Rafael (footballer, born 1978)

Brazilian footballer

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pires and the second or paternal family name is Vieira.

Rafael
Personal information
Vieira in 2015.
Full name	Rafael Pires Vieira
Date of birth	(1978-08-01) 1 August 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Criciúma, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre forward
Team information
Current team	FC Lahti
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997	HJK Helsinki	21	(11)
1998–1999	FC Jazz	31	(7)
1999–2000	HJK Helsinki	32	(19)
2000–2002	SC Heerenveen	6	(0)
2002–2003	Denizlispor	0	(0)
2004	FJK	21	(17)
2005–2016	FC Lahti	250	(103)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2014

Rafael Pires Vieira (born 1 August 1978), better known simply as Rafael, is a Brazilian former football centre forward. He played a large part of his career in the Veikkausliiga in Finland, winning the goal kingship twice and becoming a Veikkausliiga legend in 2019.

Honours

Individual

Veikkausliiga Top Score: 2007

References

"Rafaelista Veikkausliigan legenda" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2024.

External links

Rafael at Soccerway
Player profile on fclahti.fi
Rafael at Sambafoot (archived)

v t e Veikkausliiga top scorers
1990: Czakon 1991: Tarkkio 1992: Luiz Antônio 1993: Sumiala 1994: Dionísio 1995: Popovitch 1996: Luiz Antônio 1997: Rafael 1998: Hiukka 1999: Popovitch 2000: Kuqi 2001: Roiha 2002: Kottila 2003: Puhakainen 2004: Pohja 2005: Mäkelä 2006: Vuorinen 2007: Rafael 2008: Kokko & Myntti 2009: Vuorinen 2010: Mäkelä 2011: Furuholm 2012: Sirbiladze 2013: Väyrynen 2014: Emet & Solignac 2015: Kokko 2016: Riski 2017: Kangaskolkka 2018: Klauss 2019: Valenčič 2020: Riski 2021: Källman & Ngueukam 2022: Erwin 2023: Radulović 2024: Coffey & Moreno

Veikkausliiga top scorers

1990: Czakon
1991: Tarkkio
1992: Luiz Antônio
1993: Sumiala
1994: Dionísio
1995: Popovitch
1996: Luiz Antônio
1997: Rafael
1998: Hiukka
1999: Popovitch
2000: Kuqi
2001: Roiha
2002: Kottila
2003: Puhakainen
2004: Pohja
2005: Mäkelä
2006: Vuorinen
2007: Rafael
2008: Kokko & Myntti
2009: Vuorinen
2010: Mäkelä
2011: Furuholm
2012: Sirbiladze
2013: Väyrynen
2014: Emet & Solignac
2015: Kokko
2016: Riski
2017: Kangaskolkka
2018: Klauss
2019: Valenčič
2020: Riski
2021: Källman & Ngueukam
2022: Erwin
2023: Radulović
2024: Coffey & Moreno

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