Football Season Guide

Serie A
Brazil
Serie A
2025
Atletico Mineiro
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Atletico Mineiro

In


Natanael (def) Coritiba; Vítor Hugo (def) Bahia - on loan; Caio Paulista (def/mid) Palmeiras - on loan; Gabriel Menino (mid) Palmeiras; Patrick Silva (mid) Palmeiras U20; Junior Santos (att) Botafogo; Tomas Cuello (att) Athlético PR; João Marcelo (att) Guarani; Rony (att) Palmeiras

Out


Matheus Mendes (sp)(gk) América MG - on loan; Bruno Fuchs (sp)(def) Palmeiras - on loan; Mariano (sp)(def) América MG; Mauricio Lemos (sp)(def) Vasco; Otávio (r)(mid) Fluminense; Robert (sp)(mid) Atlético GO - on loan; Rodrigo Battaglia (r)(def/mid) Boca Juniors, ARG; Matias Zaracho (r)(mid) Racing Club; Paulo Vitor (sp)(mid) Criciúma - on loan; Vitinho (sp)(mid) Rigas FS, LAT; Alisson Santana (sp)(att) Shakhtar Donetsk, UKR; Pedrinho (sp)(mid/att) Shakhtar Donetsk, UKR - return from loan; Alan Kardec (sp)(att) Athlético PR; Eduardo Vargas (sp)(att) Nacional, URU; Paulinho (k)(att) Palmeiras

A poor season in 2024, having finished on a disappointing 12th place. At one point, 'Galo' was merely focused in cup competitions, having reached the finals of both Libertadores and Brazilian Cup, losing both. Their performance in league was highly affected by the priority given to those competitions. In 2025, Atlético lifted the trophy on Campeonato Mineiro for the 6th time in a row, having defeated their rivals América on the final. The manager for 2025 is the controversial Cuca, who is regarded by some as outdated and limited. He's certainly very different from the tactically ultra-modern coach Gabriel Milito, whose sometimes chaotic approach was hard to understand by the players, last season. Midfielder Gabriel Menino and strikers Junior Santos and Rony are the biggest names coming in; they will all try to relaunch their careers after having lost some spark in former clubs. Atlético reshaped their squad quite heavily for the new season, having let go of some aged players like Mariano, Kardec and Vargas, but some very important unit as well, like Paulinho, Battaglia and Zaracho. Without main man Paulinho, with Hulk at 38, with unimaginative manager Cuca and more departures than arrivals, the teams looks weaker than last season.

Target


Aiming for a qualification for Libertadores (top-6).