Rafael Pereira da Silva

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Rafael
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Rafael (2015)
Personnel
Surname Rafael Pereira da Silva
birthday July 9, 1990
place of birth Petrópolis ,  Brazil
size 172 cm
position Right full-back
Juniors
Years station
2005-2007 Fluminense Rio de Janeiro
2008 Manchester United
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2008-2015 Manchester United 109 (5)
2015– Olympique Lyon 103 (2)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
Brazil U15
Brazil U17 12 (0)
2012 Brazil 2 (0)
2012 Brazil Olympics 6 (1)
1 Only league games are given.
As of March 1, 2020

Rafael Pereira da Silva , called Rafael (born July 9, 1990 in Petrópolis ) is a Brazilian soccer player who is currently under contract with Olympique Lyon . Rafael, who played for Brazilian club Fluminense Rio de Janeiro in his youth , is mainly used as a right defender, but can also be used in right midfield . Rafael is also the twin brother of Fábio da Silva , who is under contract with FC Nantes . In addition to the Brazilian, both also have Portuguese citizenship .

Career

In the club

His professional career began in 2005 at Fluminense Rio de Janeiro , where he and his brother were finally discovered by Scout Les Kershaw in 2005 . A scout noticed Rafael at a youth tournament in Hong Kong and wanted to guide him to Manchester. First, however, he was given a preliminary contract, as he was to stay with Fluminense until he was 18. This decided the club management of Manchester United and all other involved.

He finally moved to Manchester United in January 2008. His first appearance in the ManUtd jersey was in the friendly against Peterborough United . His competitive debut was at halftime against Newcastle United . Rafael scored his first goal for Manchester United in the Premier League game on November 8, 2008 against Arsenal . His goal in the 90th minute made the final score 1: 2.

For the 2015/16 season Rafael moved to the French Ligue 1 to Olympique Lyon .

In the national team

In 2005, Rafael won the U-15 South American Championship with the Brazilian U-15 team together with his twin brother . Two years later, both took part in the U-17 South American Championship , which Brazil also finished as tournament winners and thus qualified for the U-17 World Cup in 2007 in South Korea. At the World Cup finals, Rafael and his brother Fábio formed the full-back duo, both of which are highlighted in the official tournament report as " fast full-backs with good technique and an offensive drive ". The tournament ended for the team in the round of 16 after a 0-1 defeat against Ghana.

In 2012 he took part with the Olympic team at the Olympic Games in London , where Brazil wanted to win the gold medal for the first time. In the final, however, Brazil had to admit defeat to the Mexican team 1: 2 . Rafael appeared in all six games and scored the first tournament goal for Brazil in the first game against Egypt .

Trivia

Rafael wanted to forego his salary payments during an injury spell at Olympique Lyon. Olympique was unable to comply with this request. Rafael then donated the money to the OL Foundation, which, among other things, campaigns for integration through sport and the support of sick children.

Achievements / titles

National team

With the club

Web links

Commons : Rafael  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Match report by Skysports, Arsenal - Man Utd" (skysports.com)
  2. ↑ FIFA (Ed.): Report and Statistics - FIFA U-17 World Cup Korea 2007, Zurich 2007 p. 45
  3. ↑ fifa.com: Match report Brazil - Egypt 3: 2 (3: 0)
  4. ^ Salary donation , report on welt.de, accessed on February 27, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Pereira da Silva, Rafael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rafael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Petrópolis , Brazil