Back رافاييل بيريرا دا سيلفا Arabic رافاييل بيريرا دا سيلفا ARZ رافائل دا سیلوا AZB Рафаел да Силва Bulgarian রাফায়েল পেরেইরা দা সিলভা Bengali/Bangla Rafael Pereira da Silva Catalan Rafael Pereira da Silva Czech Rafael Pereira da Silva Danish Rafael (Fußballspieler, 1990) German Rafael da Silva Spanish
&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:Zenit-Lion15_(8).jpg) Rafael playing for Lyon in 2015 | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Rafael Pereira da Silva[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 July 1990[2] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back, midfielder | |||||||||||||
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Current team | Botafogo | |||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Fluminense | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2015 | Manchester United | 109 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2020 | Lyon | 103 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 21 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2021– | Botafogo | 25 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Brazil U17[nb 1] | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2012 | Brazil U23 | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2012 | Brazil | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:20, 29 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 August 2012 | ||||||||||||||
Rafael Pereira da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁafaˈew peˈɾejɾɐ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ]; born 9 July 1990), commonly known as Rafael or Rafael da Silva, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Botafogo. He normally plays as a right-back, but he has also been deployed as a midfielder.[3] He and his twin brother, Fabio, began their careers with Fluminense before joining Manchester United in January 2008. After seven years in England that included three Premier League titles, Rafael joined Lyon in August 2015 for a fee of up to £2.5 million.[4]
Rafael has two caps for Brazil, having made his debut in a 3–1 victory over Denmark on 26 May 2012. He has also played for Brazil at under-17 level and was part of the silver medal-winning under-23 side at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
- ^ "Premier League clubs submit squad lists". Premier League. 1 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Rafael Profile". Premier League. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Dove, Ed (28 March 2013). "Rafael: Most Improved Players". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ "Rafael da Silva seals his move to Lyon from Manchester United". The Guardian. Press Association. 3 August 2015. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
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