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Unusual: this Brazilian club 🇧🇷 asks to be recognised as a nation by the UN
Sep 09 2025 16:37 · By onefootball.com · 29 Reads
This morning in Brazil , Flamengo decided to publish a special statement that surprised the football world.
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Through Zico, a legend of Brazil and the red-and-black club, Flamengo announced that it would ask the UN to recognize them as the first symbolic and cultural nation.
– Tuesday, 9 September 2025
According to surveys, Flamengo is the club with the most fans in the world, with 45 million supporters. They can now sign a petition to help their beloved club be recognized as a nation.
Soon the same thing with OM or PSG?
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This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.
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