Rafinha (soccer player, 1993)

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Rafinha
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Rafinha (2016)
Personnel
Surname Rafael Alcântara do Nascimento
birthday February 12, 1993
place of birth São Paulo ,  Brazil
size 174 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
2006-2011 FC Barcelona
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2011-2013 FC Barcelona B 84 (19)
2011– FC Barcelona 56 0(8)
2013-2014 →  Celta Vigo  (loan) 32 0(4)
2018 →  Inter Milan  (loan) 17 0(2)
2019-2020 → Celta Vigo (loan) 29 0(4)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2009 Spain U16 2 0(0)
2009-2010 Spain U17 8 0(2)
2010 Spain U19 5 0(2)
2013 Brazil U20 5 0(0)
2015– Brazil 2 0(1)
2016 Brazil Olympics 5 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of August 17, 2020

2 As of August 22, 2016

Rafinha , real name Rafael Alcântara do Nascimento (born February 12, 1993 in São Paulo ), also Rafinha do Nascimento , in Spain also called Rafael Alcántara , Rafinha Alcántara or Rafa Alcántara , is a Brazilian - Spanish soccer player who plays for the Brazilian national team. The left-footer plays in the position of an attacking midfielder and is under contract with FC Barcelona .

Career

In the club

Beginnings in La Masia

Rafinha came to FC Barcelona at the age of twelve and played in their youth teams until early 2011. Due to the staff shortage in midfield caused by the injuries of Carlos Carmona and Oriol Romeu , Rafinha was appointed to the B team in January 2011 . He made his debut in the second team on January 8, 2011, replacing Jonathan dos Santos in the 55th minute. The game against FC Girona was lost 1: 2. On the following day he came into play early for the injured Sergi Roberto and promptly contributed a goal and an assist to his team's 3-2 away win over UD Salamanca . At the end of the 2010/11 season he won the Copa de Campeones with the A-youth . In the final against Real Madrid , he contributed two goals to the 3-1 success of his team.

Debut and loan to Vigo

He made his debut for the first team of Barça on November 9, 2011 in the cup match against CE l'Hospitalet , in which he was substituted on for Cesc Fàbregas a quarter of an hour before the end of the game . On December 6, 2011 he was nominated by his coach Pep Guardiola for the Champions League game against BATE Baryssau and also placed in the starting line-up.

For the 2013/14 season , Rafinha extended his contract until June 30, 2016 and moved to Celta Vigo on loan . Rafinha made 32 appearances in Vigo , including 27 in the starting XI, in which he scored four goals. For his achievements he was named the best young player of the season.

Return to Barcelona

Rafinha in the FC Barcelona jersey (2014)

For the 2014/15 season returned Rafinha with his coach Luis Enrique for Barcelona back. With the club he won the triple , consisting of championship, cup and Champions League victory. At the beginning of the 2015/16 season , the UEFA Super Cup victory against Sevilla FC followed , in which Rafinha was in the starting line-up and in the 44th minute of the game, the meanwhile 3: 1 (final score 5: 4 n.V. ) . On September 16, 2015, Rafinha tore a cruciate ligament in his right knee during the Champions League game against AS Roma . He was therefore not part of the squad that won the Club World Cup in Japan in December 2015 . Nevertheless, FC Barcelona extended the contract with Rafinha until June 30, 2020 and increased its release clause to 75 million euros. From April 2016, Rafinha was operational again. At the end of the season, the championship and the Copa del Rey were won. In the 2016/17 season Rafinha made 18 league appearances (14 times from the start), in which he scored 6 goals.

Milan, Vigo and Barcelona

After Rafinha had only made one appearance in the Copa del Rey in the course of the season so far , he moved on loan to the Italian Serie A at Inter Milan on January 22, 2018 until the end of the 2017/18 season . Inter Milan then had the option to purchase Rafinha's transfer rights for a transfer fee of EUR 35 million, which can increase by EUR 3 million. He was used in 17 league games in which he scored 2 goals. At the end of the season, Rafinha left the club when his contract expired.

For the season 2018/19 returned to FC Barcelona Rafinha back. During the season he came to five league games.

