# List of Clube Atlético Mineiro players

Clube Atlético Mineiro is a Brazilian professional football club based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The club has played in the Brasileirão, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, throughout all of its history with the exception of one season, as well as in all editions of the Campeonato Mineiro, the premier state league of Minas Gerais, while also taking part in numerous CONMEBOL-organised international competitions. This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Atlético Mineiro since its foundation as Athletico Mineiro Football Club in 1908.
João Leite holds Atlético Mineiro's official appearance record, with 684. Reinaldo is the club's all-time leading goalscorer with 255 goals since joining the club's first squad in 1973. Dadá Maravilha comes in second with 211, the only other player to score over 200 goals for the team. Lucas Pratto is Atlético's all-time foreign goalscorer with 19 goals.
The list comprises players who have achieved notability through making a major contribution to the club as a player, such as being club captain, founder member, winning individual awards while at the club or being part of major honour winning squads. For a list of all Atlético Mineiro players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Clube Atlético Mineiro players. For individual records (appearances and goalscorers) and individual recognitions see the statistics and records related article. For the current squad and its notable players, see the main Clube Atlético Mineiro article.

## List of players

Players are listed in alphabetical order according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances and goals include all matches for the club, substitute appearances included. A star denotes the player is included on the club's "Great Idols" list, according to its official website. Italics denote the player is currently at the club. International appearances are those at full international level, including substitutions.
| Name | Nationality | Position | Club career | Apps. | Goals | Int'l apps. (at club) | Int'l apps. (overall) |
| Aníbal Machado | Brazil | Forward | 1908–1909f |
| Mário de Castro | Brazil | Forward | 1926–1931 | 100 | 195 | | |
| Jairo | Brazil | Forward | 1927–1933 | — | 122 | | |
| Said | Brazil | Midfielder | 1927–1934 | — | 142 | | |
| Guará | Brazil | Forward | 1933–1941 | 200 | 168 | | |
| Kafunga | Brazil | Goalkeeper | 1935–1954 | 335 | 0 | | |
| Alvinho | Brazil | Forward | 1938–1951 1957–1960 | 234 | 100 | | |
| Tião | Brazil | Forward | 1941–1943 1947–1949 | 106 | 49 | | |
| Lucas Miranda | Brazil | Forward | 1944–1954 | 258 | 152 | | |
| Nívio Gabrich | Brazil | Forward | 1945–1952 | 182 | 126 | | |
| Mexicano | Brazil | Defender | 1946–1949 | 116 | 1 | | |
| Mão de Onça | Brazil | Goalkeeper | 1946–1952 | 95 | 0 | | |
| Zé do Monte | Brazil | Midfielder | 1946–1956 | 320 | 25 | | |
| Carlyle | Brazil | Forward | 1947–1948 | 68 | 53 | 3 | 3 |
| Vavá | Brazil | Forward | 1949–1953 | 118 | 58 | | |
| Ubaldo | Brazil | Forward | 1950–1955 1958–1961 | 274 | 135 | | |
