Nike Now Only Sponsors 5 South American First Division Teams
In early February 2020, Nike announced that it's operations in several South American countries would be managed by sub-licensees. Now a graphic by planebafobal reveals that Nike is almost not anymore present in the South American club kit market.
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In 2020, Nike does only sponsor five teams from CONMEBOL, the South American football body. #Corinthians 🇧🇷, Alianza Lima 🇵🇪, Atlético Nacional, #SanLorenzo 🇦🇷 and Red Bull Bragantino 🇧🇷. The brand lost four important teams in 2019 - Boca Juniors, Club Libertad, SC Internacional and Cerro Porteno.
Nike previously had much more teams in South America, including clubs like Santos.
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