The Brazilian Championship ends with a democratic selection in the ESPN Silver Ball Award. In total, five teams placed players in the competition’s ideal team: Flemish, Cruise, Palm trees, Mirassol e Vasco.
Cruzeiro managed to defeat champion Flamengo and ended up with more players in the team. There are four representatives from the Minas Gerais team (Fabrício Bruno, Lucas Romero, Matheus Pereira and Kaio Jorge) against three from Rio (Léo Pereira, Arrascaeta and Pedro).
Flamengo, however, had the best player in the Brasileirão. Arrascaeta crowned his fantastic competition by winning the Ballon d’Or.
The Uruguayan is now the most awarded foreigner in history (seven trophies). And he is only behind Zico and Rogério Ceni (nine awards each) on the general list.
The 2025 Bola de Prata also had a historic award for the Series B. Portuguese midfielder Josué, from Coritibawon the trophy for best player in the competition.
See what the selection looks like:
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Goalkeeper
Walter
Mirassol
Right-back
Paulo Henrique
Vasco
Defenders
Leo Pereira
Flemish
Fabrício Bruno
Cruise
Left-back
Reinaldo
Mirassol
Steering wheel
Lucas Romero
Cruise
Socks
Arrascaeta
Flemish
Matheus Pereira
Cruise
Attackers
Pedro
Flemish
Kaio Jorge
Cruise
Victor Roque
Palm trees
Technical
Rafael Guanaes
Mirassol
Ballon d’Or
Arrascaeta
Flemish
Top scorer
Kaio Jorge
Cruise
Most beautiful goal
Pedro
Flemish
Revelation
Allan
Palm trees
Series B
Joshua
Coritiba
