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CONMEBOL Highest Scoring Defenders in 1st Quarter of XXI Century 

Dani Alves is the South American highest scoring defender in the 1st Quarter of XXI Century.
The retired Brazilian right-back has scored as many goals (75) as his compatriots Reinaldo (full name Reinaldo Manoel da Silva) and Juninho (Anselmo Vendrechovski Júnior) and is placed above them due to more international goals.
Left-back Reinaldo scored 14 goals in 2025 (for Mirassol) when he won the award for the world’s most prolific defender of the year.

HIGHEST SCORINGXXI CENTURY2001-25
DEFENDERS1st QUARTERCONMEBOL
PlayerXXIXXTotRoleCountryCareer
1Dani Alves7575RBBrazil2001-2023
2Reinaldo7575LBBrazil2011-
3Juninho7575CBBrazil2002-2018
4Naldo7373CBBrazil2004-2020
5Ânderson Lima682694RBBrazil1990-2009
6Léo Moura66470RBBrazil1999-2020
7Fábio Santos6666LBBrazil2003-2023
8Matías Rodríguez6565RBArgentina2006-2022
9Victor Cardozo6565CBBrazil2011-
10Luisão6464CBBrazil1999-2018
11Diego Lugano6161CBUruguay1999-2017
12Thiago Silva6161CBBrazil2004-
13Roberto Carlos6164125LBBrazil1991-2015
14Andrés Túñez6161CBVenezuela2010-2023
15Juan601171CBBrazil1996-2019
16Gabriel5959RBBrazil2001-2016
17Gustavo Gómez5858CBParaguay2011-
18Alex5858CBBrazil2002-2016
19Marcelo5757LBBrazil2005-2024
20Maxi Pereira5757RBUruguay2002-2023
21Réver5757CBBrazil2004-2023
22Antônio Carlos5656CBBrazil2003-2020
23Sebastián Coates5454CBUruguay2009-
24Nicolás Otamendi5454CBArgentina2008-
25Nicolás Sánchez5353CBArgentina2003-2021
26Diego Godín5252CBUruguay2003-2023
27Chicão5252CBBrazil2000-2015
28Leonardo Silva5050CBBrazil1999-2019
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