Rafael de Carvalho Santos

Rafael Santos
Personal information
Full nameRafael de Carvalho Santos
Date of birthMarch 14, 1989
Place of birthBarretos, Brazil
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Portuguesa
Youth career
2004–2008Corinthians
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2008–2013Corinthians4(0)
2011→ Avaí (loan)1(0)
2012→ Bragantino (loan)6(0)
2013→ Botafogo-SP (loan)0(0)
2013–2014São Caetano37(0)
2014Icasa0(0)
2014–Portuguesa27(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 29, 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).

Rafael de Carvalho Santos, simply known as Rafael Santos (born 14 March 1988), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Portuguesa as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Barretos, Rafael Santos joined Corinthians' youth setup in 2004, aged 15. In 2008, he was promoted to the main squad, in Série B, and made his debut on 29 November, starting in a 0–2 loss at América-RN,[1] as Timão were already champions and both Felipe and Júlio César (first and second choices, respectively) were already in vacations.

In June 2011, after being sparingly used by Corinthians, Rafael Santos moved to Avaí on loan until the end of the year.[2] However, his maiden appearance for the Leão da Ilha was on 7 September, in a 1–2 home loss against Santos.[3] He then joined Bragantino[4] and Botafogo-SP, both in temporary deals.

On 10 May 2013 Rafael Santos signed with São Caetano.[5] He was a starter during his debut campaign, which ended in relegation. On 27 June of the following year Rafael Santos moved to Icasa, also in the second division;[6] ten days later, however, he signed a short term deal with fellow league side Portuguesa.[7]

References

  1. ↑ América-RN se salva e mancha despedida do Corinthians (América-RN saves themselves and bitters Corinthians' goodbye); ESPN Brasil, 29 November 2008 (Portuguese)
  2. ↑ Rafael Santos, goleiro, a caminho da Ressacada (Rafael Santos, heading to Ressacada); InfoEsporte, 3 June 2011 (Portuguese)
  3. ↑ Avaí cede a virada para o Santos e se afunda no Z4 (Avaí suffers comeback from Santos and gets deeper in Z4); Futebol SC, 7 September 2011 (Portuguese)
  4. ↑ Bragantino contrata goleiro do Corinthians e aguarda por meia da Bolívia (Bragantino signs goalkeeper from Corinthians and waits for midfielder from Bolivia); Futebol Interior, 5 January 2012 (Portuguese)
  5. ↑ São Caetano apresenta goleiro Rafael Santos e meia Renato Ribeiro (São Caetano presents goalkeeper Rafael Santos and midfielder Renato Ribeiro); Terra, 10 May 2013 (Portuguese)
  6. ↑ Série B: Icasa contrata Rafael Santos, Thiago Miracema e Zé Augusto (Série B: Icasa signs Rafael Santos, Thiago Miracema and Zé Augusto); Futebol Interior, 27 June 2014 (Portuguese)
  7. ↑ Goleiro Rafael Santos chega à Portuguesa (Goalkeeper Rafael Santos arrives at Portuguesa); Portuguesa's official website, 7 July 2014 (Portuguese)

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