Rafinha

Rafinha is the kind of player I quietly admire: a right-back who could defend hard, pass cleanly, and still unleash a real shot. That blend of South American flair and European discipline shows in his career arc, capped off by him taking German citizenship in 2015. Four caps for Brazil is a modest line on paper, but earning even one in that golden-era squad is no small feat. At 172 cm he had to win with intelligence and timing rather than size, and to me that makes him far more interesting than the flashier names who grab the highlight reels.

Name (English)

Rafinha

Name (Japanese)

マルシオ・ラファエウ・フェレイラ・デ・ソウザ

Reading

まるしお・らふぁえう・ふぇれいら・で・そうざ

Born

September 7, 1985 (age 40)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Ox

Origin

Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

Height

172 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://rafinha-13.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/R13_official
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A3%20(1985%E5%B9%B4%E7%94%9F%E3%81%AE%E3%82%B5%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B)

Tags

• Paraná
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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