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Rafael Almeida

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Born
1982 (42 years old)

Birth Place
Campinas, Brazil

Position
Right-Back

Status
Retired

Ethnicity
Hispanic

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184 cm

Weight
77 kg

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Rafael Scapini de Almeida (born 29 June 1982), commonly known as Rafinha , is a Brazilian football coach of OLS and a former professional footballer. Besides Brazil, he has played in Finland and Belgium. During his career, Rafinha was deployed on different positions on the field, having started as a winger, moving on to midfield and ending his career as a centre back.

Rafinha is considered a club legend of AC Oulu, the club he has represented in multiple seasons.

It has been widely speculated in the Finnish media whether Rafinha would apply for the Finnish citizenship. Former national team manager Mixu Paatelainen expressed his interest in adding Rafinha to the national team roster. Rafinha has a Finnish wife and two children.

Career Honours

Finnish Veikkausliiga 2018 HJK Helsinki	Finnish Veikkausliiga 2017 HJK Helsinki	Belgian Pro League 2014-2015 Gent	Finnish Veikkausliiga 2011 HJK Helsinki
Finnish Veikkausliiga 2010 HJK Helsinki

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2005-2008	2008-2010	2010-2011	2011-2016
2016-2020	2020-2022

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