Rafael Carioca is number one!

Rafael Carioca was born on June 18, 1989 in one of the largest Brazilian cities - Rio de Janeiro. From the age of fifteen he began to play for the national youth team of his country. At the beginning of his professional career, Rafael played for several Brazilian clubs. Since 2009, he has already been listed as the midfielder of Moscow's Spartak, and currently plays in Brazil, in the club Atletico Mineiro, on loan.

Carier start

From early childhood, Raphael Carioca, whose biography is full of transitions from one club to another, set out to become a professional football player. The main advantage of the young man was a high speed of movement, a good vision of the field and mutual understanding with partners. The first official match, which he held on the field, dates back to 2003. It happened in the "Sendaz" club, representing the junior championship of Brazil.

The next two years Carioca played for "Paudi Asukar". Since 2006, he is in the official junior club of the "Gremio" club. Despite the fact that the game in the new club did not like the seventeen-year-old boy, he was in it for two years.

Since 26.03.2008, Rafael Carioca is the midfielder of the professional club "Gremio", for which he played 37 matches. It was the game for the club from Puerto Allegri that impressed Spartak's sales agents, leaving a young and promising Brazilian in the form of red and white.

Playing in Russia

The debut in the Russian club occurred on 15.13.2009, in a match against the St. Petersburg "Zenith". The beginning of a career here can be called problematic. In the autumn of the same year, Rafael tried to return to his homeland, the club "Vasco de Gama". The main reasons for this are several reasons that he named:

• The desire to get into the national team, and for this it was better to play for domestic clubs;
• Pregnancy of the spouse;
• Unfavorable Russian climate;
• Difficult to master language.

After the New Year he manages to move to the desired club, for which the football player performs during the year on loan. True, the game does not bring his reputation any good. After the defeat of the club with a score of 0: 4 in the game, where Rafael made some gross mistakes, the fans began to respond about him not very well.

At the end of the lease, he was forced to return to Russia and continue playing under the leadership of Valery Karpin.

Statistics

At the moment, Rafael Carioca, whose performance statistics allow him to speak about his participation in almost all serious club tournaments in the world, is trying to achieve good results and get into the national team. "In the future, in 2016, I will try to progress and move towards my goal, and I'm sure I can get a challenge to the national team," he says.

Achievements

Rafael Carioca can well expect to achieve his main goal - getting into the team under the leadership of Dungi. The reason for this is giving him the "Silver Ball". It happened in late 2015. The award was presented to the football player for 36 matches for the club and 2,025 exact broadcasts. With this result, he proved himself well in the eyes of the national team coach. In addition, it should be noted that for 8 years, the defenders of the "Atletico Mineiro" did not show such striking results.

Over the period of his professional career, Rafael has several significant achievements, obtained in the clubs for which he played:

• 2008 - the second place of the championship of Brazil in the "Gremio";
• 2009, 2012 - the second place in the Premier League, received with red and white;
• 2014 - "Atletico Mineiro" wins the Cup of Brazil;
• 2015 - the second place in the Championship of Brazil and the Cup of Libertadores.

Personal life

About his personal life, the footballer does not apply. He only tells that he has a wife whom he loves very much. In addition, several facts about parents are known. Father Raphael - a footballer who played for the Botafogo club from Rio, mom - a housewife. Parents do not live together for more than 10 years, so he was brought up by his father, who instilled in the boy the love of football from childhood.

According to Raphael, he touched the ball for the first time at the age of three and did not part with him any more. This is what caused the parents' divorce. Mom categorically did not want my son to follow in the footsteps of his father. And the boy could not part with his favorite sport.

At the moment, Rafael Carioca has a very real chance of getting into the squad, especially since he is already a part of the symbolic team. At least, according to the indicators for the last year, he has every right to do so.