
Photo: Renato Padilha from Frederico Westphalen, Brasil / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
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.
Overview
Rafael Galhardo de Souza (born 30 October 1991), known as Rafael Galhardo or simply Galhardo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Rayong in the Thai League 2.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 186 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Brazil →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.