| Oswaldo | Brazil | Defender | 1950–1957 | 276 | — | | |
| Geraldo | Brazil | Defender | 1951–1957 | 140 | 3 | | |
| Paulo Valentim | Brazil | Winger | 1954–1956 | 51 | 31 | 0 | 5 |
| William | Brazil | Defender | 1954–1964 | 330 | 19 | | |
| Ilton Chaves | Brazil | Midfielder | 1955–1960 | 200 | 9 | | |
| Mussula | Brazil | Goalkeeper | 1958 1968–1973 | 168 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fábio | Brazil | Goalkeeper | 1959–1962 1968 | 118 | 0 | | |
| Marcelino | Brazil | Defender | 1960–1966 | 239 | 1 | | |
| Procópio Cardoso | Brazil | Defender | 1962–1963 1966 | 60 | 2 | | |
| Ronaldo Drummond | Brazil | Forward | 1964–1972 | 270 | 66 | 1 | 1 |
| Grapete | Brazil | Defender | 1964–1975 | 486 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lôla | Brazil | Midfielder | 1966–1972 | 196 | 51 | 1 | 1 |
| Tião | Brazil | Forward | 1966–1972 | 283 | 32 | 1 | 1 |
| Beto | Brazil | Midfielder | 1966–1973 | 142 | 29 | | |
| Wanderley Paiva | Brazil | Midfielder | 1966–1975 | 559 | 32 | 7 | 7 |
| Humberto Monteiro | Brazil | Defender | 1967–1972 | 219 | 3 | | |
| Bibi | Brazil | Midfielder | 1967–1973 | 104 | 14 | | |
| Lacy | Brazil | Forward | 1967–1972 | 226 | 61 | | |
| Djalma Dias | Brazil | Defender | 1968–1969 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Vaguinho | Brazil | Forward | 1968–1971 1981 | 213 | 56 | 7 | 7 |
| Dario | Brazil | Forward | 1968–1972 1974 1978–1979 | 290 | 211 | 4 | 6 |
| Héctor Cincunegui | Uruguay | Defender | 1968–1973 | 194 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oldair | Brazil | Midfielder | 1968–1973 | 282 | 61 | 0 | 1 |
| Humberto Ramos | Brazil | Midfielder | 1968–1973 1976 | 110 | 12 | | |
| Romeu Evangelista | Brazil | Forward | 1968–1976 | 267 | 43 | 6 | 6 |
| Vantuir | Brazil | Defender | 1968–1978 | 507 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Zé Maria | Brazil | Defender | 1968–1973 | 148 | 1 | | |
| Normandes | Brazil | Defender | 1968–1974 | 168 | 0 | | |
| Pedrilho | Brazil | Forward | 1969–1972 1972–1974 | 18 | 1 | | |
| Renato | Brazil | Goalkeeper | 1970–1972 | 86 | 0 | | |
| Getúlio | Brazil | Defender | 1970–1977 | 205 | 27 | 9 | 9 |
| Danival | Brazil | Midfielder | 1970–1978 | 300 | 59 | 5 | 5 |
| Ismael | Brazil | Forward | 1970–1972 | 51 | 11 | | |
| Marcelo Oliveira | Brazil | Forward | 1970–1979 1983 | 285 | 104 | | |
| Ângelo | Brazil | Forward | 1970–1980 | 238 | 12 | | |
| Zolini | Brazil | Goalkeeper | 1971–1976 1978–1979 | 20 | 0 | | |
| Spencer Coelho | Brazil | Defender | 1971–1973 | 77 | 6 | | |
| Márcio Gugu | Brazil | Defender | 1971–1979 | 262 | 9 | | |
| Raul Fernandes | Brazil | Defender | 1971–1974 | 62 | 0 | | |
| Heleno | Brazil | Midfielder | 1971–1985 | 379 | 25 | | |
| Guará | Brazil | Forward | 1971–1972 | 53 | 6 | | |
| Salvador Almeida | Brazil | Forward | 1971 | 7 | 0 | | |
| Ladislao Mazurkiewicz | Uruguay | Goalkeeper | 1972–1974 | 89 | 0 | — | 36 |
| Paulo Isidoro | Brazil | Midfielder | 1973–1979 1985–1987 | 399 | 98 | 5 | 36 |
| Toninho Cerezo | Brazil | Midfielder | 1973–1983 1996–1997 | 400 | 53 | 52 | 57 |
| Reinaldo | Brazil | Forward | 1973–1985 | 475 | 255 | 37 | 37 |
