Rafael Fernandes (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rafael Tavares Gomes Fernandes | ||
| Date of birth | 28 June 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Setúbal, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lille | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2021 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Sporting CP B | 16 | (3) |
| 2022–2024 | Arouca | 13 | (0) |
| 2024– | Lille | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2020 | Portugal U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Portugal U20 | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:49, 31 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:04, 14 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
Rafael Tavares Gomes Fernandes (born 28 June 2002) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Lille.
Professional career[edit]
A youth product of Sporting CP since 2010, he started playing with their reserves in the 2021-22 season.[1] On 11 July 2022, he transferred to Arouca in the Primeira Liga signing a three-year contract.[2] He made his professional debut as a half-time substitute in a 4–0 Primeira Liga loss to Benfica on 5 August 2022.[3]
On 31 January 2024, Fernandes moved to Ligue 1 side Lille, signing a four-and-a-half-year contract.[4] The French club paid a reported €3 million transfer fee.[5]
International career[edit]
Fernandes is a youth international for Portugal, having played for the Portugal U18s and U20s.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Lugar a Rafael Fernandes na ausência de Coates na defesa do Sporting". www.record.pt.
- ^ "Rafael Fernandes blindado pelo Arouca por 10 M€". www.record.pt.
- ^ "Águias vencem o primeiro jogo do campeonato com goleada frente ao Arouca". www.cmjornal.pt.
- ^ "Le défenseur portugais, Rafael Fernandes, est Lillois" [The Portuguese defender, Rafael Fernandes, is of Lille] (in French). Lille OSC. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Oficial: Rafael Fernandes deixa Arouca e assina pelo Lille até 2028" [Official: Rafael Fernandes leaves Arouca and signs for Lille until 2028]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Internacional sub-20 Rafael Fernandes deixa Sporting e reforça Arouca". July 11, 2022.
External links[edit]
- Rafael Fernandes at Soccerway
- Rafael Fernandes national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
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- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Setúbal
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Portugal men's youth international footballers
- Portuguese sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent
- Black Portuguese sportspeople
- Men's association football central defenders
- Sporting CP B players
- F.C. Arouca players
- Lille OSC players
- Liga 3 (Portugal) players
- Primeira Liga players
- Portuguese football biography stubs
- Ligue 1 players
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
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