- Rafael Schmitz
Football player infobox
playername = Rafael Schmitz
fullname =
height = height|m=1.82
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|12|17
cityofbirth =Blumenau
countryofbirth =Brazil
currentclub =Valenciennes FC
clubnumber = 5
position = Defender
youthyears = 2000–2001
youthclubs = Malutrom
years = 2001–2008
2004
2007–2008 2008–
clubs = Lille
→ Krylya Sovetov Samara (loan)
→ Birmingham City (loan)
Valenciennes
caps(goals) = 99 (2)
09 (0)
15 (0)
6 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 13:49, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =Rafael Schmitz (born
December 17 ,1980 ) is aBrazil ian footballer who is currently playing forValenciennes FC . Schmitz, born inBlumenau , is a commanding central defender who is good in the air but also very agile and has good passing ability.Schmitz spent six seasons with
Lille OSC , for whom he played 99Ligue 1 games and appeared in the Champions League andUEFA Cup . [cite web
url=http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur20000000000000000000019495.html |title=Rafael Schmitz |publisher=L'Équipe |accessdate=2008-06-26] He joined Birmingham City on loan for the 2007–08 season onJuly 6 ,2007 .cite news
title = Birmingham seal Schmitz loan deal
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/6276384.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2007-07-06
accessdate = 2007-07-06] He made his Birmingham debut as a very late substitute onSeptember 15 ,2007 against Bolton Wanderers, and his first start onOctober 20 ,2007 against Manchester City in place of the injuredJohan Djourou . He returned to Lille following Birmingham's relegation at the end of the season.On
June 23 ,2008 , Schmitz signed a three-year contract withValenciennes FC . [cite web
url=http://www.va-fc.com/saison/article.aspx?lng=fr&id=1731 |title=Rafael : "Grandir avec Valenciennes" |publisher=Valenciennes FC |date=2008-06-23 |accessdate=2008-06-26 fr icon]Notes
External links
*soccerbase|id=26429|name=Rafael Schmitz
* [http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur20000000000000000000019495.html Rafael Schmitz profile - L'Equipe.fr]Persondata
NAME = Schmitz, Rafael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH =1980-12-17
PLACE OF BIRTH =Blumenau ,Brazil
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.