| Alves | Brazil | Defender | 1975–1980 | 210 | 19 | | |
| Miguel Ángel Ortiz | Argentina | Goalkeeper | 1976–1977 | 100 | 7 | | |
| João Leite | Brazil | Goalkeeper | 1976–1988 1991–1992 | 684 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Renato | Brazil | Midfielder | 1977–1984 1986 | 213 | 29 | | |
| Luizinho | Brazil | Defender | 1978–1989 | 537 | 21 | 34 | 34 |
| Osmar Guarnelli | Brazil | Defender | 1979–1983 | 222 | 0 | | |
| Jorge Valença | Brazil | Defender | 1979–1987 | 333 | 13 | | |
| Palhinha | Brazil | Midfielder | 1980–1981 | 77 | 27 | 0 | 16 |
| Éder | Brazil | Winger | 1980–1985 1989–1990 1994–1995 | 368 | 122 | 49 | 52 |
| Sérgio Araújo | Brazil | Winger | 1981–1989 | 360 | 58 | 10 | 10 |
| Edivaldo | Brazil | Forward | 1982–1987 | 164 | 27 | 2 | 3 |
| Nelinho | Brazil | Defender | 1982–1987 | 274 | 52 | 0 | 28 |
| Walter Olivera | Uruguay | Forward | 1983–1985 | 72 | 8 | — | — |
| Elzo | Brazil | Midfielder | 1984–1987 | 140 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Everton Nogueira | Brazil | Midfielder | 1984–1987 | 198 | 92 | | |
| Batista | Brazil | Defender | 1985–1990 | 246 | 12 | 7 | 7 |
| Marquinhos | Brazil | Midfielder | 1985–1991 1997 | 269 | 45 | 1 | 1 |
| Renato | Brazil | Midfielder | 1986–1989 | 205 | 59 | 2 | 22 |
| Paulo Roberto Prestes | Brazil | Defender | 1986–1996 | 504 | 38 | | |
| Aílton Delfino | Brazil | Forward | 1987–1993 | 264 | 63 | | |
| Éder Lopes | Brazil | Midfielder | 1987–1996 | 378 | 4 | | |
| Moacir | Brazil | Midfielder | 1987–1993 1996 | 199 | 24 | 6 | 6 |
| Gerson | Brazil | Forward | 1988–1991 | 149 | 92 | | |
| Cléber | Brazil | Defender | 1989–1991 | 110 | 12 | 3 | 13 |
| Paulo Sérgio | Brazil | Defender | 1989–1994 | 72 | 2 | | |
| Carlos | Brazil | Goalkeeper | 1990–1991 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 37 |
| Leandro Tavares | Brazil | Midfielder | 1992–1997 | 137 | 22 | | |
| Negrini | Brazil | Midfielder | 1992–1994 | 67 | 11 | | |
| Valdir Benedito | Brazil | Midfielder | 1992–1994 1999–2000 | 222 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| Renaldo | Brazil | Forward | 1993–1996 | 183 | 79 | 1 | 1 |
| Cláudio Taffarel | Brazil | Goalkeeper | 1994–1998 | 191 | 0 | 35 | 101 |
| Cairo | Brazil | Midfielder | 1995–2000 | 115 | 19 | | |
| Doriva | Brazil | Midfielder | 1995–1997 | 143 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| Edgar | Brazil | Defender | 1995–2004 | 185 | 15 | | |
| Euller | Brazil | Forward | 1995–1997 2005 | 167 | 62 | 0 | 11 |
| Ronaldo Guiaro | Brazil | Defender | 1995–1996 | 84 | 1 | | |
| Neguete | Brazil | Defender | 1996–2003 | 92 | 4 | | |
| Bruno Heleno | Brazil | Defender | 1996–2000 | 260 | 9 | | |
| Dedê | Brazil | Defender | 1996–1998 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Caçapa | Brazil | Defender | 1997–2001 | 169 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Lincoln | Brazil | Midfielder | 1997–2001 | 186 | 38 | | |
| Marques | Brazil | Forward | 1997–2002 2005 2008–2010 | 386 | 133 | 9 | 13 |
| Valdir Bigode | Brazil | Forward | 1997–2000 | 111 | 57 | | |
| Carlos Galván | Argentina | Defender | 1998–1999 | 58 | 3 | | |
