Nando Rafael

Nando Rafael's story is one of those dual-nation journeys I always find compelling. Born in Luanda, raised through the German youth system as a forward, and then choosing to represent Angola at senior level, he repaid both the country that shaped him and the one that gave him his roots. That kind of crossing, from Africa to Europe and back to the national shirt of his birthplace, carries a quiet drama no scoreline captures. At 180 cm he had the frame to lead the line, but it is the migrant grit underneath that interests me most. A career built on adaptability deserves more recognition than it usually gets.

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Name (English)

Nando Rafael

Name (Japanese)

ナンド・ラファエル

Reading

なんど・らふぁえる

Born

January 10, 1984 (age 42)

Origin

Luanda, Luanda Province, Angola

Height

180 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nando%20Rafael
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702870

Tags

• Luanda Province
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.