Evandro Borges: The Brazilian Flair on Selangor's Flank

Every successful team needs more than one source of goals, and Selangor have found theirs in Evandro Borges. While the World Cup winner Marlon Oliveira Araujo takes the headlines, the Brazilian winger has become one of the most dangerous attackers in the 2026 Malaysia Premier Futsal League, a player who can settle a match with a finish one week and unpick a defence with his passing the next.

Born in Urussanga, in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, on 18 June 1998, Evandro is 27 and operates as an ala, the wide attacking role that is the engine of so much Brazilian futsal. It is a position that demands stamina, quick feet and the courage to take defenders on, and he brings all three. From the flank he stretches opponents, drives towards goal and arrives late in the area when the chance comes.

His numbers tell the story of a productive start. By the close of the opening circuits he had scored eight goals, a tally any winger would be proud of, and his most eye-catching afternoon came in the meeting with Johor Darul Ta'zim. Against the two-time champions Evandro produced a hat-trick, the decisive contribution in a fixture billed as the early test of Selangor's credentials.

Goals are only half of his game. In Selangor's Circuit Three win over Terengganu he scored once and laid on three more for his teammates, the sort of all-round display that points to a player comfortable as both finisher and creator. A winger who can do both is difficult to plan against, because shutting down his shooting only opens space for his passing.

Part of his value is the company he keeps. Sharing a court with Marlon and the rest of Selangor's squad has clearly suited him, and the understanding between the club's imports has given Edgar Baldasso's side a Brazilian spine to build around. When two players read the game the same way, half-chances become goals, and Selangor have scored freely as a result.

For supporters, Evandro represents the kind of signing that makes a strong team complete. He is not a name brought in for a poster, he is a working forward who turns up week after week and makes things happen. In a league increasingly defined by the quality of its imports, he is proof that depth matters as much as star power.

Consistency is what separates a useful import from a decisive one, and Evandro has offered it from the opening weekend. He has scored in the heavy wins and contributed in the closer contests, the sign of a player who shapes a match whatever its character. For a Selangor side built to go deep into the knockout rounds, an attacker who delivers every week rather than in flashes is exactly the kind of asset that wins trophies.

There is an understated quality to his game that rewards a second look. He does not need the ball at his feet to influence a match, drifting into the spaces that pull defenders out of position and giving Marlon and the rest of the squad the room to work. Selangor's attack flows more smoothly for his movement, and a side that scores as freely as theirs owes a debt to the players who do the quieter work.

Selangor's perfect start has many authors, but few have been as consistently involved as the winger from Santa Catarina. If the season continues the way it has begun, Evandro Borges will have been one of the central reasons why.