Rafinha

Rafinha
Rafinha
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Personal information
Full name Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza
Date of birth 7 September 1985 (1985-09-07) (age 26)
Place of birth Londrina, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club Bayern Munich
Number 13
Youth career
1992–1997 Gremio Londrina
1997–2001 P.S.T.C.
2001–2002 Londrina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Coritiba 37 (3)
2005–2010 Schalke 04 153 (7)
2010–2011 Genoa 33 (2)
2011– Bayern Munich 10 (0)
National team
2002–2005 Brazil U20 8 (2)
2008 Brazil U23 8 (0)
2008– Brazil 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:35, 19 November 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza, commonly known as Rafinha, (born 7 September 1985) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a right back for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.[1] His name translated to English literally means 'Little Rafa'.

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Early career

Brazil and Schalke

Rafinha began his football career at the age of seven, playing for Gremio Londrinense, a futsal team from his home town of Londrina in Paraná. By the age of twelve, he had begun training with PSTC, a local football club, before signing for Londrina Esporte Clube in 2001, at the age of 16. At the end of his first year with Londrina Rafinha was signed by Coritiba Foot Ball Club. This meant moving hundreds of kilometres from his home town, but allowed Rafinha to display his talents on the national stage.

At Coritiba Rafinha eventually found his way into the Brazilian Under-20 team, and played in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. During the tournament Rafinha scored two goals and played an integral part in Brazil's progress to the bronze medal. Rafinha's performance at the tournament alerted numerous European teams to his ability, and eventually it was Schalke who were able to prise the right-back from Coritiba for an estimated 5 million on a four-year contract.

Genoa CFC

On 4 August 2010, it was confirmed that Rafinha moved from Schalke to Genoa.[2]

FC Bayern Munich

On 1 June 2011, along with Manuel Neuer, Bayern Munich confirmed Rafinha's transfer from Genoa. He signed a three-year contract and reports say Bayern Munich paid 5.5 million euro for him.[3] He scored his first goal for Bayern Munich against Villareal in a 2–0 win on 14 September 2011.

2008 Olympics

In the summer of 2008 Rafinha was involved in a dispute with his club about his participation for Brazil at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Schalke 04 (Rafinha) along with Werder Bremen (Diego) and Barcelona (Lionel Messi) did not want to release their players for the olympic games so that they could help them in their domestic and European competitions. The case was taken to FIFA who ruled that all clubs should release their players aged under 23 for the Olympic Games.

Schalke, Bremen and Barcelona took their case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) who eventually ruled in the clubs favour stating that "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the appeals filed by FC Schalke 04, SV Werder Bremen and FC Barcelona against the decision issued on 30 July 2008 by the Single Judge of the Fifa's Players' Status Committee that consequently has been set aside in its entirety"[4]

Schalke continued to refuse Rafinha from attending the Olympics. However, Rafinha competed as part of the Brazilian team, who won bronze, despite the wishes of his club. On 24 September 2008, Schalke handed Rafinha a record fine of €700,000 as they believed his 35 days in Beijing were "in serious breach of contract".

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