Corinthians negotiates professional contract with midfielder born in 2010
- By Fabio Luigi / Central do Timão Editorial
Corinthians continues to seek to value its main assets in its youth categories. According to information initially released by TMC Esporte and confirmed by Central do Timão, Alvinegro is negotiating the first professional contract for midfielder Léo Rodrigues, born in 2010, and who turned 16 at the beginning of May.
It is worth remembering that it is precisely from this age that Brazilian law allows the Special Sports Employment Contract (CETD) to be signed - a professional bond, which encompasses salaries, labor rights, social security, termination clauses and registration with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). Before that, only training contracts are allowed, which have a maximum limit of three years, where the termination fine corresponds to two thousand times the athlete's salary.
Photo: Rodrigo Gazzanel/Agência Corinthians
According to the TMC report, the negotiations are progressing satisfactorily, but ended up slowing down, as the athlete recovers from bone edema suffered at the beginning of June. Léo Rodrigues is considered one of the main promises of Corinthians' youth categories.
Last year, he was one of the main highlights of the Under-15 team in winning the Mina Cup, Paulista Cup and Copa Votorantim. The young man has also been called up to the Brazilian Under-15 team and, recently, won the Evolution League in the category with Amarelinha together with midfielder Lucas Lopes, also from the Corinthians base. The opponent of the decision was Argentina.
In 2026, the midfielder was promoted to the U17 team. In the team led by Guilherme Nascimento, he accumulated three goals in six matches. Despite his young age, he has also received minutes in the Under-20 category, where he has already played three games. Currently, his contract with the Parque São Jorge club ends in November 2027.
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