What does pendurado mean? Brazilian yellow-card accumulation explained
Three yellows across matches and two yellows in one match are handled differently.
Before a Flamengo match, a report may call a player pendurado: usually that means the player is one yellow card away from an automatic suspension, not that the player has already been sent off.
CBF’s 2026 competition manual requires an automatic absence from the next match in the same competition for each series of three yellow cards, whether received in consecutive or separate matches.
If a player receives a yellow and later a straight red in the same match, the yellow still counts. If it was the third in the series, two automatic suspensions apply: one for the red and one for the three yellows.
If two yellows in one match result in a red, those two yellows do not count toward the three-card series. The sending-off still brings an automatic absence from the next match in the same competition, regardless of when the sports tribunal hears the case.
To establish eligibility, check the player’s record in that competition and any disciplinary decisions. A yellow in the previous match alone does not settle the question.
