| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Rafael Cabral Barbosa | ||
| Date of birth | May 20, 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Sorocaba, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Santos | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2009 | Santos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2009– | Santos | 43 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Rafael Cabral Barbosa or Rafael Cabral or simply Rafael (born May 20, 1990 in Sorocaba) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Santos.
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Rafael is a fast goalkeeper, having great vision of the game, besides having great reflex and flexibility to go to the ball to make a save. Many people compare him to Júlio César Soares de Espíndola
He was formed in the Santos FC youth system.
Rafael broke his right leg in a split with the full-back Domingos, who then played for Santos (but now plays for Portuguesa de Desportos on loan), where he was sidelined for four months recovering from broken leg.
Rafael played in the second half of the match between Santos FC and the New York Red Bulls in the United States. It was won by Red Bull by 3-1 but Rafael did not concede a goal, the three goals from New York were scored in the first half, when the goalkeeper was Fábio Costa.
His debut in the first team for Santos in an official game took place on June 2 in 2010, the match between Santos FC and Cruzeiro EC in Mineirão, where the score was 0-0. He took the place of Felipe, who had played all 37 games that in the season so far. If being poured, with a beautiful performance with the shirt of a Santos FC, Rafael won the place of Felipe, and the shirt will be one of the Santos FC in the next matches of 2010. Apart from that where the then ex-holder Felipe, will be on the bench. The choice for the goal of Santos FC was made by the coach Dorival Júnior, before the match. The change occurred because of failures in Felipe's performance and because of criticism in the press.
| Club | Season | State League | Brazilian Série A | Copa do Brasil | Copa Libertadores | Copa Sudamericana | Total | ||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Santos | 2010 | - | - | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 2011 | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 0 | |
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