Rafael Pires Vieira
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Personnel | ||
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Surname | Rafael Pires Vieira | |
birthday | August 1, 1978 | |
place of birth | Criciúma , Brazil | |
size | 185 cm | |
position | striker | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1997-2000 | HJK Helsinki | 53 (30) |
1998-1999 | → FC Jazz Pori (loan) | 31 | (7)
2000-2002 | SC Heerenveen | 6 | (0)
2002-2003 | Denizlispor | 0 | (0)
2004 | Forssan JK | 21 (17) |
2005-2016 | FC Lahti | 291 (106) |
2016 | FC Lahti II | 2 | (2)
2017– | Mikkelin Kissat | 21 | (7)
1 Only league games are given. As of February 5, 2018 |
Rafael Pires Vieira , also Rafael or Rafael Pires , (born August 1, 1978 in Criciúma ) is a Brazilian football player .
career
Rafael began his career in Finland with HJK Helsinki , where he became national champion in 1997 and won the league cup . He also won the title of top scorer in 1997 with 11 goals in the Veikkausliiga . After several years at HJK and FC Jazz Pori , he moved to SC Heerenveen in 2000 . There he could not assert himself, however, and only made eight appearances in two seasons. In 2002 he joined the Turkish club Denizlispor . Again, he only managed three games, so he decided to return to Finland. After a season with third division Forssan JK , in which he was the league's top scorer, he moved back to the Veikkausliiga for FC Lahti in 2005 . With this club he won the league cup in 2007, 2013 and 2016. After a total of twelve years in Lahti, he moved on to third division club Mikkelin Kissat in January 2017 at the age of 38 .
Web links
- Rafael in the database of weltfussball.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ RAFAEL SIIRTYY MIKKELIN PALLO-KISSOIHIN ( Finnish ) mikkelinkissat.net. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pires Vieira, Rafael |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rafael (nickname); Pires, Rafael (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Criciúma , Santa Catarina, Brazil |