Santa Cruz midfielder Miguel Ángel Terceros Acuña, aged 18, five months and 16 days, has become the youngest foreign player to make his debut in the history of the Brazilian football elite.
On Monday night, the young Bolivian played 14 minutes in Santos FC’s 4-1 win over Juventude, wearing Peixe’s 47 shirt.
Miguelito, as he is fondly known, showed great quality in his first official match in the professional league, despite not having collaborated on goals yet.
According to the OGol portal in Brazil, the previous record belonged to the Argentine “Manuel Lanzini, who is now 29 and plays in the Premier League with West Ham. The Argentine was a Fluminense bet between 2011 and 2012 after joining distinguished as a professional in River Plate. Prodigy in Argentina, Lanzini made his debut with the Tricolore in the Brazilian one month longer than Miguelito with Santos “.
Lanzini made his debut in Brazilian football in 2011 with the Fluminense club at the age of 18, six months and 2 days.
According to the OGol record, the other youngest foreigners in Brazilian football are: Colombian Dylan Borrero, at Atlético Mineiro in 2020 (18 years and 9 months); Ecuadorian Matías Lacava, at Santos FC in 2021 (19 years and 20 days), and Colombian Juan Cuesta, at Internacional in 2021 (19 years, 4 months and 25 days).
Brazilian media report that Miguelito’s success is not exactly a surprise, since the Santos club has a program called the “Bolivia Project”, which opens the doors to national talent to gain experience in Brazil.
“Today Santos has, in addition to Miguelito, Zabala and Enzo among the Bolivians with expectations for the future as a professional. Defender Zabala is integrated into the main team and awaits his debut, but has already made the leap to the Bolivian team. Attacker Enzo is still behind in the process. But Miguel is the name of the most anticipated. Promising midfielder, Miguel is not just a curious bet of Bolivian football “, says the portal Ogol in this regard.
