Alex Rafael

Alex Rafael da Silva Antônio is a forward from São Paulo, and honestly the name alone conjures the romance of Brazilian football for me. His career reads like a travelogue: Red Bull Brasil, Red Bull Salzburg, Thespa Kusatsu in Japan, then clubs in South Korea, Qatar, the UAE, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Thailand. A forward who kept finding a new place to play for more than a decade has a resilience I respect.

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Name (English)

Alex Rafael

Name (Japanese)

アレックス・ラファエル・ダ・シウバ・アントニオ

Reading

あれっくす・らふぁえる・だ・しうば・あんとにお

Born

January 1, 1988 (age 38)

Origin

São Paulo, Brazil

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dragon

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex%20Rafael
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A6%E3%83%90%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q686762

Tags

• São Paulo
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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