Alex Rafael

Alex Rafael
Personal information
Full nameAlex Rafael da Silva Antônio
Date of birth1 January 1988
Place of birthSão Paulo, Brazil
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionForward
Youth career
2006Corinthians
2007–2008Palmeiras
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2010Red Bull Brasil83(26)
2011–2012Red Bull Salzburg5(1)
2012Red Bull Brasil
2012→ Comercial-SP (loan)
2012Thespa Kusatsu10(3)
2013Ferroviária
2014-A.O.T.Alimou
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2014-.
† Appearances (Goals).

Alex Rafael da Silva Antônio (born January 1, 1988), also known as Alex Rafael, is a professional Brazilian football player for the Ferroviária Brazilian club. He is an attacking player with a total of 2003 minutes in his two years of playing. He played against Bayer Leverkusen and Lyon in test games. "I want to built a history here in the Europe, but I am going to come back a day for the RedBull Brazil for myself become the most greatest gunner of the club", affirmed Alex Rafael.

Early life

Alex Rafael was born in São Paulo. He began his career in 2008 playing for the domestic team Red Bull Brazil.[1] After a short period of a month he became one of the first players to play for the Salzburg club in Austria.[2] He signed a year contract within a week. Shortly after he returned to Brazil to play for Commercial, which later loaned him to Thespa Kusatsu in Japan. Finally he was loaned back to Brazil to play for Ferroviaria in 2013.

References

  1. RedBull. "DESTAQUES DO RED BULL BRASIL VÃO ENFRENTAR LYON E BAYER LEVERKUSEN" (in Portuguese). RedBull. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  2. Soccerway. "Alex Rafael". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 April 2013.