The ‘20′ of Madrid surpasses his compatriot with 178 games with the white club. He is fourth on the list behind Marcelo, Roberto Carlos and Casemiro.
Vinicius is on course to break all records with Real Madrid. The young Brazilian became the fourth Brazilian for all-time appearances with the club on Wednesday (178). He surpassed Ronaldo Nazário’s 177 against RB Leipzig. He is now behind only three other Real legends: Marcelo (546), Roberto Carlos (527) and Casemiro (336). The two full-backs are the second and third on the list of all-time appearances for foreign players, behind Benzema (611). The Brazilian list is completed by Savio (160), Robinho (137), Kaká (120), Rodrygo (114) and Militao (96).
Vinicius’ start to the season has been a carbon copy of last season. The Real Madrid number 20 has played in all eight matches of the 2022-23 campaign, playing 686 minutes. He has scored five goals and provided three assists, including the one he gave to Benzema to win the first trophy of the season: the European Super Cup against Eintracht (2-0).
In the 2021-22 season he started the La Liga campaign on the bench, and since his goals against Alavés and Levante (twice), the Brazilian has not stopped growing. His Achilles’ heel was when he was on target, but that drought is now behind him: he went from scoring 14 goals in three seasons to an astonishing 22 goals, 16 assists and four penalties in the last season, that is, 27.5% of the goals and 16.9% of the assists were scored by the carioca. These figures have increased his value by 150 per cent since his arrival. Vini, since arriving at Madrid in 2018, has participated in 11,241′, scored 41 goals, assisted 46 times and has won seven titles. The Madrid ‘20′ is the third highest-rated player (€100m) on Transfermarkt, behind Mbappé (160) and Haaland (150).
The memory of last season’s Champions League is still fresh in Vinicius’ mind. The ride at the Etihad, the assists against PSG and Chelsea to start two historic comebacks and, to top it off, he put the finishing touch with the goal in Saint Denis to lift Real Madrid’s 14th European Cup. That earned him the title of the best young player of the last edition of the Champions League, an award that was presented in the final of the Super Cup against Eintracht, where the white team came out on top (2-0). However, Vini is ambitious and wants more: “I want to win five or six Champions League titles with this club,” he said in an interview for UEFA.
According to Olocip, the leading company in Artificial Intelligence in the world of football, the evolution and value of the Brazilian is expected to reach 0.62 with all his actions on the pitch. With the first title under his arm and with the objective of the Ballon d’Or in the short term, Vinicius wants to join the select club of the Sextete by winning the next five titles he faces in this new campaign (Champions League, La Liga, Spanish Super Cup, Copa del Rey and Club World Cup). Vini has the future at his feet.