| Alexandre Gallo | Brazil | Midfielder | 1999–2000 | 92 | 7 | | |
| Guilherme | Brazil | Forward | 1999–2003 | 205 | 139 | 6 | 6 |
| Juliano Belletti | Brazil | Midfielder | 1999 | 28 | 10 | | |
| Kim | Brazil | Forward | 1999–2003 | 113 | 21 | | |
| Mancini | Brazil | Defender Winger | 1999–2002 2011–2012 | 174 | 27 | 0 | 9 |
| Ronildo | Brazil | Defender | 1999–2002 | 162 | 2 | | |
| Velloso | Brazil | Goalkeeper | 1999–2004 | 231 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gilberto Silva | Brazil | Midfielder | 2000–2002 2013 | 122 | 9 | 14 | 93 |
| Ramon Menezes | Brazil | Midfielder | 2000–2002 | 94 | 28 | | |
| Cicinho | Brazil | Defender | 2001–2003 | 96 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| Márcio Araújo | Brazil | Midfielder | 2003–2009 | 224 | 14 | | |
| Rafael Miranda | Brazil | Midfielder | 2003–2009 | 153 | 4 | | |
| Diego Alves | Brazil | Goalkeeper | 2005–2007 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Éder Luís | Brazil | Forward | 2005–2009 | 161 | 43 | | |
| Julio César Cáceres | Paraguay | Defender | 2005 2010–2011 | 46 | 3 | 10 | 61 |
| Danilinho | Brazil | Midfielder | 2006–2008 2012 | 145 | 38 | | |
| Marcos | Brazil | Defender | 2006–2009 | 163 | 2 | | |
| Marinho | Brazil | Forward | 2006–2008 | 68 | 28 | | |
| Leandro Almeida | Brazil | Defender | 2007–2009 | 101 | 14 | | |
| Dejan Petković | Serbia | Midfielder | 2008 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Marcos Rocha | Brazil | Defender | 2008–present | 203 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| Serginho | Brazil | Midfielder | 2008–2013 | 169 | 6 | | |
| Diego Tardelli | Brazil | Forward | 2009–2011 2013–2014 | 219 | 110 | 9 | 14 |
| Bernard | Brazil | Winger | 2010–2013 | 100 | 22 | 5 | 14 |
| Neto Berola | Brazil | Winger | 2010–2015 | 150 | 27 | | |
| Réver | Brazil | Defender | 2010–2014 | 177 | 22 | 8 | 8 |
| Giovanni | Brazil | Goalkeeper | 2011– | 55 | 0 | | |
| Guilherme | Brazil | Midfielder | 2011–2015 | 147 | 27 | | |
| Leonardo Silva | Brazil | Defender | 2011– | 266 | 27 | | |
| Pierre | Brazil | Midfielder | 2011–2015 | 170 | 0 | | |
| Richarlyson | Brazil | Midfielder | 2011–2014 | 122 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Jô | Brazil | Forward | 2012–2015 | 127 | 39 | 17 | 20 |
| Leandro Donizete | Brazil | Midfielder | 2012– | 170 | 2 | | |
| Ronaldinho | Brazil | Midfielder | 2012–2014 | 88 | 28 | 3 | 97 |
| Victor | Brazil | Goalkeeper | 2012– | 267 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Jesús Dátolo | Argentina | Midfielder | 2013– | 122 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| Luan | Brazil | Winger | 2013–2019 | 162 | 36 | | |
| Josué | Brazil | Midfielder | 2013–2015 | 106 | 5 | 0 | 28 |
| Jemerson | Brazil | Defender | 2013–2016 | 101 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos | Brazil | Forward | 2013– | 100 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Carioca | Brazil | Midfielder | 2014– | 123 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas Pratto | Argentina | Forward | 2015– | 100 | 41 | 3 | 3 |
| Diego Costa | Spain | Forward | 2021– | — | — | | |