Several incredible achievements by Brazilians marked the Libertadores-2025 final. Filipe Luís became the coach who won the Libertadores the fastest after winning it as a player, while Danilo made history by becoming the first athlete to win two Champions Leagues and two Libertadores.
Then left back, Filipe Luís won his first Libertadores in 2019 and celebrated on the pitch again in 2022. Three years and 31 days later, he achieved Eternal Glory again, this time as a coach. And always with Flamengo.
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He broke a 52-year-old record, previously held by Humberto Maschio, who took five years and 281 days between the titles of Racing (1967) and Independiente (1963).
He is also only the sixth to win the Libertadores as an athlete and coach at the same club. Roberto Ferreiro (Independiente), Juan Martín Mujica (Nacional), José Osmar Pastoriza (Independiente), Marcelo Gallardo (River Plate) and Renato Gaúcho (Grêmio) have already achieved this feat.
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Danilo also wrote his name in history. Now a defender, he becomes the first player to win two Champions Leagues and two Libertadores.
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Double European champion with Real Madrid, he had already won the Libertadores with Santos (2011) and now adds the title with Flamengo, thus consolidating a unique feat in world football.
There is also the “detail” that Danilo was only the third player to score for Flamengo in the Libertadores final after Zico (1981) and Gabigol (2019, 2021 and 2022).
And he had already proven himself during the second leg of the 2011 final with Santos.
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