Rafael Carioca

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Not to be confused with Rafael Felipe Barreto.

Rafael Carioca
Personal information

Full name	Rafael de Souza Pereira
Date of birth	(1989-06-18) June 18, 1989
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Spartak Moscow
Number	6
Youth career
2006–2008	Grêmio
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2008	Grêmio	37	(0)
2009–	Spartak Moscow	102	(2)
2010	→ Vasco da Gama (loan)	45	(0)
National team
2007	Brazil U18	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

Rafael de Souza Pereira (born January 16, 1989 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), most commonly known as Rafael Carioca, is a Brazilian defensive midfielder who currently plays for Spartak Moscow.

Early career

Grêmio

Rafael came to Grêmio in 2006, as an amateur player. In 2007, he captained the Under-20 side and featured in the Sendai Cup for the Brazil Under-18 national team in the same year but was an unused substitute in the tournament. He was promoted to the first team after captaining the youth side in the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior by the coach Vágner Mancini, but soon was relegated to the youth squad because of his lack of commitment in pre-season training. Before the beginning of the 2008 Brazilian Serie A, Mancini was fired and Rafael earned a new chance from the coach Celso Roth, the same coach who promoted Ronaldinho to the first team in 1998. He became the team's first-choice in the central midfield and created a strong partnership with William Magrão. Appearing as a defensive midfielder, Rafael missed just one league match and received just five yellow cards during the season.

Spartak

On November 29, it was reported that the midfielder was very close to joining Russian club Spartak Moscow. The deal is set to be around of € 4 million and must be confirmed after the season's end.^[1]

Vasco

For the season of 2010, Vasco da Gama have loaned the Brazilian midfielder from Spartak Moscow for one year.^[2] He remains under contract with the Russian club until 2013.

References

↑ "Rafael Carioca thrilled to join Spartak". UEFA.com. 2008-12-15. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
↑ "Mandarino diz que Vasco já fechou com Rafael Carioca". Netvasco. 2009-12-12. Retrieved 2009-12-24. (Portuguese)

External links

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3 Bryzgalov 4 Parshivlyuk 5 Tino Costa 6 R. Carioca 7 K. Kombarov 8 Glushakov 9 Barrios 10 Movsisyan 11 Özbiliz 14 Yakovlev 15 Rômulo 18 Kutepov 19 Jurado 22 Kozlov 23 D. Kombarov 30 Pesyakov 31 Dykan (c) 32 Rebrov 33 Bocchetti 34 Makeyev 35 Tasci 55 João Carlos 69 Davydov 77 Gatagov Ebert Manager: Karpin

Persondata
Name	Rafael de Souza Pereira
Alternative names
Short description	Brazilian footballer
Date of birth	1989-06-18
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death

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