He started the 2019/20 season with FC Barcelona and made three league appearances. At the beginning of September he was loaned to Celta Vigo until the end of the season, for which he extended his contract with FC Barcelona, ​​which expired at the end of the season, until June 30, 2021. For Celta Vigo, Rafinha completed 29 first division games (25 times from the start) in which he scored 4 goals. With the club he was in a relegation battle and was only able to secure relegation on the last day of the game before the first relegated CD Leganés .

For the season 2020/21 returned Rafinha again to FC Barcelona back.

In the national team

With the Spanish U17 selection , Rafinha qualified for the U17 European Championship in Liechtenstein in 2010 . For the finals, Rafinha was later not included in the squad, although he played all games in qualifying. In 2010, when he was 17, he made his first appearance for Spain's U19 .

In 2013 he played the South American Championship in Argentina with the Brazilian U20 team . He played three games there, his team eliminated in the first group stage as bottom of the table.

In May 2015, Rafinha was nominated by the Brazilian national coach Carlos Dunga as one of seven on-call players in the Seleção squad for the 2015 Copa America in Chile . He did not make it into the final lineup later. Rafinha made his international debut on September 5, 2015, when he came on as a substitute for Luiz Gustavo in a 1-0 friendly win against Costa Rica .

Since Rafinha has not played a competitive game in the A-selection for Brazil or Spain, a change of association would still be possible for him.

family

Rafinha's father Mazinho was also a soccer player and became world champion with Brazil in 1994 . His mother Valéria Alcântara once played professional volleyball . His older brother Thiago is also a soccer player and plays for Bayern Munich . Thiago was also previously active in the youth teams of FC Barcelona and the youth national teams. Unlike Rafinha and Mazinho, he plays for the Spanish national team .

successes

Rafinha (l.) With his teammates (from left to right) Adriano , Dani Alves and Douglas after winning the 2015 UEFA Super Cup

FC Barcelona:

National team:

Personal awards:

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b totalBarça: Alcantara brothers finally crossed paths ( Memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ totalBarca: Juvenil A: We are the Champions !! ( Memento from May 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ FC Barcelona: FC Barcelona agree to extend Rafinha's contract
  4. ↑ FC Barcelona: Rafinha loaned to Celta Vigo
  5. ↑ FC Barcelona: Iniesta, Rakitic and Rafinha win LFP awards
  6. ^ FC Barcelona: Deulofeu and Rafinha Alcantára to return from loan spells
  7. ↑ Spiegel Online : Barcelona star: Rafinha suffers cruciate ligament rupture , September 17, 2015, accessed on September 22, 2015.
  8. ↑ FC Barcelona: Rafinha extends FC Barcelona contract until 2020 , November 23, 2015, accessed on January 2, 2016.
  9. ^ Agreement with Inter Milan for the loan of Rafinha , fcbarcelona.com, January 22, 2018, accessed January 23, 2018.
  10. ↑ Rafinha is a Nerazzurri player! , January 22, 2018, accessed January 23, 2018.
  11. ↑ First workout of the season , fcbarcelona.com, July 12, 2018, accessed July 12, 2018.
  12. ↑ Rafinha extends deal with Barça, goes to Celta on loan , fcbarcelona.com, September 2, 2019, accessed September 3, 2019.
  13. ↑ First pre-season training session for six players , fcbarcelona.com, August 13, 2020, accessed on August 17, 2020.
  14. ↑ uefa.com: Rafael Alcantara
  15. ↑ uefa.com: Rafael Alcantara ( Memento from January 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  16. ↑ weltfussball.de: U20 Campeonato Sudamericano 2013 Argentina
  17. ↑ espnfc.com: Kaka among 7 alternates in Brazil's Copa America squad , May 12, 2015, accessed September 5, 2015.
  18. ↑ See the match report on the website of the Brazilian Football Association
  19. ↑ AirFutbol: Thiago Alcántara, un artista llegado de La Masía ( Memento of November 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Rafinha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alcántara do Nascimento, Rafael (real name); Alcântara do Nascimento, Rafael (Portuguese spelling); Alcantara, Rafinha; Alcântara, Rafinha; Alcantara, Rafael; Alcântara, Rafael; Alcantara, Rafa; Alcântara, Rafa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hispanic-Brazilian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH São Paulo , Brazil