Rafael Scheidt

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Rafael Scheidt
Personnel
Surname Rafael Felipe Scheidt
birthday February 10, 1976
place of birth Porto Alegre ,  Brazil
size 184 cm
position Defender
Juniors
Years station
1990-1995 Gremio Porto Alegre
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1995-1997 Gremio Porto Alegre 7 (0)
1997-1998 Kawasaki Frontale 26 (5)
1998-1999 Gremio Porto Alegre 39 (3)
1999-2000 Celtic Glasgow 3 (0)
2000-2003 Corinthians São Paulo 35 (1)
2003-2004 Atlético Mineiro 35 (2)
2004-2006 Botafogo FR 73 (2)
2007-2008 Shaanxi Chanba FC 38 (2)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1999 Brazil 3 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Rafael Felipe Scheidt (born February 1, 1976 in Porto Alegre ) is a former Brazilian soccer player who was most recently under contract with the Chinese club Shaanxi Chanba FC .

Since his grandfather was German, he also has German citizenship .

Club career

The early years

Scheidt began his professional career in 1995 with his hometown club Gremio Porto Alegre in the Brazilian first division. However, due to an oversupply of strong defenders, he only came to short appearances.

In 1996 he got an offer from the newly founded J-League team Kawasaki Frontale , which he accepted. He had an immediate breakthrough in Japan . He scored 5 goals in 26 games and was voted into the Team of the Season. This increase in performance did not go unnoticed at home, whereupon Gremio decided to bring the player back.

Back at Gremio, Scheidt continued to improve and became a national player.

Transfer to Celtic Glasgow

For the 1999/00 season , Scheidt moved to Celtic Glasgow in Scotland for the equivalent of € 7.2 million . He was the first Brazilian in the Scottish professional league. Scheidt was brought in to replace the long-term injured Marc Rieper , but he seriously injured himself before he had even played a single league game. After recovering from his injury, he found himself in a long-lasting low form. He never felt comfortable in Scotland and pushed for a transfer back to Brazil himself. In total, he only made three league appearances for Celtic.

The English daily The Guardian published a list of the 10 biggest bad investments in the history of professional football in 2001, which puts Scheidt's transfer to Celtic in second place.

Further career

Scheidt was awarded to Corinthians São Paulo for three years, where his form slowly stabilized again. When a contract extension could not be agreed in 2003, Atlético Mineiro and Botafogo FR followed , where he was dismissed in 2006. Scheidt played in constant form again during these years, but was never able to build on his old strength.

For the 2007 season Scheidt signed a contract with the Chinese first division club Shaanxi Chanba FC , with which he was under contract until 2008.

National team

Scheidt made his debut on March 31, 1999 in a 2-0 friendly against Japan for the Brazilian national team .

This year he played two more internationals against Argentina and one game to mark the centenary of FC Barcelona , which, however, is not counted as an official encounter.

successes

Gremio

Corinthians

Botafogo

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "The 10 biggest wastes of money in football history"
personal data
SURNAME Scheidt, Rafael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scheidt, Rafael Felipe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian and German soccer players
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Porto Alegre , Brazil