Rafael

Club

_Retired Soccer

Position

Right-Back

Nationality

Brazil

Date of birth

1990-07-09

Birthplace

Petrópolis, Brazil

Height

1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)

Weight

161 lbs

Shirt number

2

Signing / transfer fee

3,20 Mill. €

RRafael Pereira da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese: ; born 9 July 1990), commonly known as Rafael or Rafael da Silva, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Botafogo. He normally plays as a right-back, but he has also been deployed as a midfielder. He and his twin brother, Fabio, began their careers with Fluminense before joining Manchester United in January 2008. After seven years in England that included three Premier League titles, Rafael joined Lyon in August 2015 for a fee of up to £2.5 million.

Rafael has two caps for Brazil, having made his debut in a 3–1 victory over Denmark on 26 May 2012. He has also played for Brazil at under-17 level and was part of the silver medal-winning under-23 side at the 2012 Summer Olympics.