Rafaelson
 Rafaelson in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rafaelson Bezerra Fernandes | ||
| Date of birth | 30 March 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Pirapemas, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Thep Xanh Nam Dinh | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2013 | Bahia | ||
| 2013–2016 | Vitória | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Vitória | 15 | (1) |
| 2018 | → Vegalta Sendai (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Vegalta Sendai | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Næstved | 24 | (5) |
| 2020 | Thep Xanh Nam Dinh | 18 | (6) |
| 2020–2021 | SHB Da Nang | 12 | (6) |
| 2021–2023 | Quy Nhon Binh Dinh | 39 | (21) |
| 2023– | Thep Xanh Nam Dinh | 24 | (31) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 June 2024 | |||
Rafaelson Bezerra Fernandes (born 30 March 1997), simply known as Rafaelson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for V.League 1 club Thep Xanh Nam Dinh.
Career
[edit]A Vitória youth graduate, Rafaelson was accused of having an illegal age in April 2015,[2] a claim which was later dismissed by the club.[3] He was promoted to the first team in September, by manager Vagner Mancini.[4]
Rafaelson made his professional debut on 5 September 2015, coming on as a second-half substitute for Robert in a 2–1 home loss against Botafogo for the Série B championship. His first goal came on 31 October, netting the last in a 3–2 home loss against Náutico. He contributed with seven appearances during the campaign, as his side achieved promotion to Série A.
On 30 June 2016, Rafaelson made his top tier debut, replacing Tiago Real in a 3–2 home win against Sport Recife.
On 13 April 2019, Rafaelson moved to Denmark and joined Næstved.[5] Næstved announced on 12 January 2020, that they had sold Rafaelson to Nam Định in the V.League 1.[6] After one season at Nam Định, despite his good form, the club was unable to keep him due to financial difficult, leading him to join V.League 1 fellow SHB Đà Nẵng, where he also stayed for only season.[7]
In September 2021, Rafaelson was transferred to Topenland Bình Định.[8] On 3 September 2022, he scored his first hattrick in V.League 1 in to help his team defeat the league's leading team Hanoi FC 3–0.[9] He later lead his team to the 2022 Vietnamese Cup final, scoring a hattrick in the semi-final game against Đông Á Thanh Hóa.[10] In the 2023 season, Rafaelson became the league top scorer, netting a total of 16 goals and was named in the team of the season.[11]
On 28 August 2023, after his contract with Topenland Bình Định expired, Rafaelson made his return to Nam Định.[12] On 26 May 2024, he scored five goals in a 5–2 victory of Thép Xanh Nam Định FC against Đông Á Thanh Hóa, which tied the record for most goals scored by a single player in a single game in V.League 1 with Hoàng Anh Gia Lai's Nguyễn Đình Việt back in 2007. On 25 June 2023, Rafaelson netted a hattrick in a 5–1 league win against Khánh Hòa, thus securing the first national league title for Nam Định since 1985.[13] He finished the season as the league's top scorer with 31 goals, thus broke the record for most goals scored by a single player in a single V.League 1 season, previously held by Lê Huỳnh Đức (25 goals).[14]
Honours
[edit]Vitória
Topenland Bình Định
- Vietnamese National Cup runners-up: 2022
Thép Xanh Nam Định
Individual
- V.League 1 Top scorer: 2023, 2023–24
- V.League 1 Team of the Season: 2023, 2023–24
- V.League 1 Best player of the Year: 2023–24
References
[edit]- ^ "Rafaelson". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ "Atacante do Vitória que marcou gol no BAVI sub-20 é denunciado por suposto 'gato'" [Vitória forward who scored a goal in under-20's BAVI is denounced for a supposed 'wrong age'] (in Spanish). Galáticos Online. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Em nota, Vitória defende jogador acusado de ser 'gato'" [On a note, Vitória defend player accused of having 'wrong age'] (in Portuguese). Bahia Notícias. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Recém-promovido ao time principal, Rafaelson avalia primeira partida como titular: "Procurei fazer o melhor"" [Newly-promoted to the first team, Rafaelson analyzes first match as a starter: "I tried to do the best"] (in Portuguese). Cenário MT. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ Dårlige pasninger irriterer Næstved-træner, bold.dk, 25 April 2019
- ^ Næstved sender brasilianer til Vietnam, bold.dk, 12 January 2020
- ^ "SHB Đà Nẵng chia tay chân sút chủ lực chỉ sau một mùa giải" (in Vietnamese). Bongda24h. 10 September 2021.
- ^ "CLB Topenland Bình Định chốt ngoại binh V-League 2022" (in Vietnamese). Công An Đà Nẵng. 29 September 2021.
- ^ "V-League 2022: Cú sốc lớn trên sân Hàng Đẫy" (in Vietnamese). Thanh Niên. 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Rafaelson đưa Topenland Bình Định vào chung kết Cúp quốc gia" (in Vietnamese). Tuổi Trẻ. 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Rafaelson trở thành " Vua phá lưới " V-League 2023" (in Vietnamese). Việt Báo. 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Vua phá lưới V.League 2023 đầu quân cho Thép Xanh Nam Định" (in Vietnamese). Bongdaplus. 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Nam Định lần đầu vô địch V-League" (in Vietnamese). VnExpress. 25 June 2024.
- ^ Hiếu Lương (26 May 2024). "Tiền đạo Nam Định phá kỷ lục ghi bàn của Lê Huỳnh Đức" (in Vietnamese). VnExpress. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
External links
[edit]
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Maranhão
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- Danish 1st Division players
- Esporte Clube Vitória players
- Vegalta Sendai players
- Næstved Boldklub players
- Nam Định F.C. players
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam
- Expatriate men's footballers in Vietnam