Rafael Pereira da Silva (footballer born 1990)
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| Full name | Rafael Pereira da Silva | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 July 1990 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Right-back | |||||||||||
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Current team
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Lyon | |||||||||||
| Number | 20 | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Fluminense | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 2008–2015 | Manchester United | 109 | (5) | |||||||||
| 2015– | Lyon | 41 | (1) | |||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | Brazil U17 | 12 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2012 | Brazil U23 | 7 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2012 | Brazil | 2 | (0) | |||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:42, 09 March 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 August 2012 |
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Rafael Pereira da Silva (born 9 July 1990), commonly known as Rafael or Rafael da Silva, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais. He normally plays as a right-back, but can also play on the right side of midfield. He and his twin brother, Fábio, began their careers with Fluminense before joining Manchester United in January 2007. After eight years in England, Rafael joined Lyon in August 2015 for a fee of up to £2.5million.
Rafael has two caps for Brazil, having made his debut in a 3–1 victory over Denmark on 26 May 2012. He has also played for Brazil at under-17 level and was part of the silver medal-winning under-23 side at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Rafael was born in Petrópolis, approximately one hour's drive away from Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro state, and began playing football from the age of five. He began his career with amateur side Boa Esperança, playing as a striker. He and his identical twin, Fábio, were then spotted by a representative of Fluminense playing five-a-side in their neighbourhood; he invited them to join the club and they began living there when they were 11 years old.
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