Rafinha (soccer player, 1982)

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Rafinha
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Personnel
Surname Rafael Scapini de Almeida
birthday June 29, 1982
size 184 cm
position Striker / midfielder
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
until 2005 Campinas FC
2005-2007 AC Oulu 66 (13)
2008-2009 Tampere United 48 0(8)
2010-2011 HJK Helsinki 43 0(8)
2011-2016 KAA Gent 101 0(2)
2016– HJK Helsinki 44 0(3)
1 Only league games are given.
As of December 15, 2017

Rafael Scapini de Almeida , better known as Rafinha (born June 29, 1982 ) is a Brazilian football player who is used in offensive positions at his clubs. While he was still a striker at Oulu and Tampere United, he was repurposed as a midfielder in Helsinki and Ghent.

Career

Rafinha moved in 2005 from the Brazilian club Campinas Futebol Clube to Finland to AC Oulu in the Veikkausliiga . After Oulus relegated to the Ykkönen , he moved to Tampere United . For the 2010 season he moved to master HJK Helsinki . After the failure of his team in the playoffs for the Europa League 2011/12 against FC Schalke 04 , Rafinha moved to the Belgian Pro League at KAA Gent in August 2011 . After a total of four and a half years in Belgium, he returned to HJK Helsinki on a free transfer in the summer of 2016 and signed a contract there until 2019.

successes

  • Finnish champion: 2010, 2011, 2017
  • Finnish Cup Winner: 2011, 2017
  • Belgian champion: 2015

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