ABSTRACT
This chapter inquires about the homogeneity or heterogeneity of the flow. It ethnographically analyses three groups of Brazilian expatriated players: celebrities who work in global clubs, the unheralded players who circulate among second-tier clubs in distant countries, and the players performing in the US Major League Soccer. The US market is still seen by Brazilian football players as a good place to end or begin their careers, although this has been changing in recent years, after the contracting of football celebrities who would still be marketable in Europe. While the sample is small and this is only four athletes, it is four more than in all of Brazil, where there are thousands of football players. The chapter concludes by emphasizing the heterogeneity of this circulation, a mobility that reveals a variety both from the point of view of the involved subjects (in terms of their social origin and cultural capital) as well as their real experiences in the destination countries.
