Rafael Galhardo

Rafael Galhardo's career arc is quietly compelling. A 186 cm right back born in Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, he learned the game in football's spiritual home yet now plies his trade for Rayong in Thailand's second tier. There is something honest about a Brazilian defender chasing minutes far from the glamour leagues rather than fading away. Full backs do the unglamorous work that holds a team together, and the good ones become the foundation nobody notices. I have real time for professionals who keep grinding outside the spotlight, and Galhardo looks like exactly that kind of dependable, durable player.

Name (English)

Rafael Galhardo

Name (Japanese)

ハファエウ・ガリャルド・ジ・ソウザ

Reading

はふぁえう・がりゃるど・じ・そうざ

Born

October 30, 1991 (age 34)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Goat

Origin

Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Height

186 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B6

Tags

• Rio de Janeiro
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.