brazilian football player
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Rafael Alcântara do Nascimento ( wear 12 February 1993 ), normally known as Rafinha ( [ ʁɐˈfiɲa ] ), is a brazilian master football player who plays as a central or attacking midfielder for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain. He will join La Liga club Real Sociedad on lend on 1 January 2022.

He started his career with Barcelona, making his debut with the first team in 2011. After a loan at Celta, he played his beginning La Liga match for the former club in 2014. Rafinha represented both Spain and Brazil at youth charge, before debuting with the latter as a senior in 2015 .

Club career [edit ]

Barcelona [edit ]

Born in São Paulo, Brazil, [ 4 ] Rafinha joined Barcelona ‘s youth ranks at the age of 13. On 8 January 2011 he made his professional debut with the B team, coming on as a substitute for Jonathan do Santos in the fifty-fifth infinitesimal of a 2–1 home loss against Girona for the Segunda División. [ 5 ] A week later, again off the bench and for the lapp contest, he scored his first goal in a 3–2 winnings at Salamanca, besides adding an serve. [ 6 ] Rafinha made his debut with the aged Barcelona police squad on 9 November 2011, taking the place of Cesc Fàbregas for the last 15 minutes of a 1–0 away victory over Hospitalet in the Copa del Rey. [ 7 ] He finished the league season with 39 games – 35 starts – and eight goals for the reserves, including two in a 4–0 defeat of Cartagena on 4 September of the like year. [ 8 ] On 27 June 2013, Rafinha extended his narrow with Barça, keeping him at the cabaret until 2016. [ 9 ] A few weeks late, he was loaned to fellow La Liga team Celta, [ 10 ] and made his introduction in the spanish crown flight on 19 August, helping the Galicians to a 2–2 home pull against Espanyol. [ 11 ] He scored his first gear league goal 12 days late in another reap at the Balaídos ( 1–1, with Granada ). [ 12 ] Rafinha netted a brace at Real Sociedad on 23 November 2013, but it amounted to nothing as the hosts won 4–3 with four goals from Carlos Vela. [ 13 ] He was voted the league ‘s Breakthrough Player of the Season, ahead of Real Madrid ‘s Jesé and Rayo Vallecano ‘s Saúl Ñíguez. [ 14 ]
Rafinha playing for Barcelona in August 2014 against Napoli Rafinha made his league debut for Barcelona on 24 August 2014 in Luis Enrique ‘s beginning match in charge, playing the first half of an eventual 3–0 gain against Elche at the Camp Nou before being replaced by Marc Bartra. [ 15 ] On 25 November, he assisted Lionel Messi ‘s goal in a 4–0 group stagecoach victory at APOEL, which made him the outright peak scorer in the history of the UEFA Champions League ; however, he was besides sent off for two bookings by and by on in the match. [ 16 ] Rafinha scored his foremost goal for the Blaugrana on 3 December 2014, concluding a 4–0 away win against Huesca in the first leg of the spanish Cup ‘s last 32 ( 12–1 aggregate ). [ 17 ] The following 1 February, he recorded his first gear finish for the team in the domestic league, character of a 3–2 home get the better of of Villarreal. [ 18 ] They went on to win the treble, with the musician being an fresh utility in the domestic and european finals. With compatriot Neymar out through illness, Rafinha started on the impart of Barcelona ‘s attack in the 2015 UEFA Super Cup against Sevilla in Tbilisi, scoring the third goal in a 5–4 gain. [ 19 ] On 16 September he suffered a tear proper anterior cruciate ligament during the 1–1 away draw to Roma for the Champions League group phase, leaving the plot on a capstone after being on the receiving end of a heavy challenge from Radja Nainggolan ; after operation, he was expected to be out for about six months. [ 20 ] Rafinha scored six times in only 18 appearances in the 2016–17 campaign, but besides had to undergo operating room to an internal meniscus ailment following a peer against Granada in April 2017, going on to be sidelined until the end of the year. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] On 22 January 2018, Inter Milan announced the acquisition of Rafinha on a loan with an choice to buy for €35 million. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] He made his debut for the baseball club six days late by entering in the survive moments of the 1–1 draw against S.P.A.L. [ 25 ] He scored his first goal on 6 May, in the 4–0 off victory over Udinese. [ 26 ] On 24 November 2018, Rafinha ruptured the front tooth cruciate ligament of his left knee during a 1–1 guide at Atlético Madrid, being again sidelined for respective months. [ 27 ] On 2 September 2019, immediately after extending his contract until 2021, [ 28 ] he rejoined Celta on a season -long loan. [ 29 ]

Paris Saint-Germain [edit ]

Rafinha signed a three-year cover with Paris Saint-Germain on 5 October 2020. [ 30 ] He made his Ligue 1 debut 11 days late in a 4–0 gain at Nîmes, and assisted the opening finish scored by Kylian Mbappé. [ 31 ]

On 27 December 2021, Rafinha joined spanish side Real Sociedad on loanword for the remainder of the 2021–22 season. [ 32 ]

International career [edit ]

Rafinha played for Spain at youth flat, earning 14 caps for three different teams. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] [ 35 ] On 29 February 2012, he scored for the under-19s in the first base minute of their 2–1 friendly win over France in Meaux. [ 36 ] belated that class, however, Rafinha switched allegiance to Brazil, going on to represent the under-20 side at the 2013 South american Youth Championship in Argentina. [ 37 ] He was one of seven stand-by players named by Dunga for the senior team at the 2015 Copa América. [ 38 ] In September 2015, Rafinha was called up by Dunga for friendlies against Costa Rica and the United States. On 5 September, he entered the former game at New Jersey ‘s Red Bull Arena in the 81st hour in place of Luiz Gustavo. [ 39 ] Four days late, a infinitesimal after taking the field against the latter, he scored his first goal, then assisted clubmate Neymar in a 4–1 win. [ 40 ]

personal life [edit ]

Rafinha ‘s father, Mazinho, was besides a football player and a midfielder, notably winning the 1994 FIFA World Cup with Brazil. His mother Valéria played volleyball, while his older brother, Thiago – another midfielder – besides emerged through Barcelona ‘s youth ranks, going on to represent its first team, the Spain national english, and now Liverpool. [ 41 ] Rodrigo, who played youth football with Real Madrid and went on to spend respective seasons with Benfica and Valencia, is a lifelong supporter who has mistakenly been referred to as Rafinha ‘s cousin. [ 42 ] [ 43 ]

career statistics [edit ]

baseball club [edit ]

As of match played 15 October 2021[44]
Notes

International [edit ]

As of 8 September 2015
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Brazil 2015 2 1
Total 2 1
As of 20 August 2016
Appearances and goals by national team at Summer Olympics
National team Year Apps Goals
Brazil 2016 5 0
Total 5 0
As of match played 8 September 2015.
Scores and results list Brazil’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rafinha goal.
List of international goals scored by Rafinha
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 September 2015 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States  United States 3–0 4–1 Friendly[45]

Honours [edit ]

golf club [edit ]

Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain

International [edit ]

Brazil U20
Brazil U23

person [edit ]

References [edit ]