No! It is not that he could take adilio's place. Simply, Adilio took his place because unfortunately he past away. He was the number 8 of Flamengo, not Adilio. Adilio was originally a left winger. Geraldo was way better than Adilio, they are not even comparable that time.

And there arent so many irreplacable players like you say. Charles Guerreiro for example can easily be substituted by Geraldo.

Is the Gerson that is linked in the reserves the correct one? Because have "Gérson de Oliveira Nunes" (the linked one) and "Gerson Santos da Silva" (Libertadores da América 2019 Champion)

It is right. It is Gérson "Canhotinha de Ouro". He began his career in Flamengo and actually was pretty good there, eventough he is more related with Botafogo (his prime) and Fluminense (end of his career but the club he supported since he was a child).

I suppose Gérson, that is now at Olimpique Marseille, doesnt fit according to the forum's criterias, he played just a few games for the club, much less than the others in the reserves.

Suggestion: Lico or Junqueira out. De Arrascaeta in.

I agree, and I say more: if Flamengo be the champion of the Copa Libertadores da América, we should have changes in the 23 starters (I would particularly change Gabigol for Bebeto and Bruno Henrique for Zagallo, other names like Filipe Luís can be discussed.) this is - no discussions - the second biggest era of players from Flamengo, is only behind Era Zico.

I also think Diego Alves can replace Gilmar Rinaldi.

Any chance to put Juan (the defender) here? He definitively deserves a place.

If you're talking about the one who had his peak at Bayer Leverkusen, not really. Only by looking at his appearances, he was never an ever-present for Flamengo especially in Série A.

He may have his peak at Bayer but he was a great defender in Flamengo too. He even reach the National team for the first time during his Flamengo's time. Actually he achieved 10 games for Brazil during his Flamengo's period.

Also, he won important titles (in that time) for Flamengo, as Copa Mercosul (something like the South America's Europa League that time, prior to Copa Sul-Americana exists) and Copa dos Campeões (a tough tournament in his period too).

I am not sure where you see the amount of games of each player in Seria A per year, but I believe it is not a good criteria. Have in mind that the Brazilian Championship were shorter or longer depending on the year. The BR tournament only started to be regular, with 20 team, all teams playing each other home and away, from 2006 until now, before that it used to be a mess.

Juan played more than 60 games at both seasons, 2000 and 2001.

I guess if we include the Campeonato Carioca, where only three-four teams out of ten were featured in Série A.
You know how I feel about those leagues especially in the last decades of the 1900s and now.