After less than two months in charge of Flamengo, Portuguese coach Leonardo Jardim is already enjoying an excellent spell at the club.

The emphatic 4-0 thrashing of Atlético-MG last Sunday, right at Arena MRV, not only confirmed the team’s strong form but also marked the coach’s seventh consecutive win in charge of the Rubro-Negro.

The win in Belo Horizonte saw Jardim surpass the best run of his predecessor, Filipe Luís, who had reached a maximum of six straight victories on three different occasions.

With seven wins in a row, Jardim matched the streaks of Tite (in 2024) and Renato Gaúcho (in 2021).

The current Portuguese coach’s achievement, however, carries different weight: while Tite built his run during the Campeonato Carioca, Jardim reached the mark against top-level opponents in the Brasileirão, the Copa do Brasil, and the Libertadores.

Jardim’s next recent target is a familiar name to the Nation: fellow Portuguese coach Jorge Jesus.

In 2020, his final year at the club, Jesus set Flamengo’s record this century by winning 10 straight matches (most of them in the Campeonato Carioca).

To truly enter the pantheon of the greatest streaks of all time, the current manager will need to look back to the last century, where two legendary marks still stand, according to data from the FlaEstatísticas portal:

Cláudio Coutinho: 13 consecutive wins (between 1978 and 1979).

Flávio Costa: 15 consecutive wins (during the 1942 Carioca title campaign). Flávio is the coach with the most matches in the club’s history (762).

To beat "Mister" Jorge Jesus’ mark of 10 straight wins, Leonardo Jardim will need to maintain his perfect run in the next four fixtures.

The challenge will be significant, as three of those matches will be away from home, and the only one at the Maracanã is a state derby.

07/05: Independiente Medellín (Away) - Libertadores

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