Real Madrid loanee Endrick is thriving at Lyon, and the 19-year-old forward is likely to be among the 26 players selected by Carlo Ancelotti for Brazil’s squad at the World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Since joining Olympique Lyon on loan in January, Endrick has rediscovered his form, scoring eight goals and providing seven assists in 19 appearances. His resurgence was reflected in the Ligue 1 market value update at the end of March, when his valuation rose by €10 million to €35 million, following three previous downgrades. The left-footed attacker, who missed several months in the second half of 2025 due to a thigh injury, has been showcasing his talent in recent weeks as well.
In an interview with Transfermarkt.com.br, Endrick explained: “It’s very hard when you get injured. I had a complicated injury and lost a lot of time. I missed a lot of playing time, training, and work. I couldn’t keep up. But thank God I was able to come back well. Here in Lyon, I started playing again, got back in the mix. That was very good for me and brought me back to the national team. I made it at the last minute and I have to keep working.”
At Real Madrid, the offensive player had only 99 minutes of playing time in the 2025/26 season, and his career had started to stall. Endrick’s trajectory had been downward since summer 2024, when he was signed for €47.5 million from Palmeiras. His market value dropped from a peak of €60 million to €25 million. “When you get injured, you lose everything. You lose the chance to fight for a spot. There was nothing I could do about it. These are things beyond my control. I can only be grateful that I came back well and recovered,” said the Brazilian, who has been a key difference-maker in Lyon and has re-entered the Seleção conversation. He impressed in a friendly against Croatia on April 1, providing two assists in just 15 minutes of play.
Endrick says he always tries to maintain the right mindset: “A player needs confidence, but there must be a balance. A player cannot be too confident, so as not to lose the ground under his feet, but he also cannot go into a game without confidence. If you have too much confidence, your ego grows and you think it’s easy. That cannot happen. I can’t accept that. I can’t let that dominate my thoughts. I have to stay humble, but I also have to have confidence. That’s the only way to do things right.” He has also shown what he is capable of at Real Madrid, scoring seven goals and providing one assist in 40 competitive appearances—a notable rate given just 946 minutes of playing time.
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After a half-year of sporting irrelevance, Endrick followed advice from Kylian Mbappé and Eduardo Camavinga to make the move from Madrid to Lyon in early 2026. “Only in November did I start to feel good. In November, I felt ready to play well and get more chances. But it didn’t happen. I couldn’t play, so I had to work harder to stay fit. I already knew at the beginning of the year that I would leave the club. That was the period when I trained the hardest, to arrive in Lyon in good shape and be able to play immediately. In November, I was fit but didn’t get minutes. I worked hard.”
