Corinthians’ number 10 plays 50 games in 11 months, personal best | OneFootball

On the evening of Wednesday, the 27th, Corinthians returned to the field for the Copa do Brasil. In the first leg of the quarterfinals of the competition, the Alvinegro went to Ligga Arena, in Curitiba, to face Athletico-PR. In a balanced match, which featured important saves by Hugo Souza, Timão won 1-0 away from home, with a goal by Gui Negão in the second half.

The match marked an important milestone for Dutch striker Memphis Depay, who returned to the pitch after three weeks out due to a right thigh injury. By coming on in the second half of Wednesday’s match, he reached 50 games wearing the Corinthians shirt—a milestone achieved by the player at record speed in his career.

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This information was first reported by journalist Matheus Pogiolli, from the Meu Timão portal, who found that it took Memphis only 11 months to reach 50 games for Corinthians—a shorter time than it took him to play the same number of matches at any of the other clubs he has previously played for.

The second club where Memphis took the least time to reach 50 appearances was Manchester United (where he played between 2015/16 and 2016/17): 13 months. Next are Lyon-FRA (2016/17 to 2020/21) and PSV-PBA (2010/11 to 2014/15), where it took 21 and 23 months respectively. Meanwhile, the player did not reach 50 games at either Barcelona (2021/22 to 2022/23) or Atlético de Madrid (2022/23 to 2023/24), stopping at 42 and 40 games respectively.

It’s worth noting that Memphis has scored 15 goals and provided 14 assists so far with the Corinthians shirt, participating in a goal every 124 minutes on the field. With the help of the player, Timão pulled off a historic comeback in the final stretch of the 2024 Brazilian Championship and won the 2025 Paulista Championship, breaking a six-year title drought.

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