potential to be realized from the e-sports industry and it would be interesting to see how this sector grows in the nearest future and in years to come.
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E-sports betting market expected to reach 18 billion dollars in 2026
E-sports is the hot topic of the moment. A few years ago, e-sports showed a lot of potential for growth and this was further driven by the arrival of the pandemic in 2020. Now, even with life “returning to normal”, this sector will not only remain strong, but tend to continue growing too high. In fact, it is now predicted to reach a few billion dollars in a few years.
In 2019, several studies showed that the e-sports betting industry was worth just over $1 billion. At that time, the expectation was that in just over three years this amount would double. However, they were very wrong in the projection and the pandemic was not the only reason for this.
More in-depth studies point to a market value of approximately 7 billion dollars as early as 2019. One possible reason for this discrepancy is the lack of attention that this market received until recently.
The e-sports market has been growing for years, with more people watching the various championships of the different titles of the moment and even playing, but this was not reflected in the sports betting business, where most of the revenue generated is still it came from traditional sports, mainly football, baseball and American football.
But then came the pandemic, in early 2020, and the landscape changed. For traditional sports all over the globe, the pandemic was something to forget and brought a downward spiral that resulted in tons of financial losses all over.
For emphasis to the above, FC Barcelona revealed they lost more than £150m to the effects of the pandemic. While it was negative reviews for traditional sports, it was quite the opposite for the e-sports sector.
At that time, the sports betting market was quite heated on national and global proportions. As almost all competitions stopped or were cancelled, the bettors found themselves with no option.
This allowed for e-sports to gain more patronage among a wider global community while also seeing many big investors play big in the sector.
In bookmakers’ event listings, for a long time there were e-sports event markets to bet on. For those who are unfamiliar, electronic sports competitions are mostly played in person (known as “on LAN”), however, you can play at a distance, over the internet (as used by all casual gamers at home ).
As this was the only option, bettors went deeper into the subject and made the market explode.
Now e-sports has grown into pop culture as well and more people are now familiar with what it is all about in the betting aspect as well. Integration into Hollywood events, real-life sports and many other facets of real life has further helped the course.
For instance, Fortnite has grown to be more than just a game globally, with many football clubs and celebrities keying into this as well. Players like Mesut Ozil, Harry Kane and a musician in Drake have in one way or the other been linked to the game which has also helped in bringing more popularity to it.
According to Insider intelligence estimates, there will be a total of 26.6 monthly viewers of e-sports in the United States in 2021. That tally makes for a significant 11.4% increase from 2020. This same estimation hints at 31.4 million monthly users by the year 2023. Just as in previous years, this estimation could come as ‘modest’ once again as there is a good chance these figures could well be under-estimated as it stands.
As it stands, many factors point to the fact that the e-sports sector could be set for a positive trajectory over in the years to come. All of the predicted data so far seem to back the aforementioned statement.
Growth of the E-sports sector will remain and get even better
It’s been a while since life returned to normal in many countries and in a short time this should happen across the planet. Even so, the trend is that the growth of the e-sports betting market will continue.
Different studies have a coincidence number: 13%, which corresponds to the estimate of the CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate). In short, it is one of the main indicators that show whether or not a market is worth investing in (and, in this case, too much).
If the forecast comes true, with a CAGR of around 13% between 2021 and 2026, in five years the e-sports betting market should be worth no less than 18.5 billion dollars. Still in the wake of these numbers, analysts predict that in 2027, the value will reach 21 billion dollars.
Even in the moment of “crisis” for sports betting, during 2020, those focused on e-sports surfed well. According to the UK Gambling Commission, one of Organs most important agencies in the sector in the world, the e-sports betting market grew 2.992% from 2019 to 2020.
E-sports has grown to be more than just a ‘hobby’
Before the pandemic, it was estimated that there were 170 million e-sports fans, people who closely follow one or another professional scene and who consume the things that market offers. In a year, until the end of 2020, studies point to an increase in this number, which reached the mark of 250 million people.
Games like Fortnite, Counterstrike, Dota2, Overwatch, League of Legends and Global Offensive are now the most foremost games in the e-sports industry. Every bookmaker now seems to have almost all of these games in their sportsbook.
In actual fact, e-sports has become more than just a recreational hobby but has even grown to become a profession for some. At the moments, lots of competitions are now being held which sees e-sports players from across the globe compete over a period of time for grand cash prizes.
Take for instance Johan Sundstein, commonly known as ‘Notain’ who is the most popular e-sports player in the world. He grew his prominence from becoming an expert in the popular Dota2 game s. He started playing this since he was only 15. As at the latest rankings in 2021, Notain has earned about $7 million from e-sports alone and is currently the most popular player globally.
As earlier mentioned, big brands are now happy to throw their cash in this and it has resulted to millions of viewers paying close attentions to live streams and watch diligently as they would watch a normal game of basketball, football or NFL.
Just recently, Entain acquired popular esports betting company, Unikrn for about £50m in what was an example of how valuable e-sports companies have now become in the modern day.
This means more audiences at championships, more audiences in the arenas watching competitions, more people buying team products and more players investing their bankrolls in e-sports events.
One of the reasons that drove this is the professionalization of teams and players. Not long ago, CS:GO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive), one of the world’s top e-sports games, saw a major match-fixing scandal involving one of the biggest teams in the US at the time.
This caused the sports betting market not to take e-sports seriously, so much so that it took time for the offers at various bookmakers to increase. Today, there are lots and lots of titles available to bet with a series of markets on each of them.
The future is promising and has already caught the attention of Las Vegas, for example. Luxor Casino, for example, announced that it will build an exclusive arena for e-sports events in the city. Experts think other big casinos should do the same.
Another point that has been helping a lot in the growth of the e-sports betting market are the regulatory agencies that are starting to pay specific attention to the topic and treat it as something different from conventional sports.
New games should emerge and heat up the market
At the end of the first half of 2020, Valorant was launched, a tactical first-person shooter from Riot, the same developer and publisher of the successful League of Legends. It didn’t take long for the game to turn fever and in a few months it already had a robust community, with championships, large organizations hiring experienced players and young talents that were emerging.
This is perhaps the greatest example of how the world of e-sports is fast-paced and asking for space to expand. As the pandemic also helped to form or reactivate the gaming streak of older people who were not already in this world, the developers had an excellent year.
This becomes an incentive for new titles to appear and the chance of getting great acceptance like Valorant is great. With more games available to the public, more people are starting to enter this world and bigger are the gamblers that fatten the e-sports betting market.
There is a lot of potential to be realized from the e-sports industry and it would be interesting to see how this sector grows in the nearest future and in years to come.
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