Rafael Moura

Rafael Moura
Rafael playing for Internacional in 2014.
Personal information
Full name Rafael Martiniano de Miranda Moura
Date of birth (1983-05-23) 23 May 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Atlético Mineiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 Atlético Mineiro 2 (0)
2004–2005 Vitória 4 (1)
2005 Paysandu 14 (7)
2006 Corinthians 43 (15)
2007 Locarno 4 (1)
2007–2012 Fluminense 57 (22)
2007–2008 → Lorient (loan) 2 (0)
2008–2009 → Atlético Paranaense (loan) 28 (9)
2010 → Goiás (loan) 25 (9)
2012–2015 Internacional 92 (24)
2016–2017 Atlético Mineiro 35 (9)
2016 → Figueirense (loan) 33 (10)
2018 América Mineiro 38 (9)
2019–2021 Goiás 58 (21)
2021 Botafogo 31 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:31, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

Rafael Martiniano de Miranda Moura (born 23 May 1983), or simply Rafael Moura, is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a striker.

Career

Rafael Moura started his career with Atlético Mineiro, he then left for Vitória.

In July 2005, he left for Paysandu, signed a contract until the end of season.[2]

Rafael Moura signed a contract with MSI in 2006 which lasted until 2012,[3] he then left for MSI affiliated club Corinthians. In January 2007 he left for Swiss lower division club Locarno along with Jhonny Herrera but still under MSI control.[4] He signed an 8-month contract with Fluminense in January 2007.

Moura left for French Ligue 1 side FC Lorient on a 1-year loan from Fluminense (actually MSI) in August 2007. Lorient had a first option to sign him outright in June 2008.[5]

On 1 July 2008, Moura returned to Brazil for Atlético Paranaense, signed a 2-year loan contract.[3][6]

The loan terminated in January 2010, and Moura signed a 1-year loan deal with Goiás on 22 January.[7]

After an on-pitch brawl on 21 July 2010, the match that Goiás 2–2 draw with his former club Vitória,[8] Moura was provisionally banned from football for a month.[9] He finished as the runner-up with team at 2010 Copa Sudamericana.

In January 2011, he rejoined Fluminense and signed a 3-year deal.[10][11] Moves to Internacional and Atlético Mineiro followed. In 2016, not long after joining Atlético Mineiro, Moura completed a loan move to Figueirense.[12]

In December 2017, after terminating his contract with Atlético, Moura joined América Mineiro.

Honours

Vitória
Fluminense
Atlético Paranaense
Internacional
Atlético Mineiro
Botafogo

References

  1. ^ "Player Profile". SC Internacional. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  2. ^ "BID ACUMULATIVO SÉRIE A /2005". CBF. 8 November 2005. Archived from the original on 29 May 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  3. ^ a b Canônico, Leandro (25 July 2008). "Agora no Atlético-PR, Rafael Moura segue representado por Kia Joorabchian". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  4. ^ "RELATÓRIO DE TRANSFERÊNCIAS INTERNACIONAIS EM 2007". CBF (in Portuguese). 18 November 2007. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  5. ^ "Rafael Moura : "S'intégrer au mieux"". FC Lorient (in French). 17 August 2007. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  6. ^ "RELAÇÃO DE RETORNOS PARA O BRASIL DO EXTERIOR EM 2008". CBF (in Portuguese). January 2009. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  7. ^ "RELAÇÃO DE RETORNOS PARA O BRASIL DO EXTERIOR EM 2010". CBF (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  8. ^ Homewood, Brian (22 July 2010). "Soccer-Players, coach and reporters brawl on pitch in Brazil". Reuters. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  9. ^ Homewood, Brian (29 July 2010). "Soccer-Leao handed 30-day provisional ban after brawl". Reuters. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  10. ^ "Rafael Moura é o novo reforço do Fluminense". Fluminense FC (in Portuguese). 27 January 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  11. ^ "BOLETIM INFORMATIVO DIÁRIO ELETRÔNICO (BID-E) RELAÇÃO PELA DATA 04/02/2011". CBF (in Portuguese). 4 February 2011. Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  12. ^ "Rafael Moura profile". Soccerway. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.