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Rafa Franco
Rafa is a masculine given name, mostly as a diminutive form ( hypocorism) of Rafael. It may refer to: People * Rafael Nadal (born 1986), Spanish tennis player * Rafa (footballer, born 1985), Spanish footballer Rafael López Gómez * Rafael Benítez (born 1960), Spanish football manager and former player * Rafa Cabrera-Bello (born 1984), Spanish golfer * Rafa Gálvez (born 1993), Spanish footballer * Rafa Gil (born 1975), Spanish football manager * Rafa Gómez (born 1983), Spanish footballer * Rafa (footballer, born 1970), Spanish retired football goalkeeper * Rafa Jordà (born 1984), Spanish footballer * Rafa Luz (born 1992), Spanish basketball player * Rafael Márquez (born 1979), Mexican footballer * Rafa Martínez (born 1982), Spanish basketball player * Rafa Mir (born 1997), Spanish footballer * Rafa Navarro (footballer, born 1994), Spanish footballer * Rafael Páez (born 1994), Spanish footballer * Rafa Pérez (born 1990), Colombian footballer * Rafael Ponzo (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' for Robert, or it may be unrelated. In linguistics, the term can be used more specifically to refer to the morphological process by which the standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection, or to words resulting from this process. In English, a word is often Clipping (morphology), clipped down to a closed monosyllable and then suffixed with ''-y/-ie'' (phonologically /i/). Sometimes the suffix ''-o'' is included as well as other forms or templates. Hypocoristics are often affective in meaning and are particularly common in Australian English, but can be used for various purposes in different semantic fields, including personal names, place names and nouns. Hypocorisms are usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafa Martínez
Rafael Martínez Aguilera (born 3 March 1982), known as Rafa Martínez, is a Spanish professional basketball player for Baxi Manresa of the Liga ACB. He also represented the Spain national team internationally. He plays the shooting guard position. Professional career Rafa Martínez started playing basketball for Basquet Manresa eventually rising from the club's junior team ranks. The team previously played in the Spanish second division LEB but was promoted to the ACB for the 1999–2000 season where on October 9, 1999, he made his professional debut in the top Spanish league against FC Barcelona. The following season he spent in the Basketball team CB Vic. After spending two years in the Valls Felix Hotel in LEB-2, he returned to the Basquet Manresa in 2003. In 2008, Martínez joined Valencia Basket. He won the EuroCup in the 2009–10. Along with that, Martínez had the highest three-point percentage in the Liga ACB that season. In the 2013–14 season, he won the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Pains
''Royal Pains'' (stylized ℞oyalPains) is an American comedy-drama television series that ran on the USA Network from 2009 to 2016. The series was based in part on actual concierge medicine practices of independent doctors and companies. The cast of the show included Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo, Reshma Shetty, Brooke D'Orsay, Ben Shenkman, Jill Flint, and Campbell Scott. Series synopsis The series follows Hank Lawson, a young emergency room doctor, who after being wrongly blamed for an important patient's death, moves to the Hamptons and becomes a reluctant house-call doctor to the rich and famous. When the administrator of the local hospital asks him to treat the town's less fortunate, he finds himself walking the line between doing well for himself and doing good for others. Cast and characters Main * Mark Feuerstein as Dr. Henry "Hank" Lawson, a formerly successful New York E.R. doctor, who is fired from his job after a wealthy hospital benefactor dies in his care. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafa Villar
Rafa Villar (Cee, Galicia, 1968 - ) is a Galician writer noted especially in the field of poetry. He has a degree in Galician-Portuguese Philology from the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, and works in the linguistic normalization service of the Confederación Intersindical Galega. He was spokesman for the national operator of the Plataforma Nunca Máis and part of the directive of the Galician Writers Association. He is a member of the Batallón Literario da Costa da Morte and was also one of the founders and promoters of the publishing firm Letras de Cal. He began to become known in the year 1991, when he won the Premio Fermín Bouza Brey for new authors with ''Liques da Memoria''. He is interested in alternative publishing formats, and was one of the first Galician authors to digitize their works. He has his own personal website, Mares de Simbad, where he offers part of his body of poetry along with articles on the topic of creating and editing literature. He also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafa Soares
Luís Rafael "Rafa" Soares Alves (born 9 May 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Super League Greece club PAOK FC. Club career Porto Born in Marco de Canaveses, Porto District, Soares joined FC Porto's youth system in 2005 from local F.C. Alpendorada. On 21 August 2013, while still a junior, he made his professional debut with the former's B reserves, coming on as a 79th-minute substitute in a 1–0 away win against Portimonense S.C. in the Segunda Liga. From January 2016 to June 2017, Soares was on loan to Académica de Coimbra and Rio Ave FC, with both clubs in the Primeira Liga. He played his first game in the competition on 22 January 2016 while at service of the former in a 2–1 away loss to Vitória de Setúbal, and scored his first goal the following matchday but in a 3–2 defeat at Sporting CP. On 22 August 2017, deemed surplus to requirements by new Porto manager Sérgio Conceição, Soares was loaned to EFL Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafa Silva
Rafa is a masculine given name, mostly as a diminutive form ( hypocorism) of Rafael. It may refer to: People * Rafael Nadal (born 1986), Spanish tennis player * Rafa (footballer, born 1985), Spanish footballer Rafael López Gómez * Rafael Benítez (born 1960), Spanish football manager and former player * Rafa Cabrera-Bello (born 1984), Spanish golfer * Rafa Gálvez (born 1993), Spanish footballer * Rafa Gil (born 1975), Spanish football manager * Rafa Gómez (born 1983), Spanish footballer * Rafa (footballer, born 1970), Spanish retired football goalkeeper * Rafa Jordà (born 1984), Spanish footballer * Rafa Luz (born 1992), Spanish basketball player * Rafael Márquez (born 1979), Mexican footballer * Rafa Martínez (born 1982), Spanish basketball player * Rafa Mir (born 1997), Spanish footballer * Rafa Navarro (footballer, born 1994) Rafael "Rafa" Jesús Navarro Mazuecos (born 24 February 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right back for C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Ponzo
Rafael 'Rafa' Antonio Ponzo García (born 18 October 1978) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Club career Born in Caracas, Ponzo left his country at the age of 20 and moved to Spain, where he played for the vast majority of his career, albeit almost exclusively in the lower leagues. His first stop was at Club Siero in the fourth division, and he went on to represent, also in that tier, CD Tenerife's reserves and Real Oviedo, achieving promotion to the third level with the latter in 2005. With his next team, Girona FC, Ponzo achieved two consecutive promotions, making his Segunda División debut on 30 August 2008 in a 1–0 away win against RC Celta de Vigo and appearing in 37 matches during the season to help the Catalans retain their league status after ranking 16th (44 goals conceded – three of those in a 0–3 loss at Hércules CF in the late stages in which he was held responsible for the outcome by his own manager Raül Agné). He started 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafa Pérez
Rafael Enrique Pérez Almeida (born 9 January 1990), commonly known as Rafa Pérez (; ), is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Talleres . Club career Early career Born in Cartagena, Pérez made his senior debuts with Real Cartagena in 2008. In 2012, he moved abroad, signing with China League One team Chongqing Lifan, but returned to his home country only a year later, after agreeing to a deal with Independiente Medellín. On 12 December 2013 Pérez moved to Independiente Santa Fe. On 26 May of the following year he joined Portuguesa, but only appeared rarely for ''Lusa''. Litex Lovech On 11 January 2015, Pérez signed with Bulgarian side Litex Lovech, being given the number 5 jersey. He made his debut for the club on 28 February, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against Ludogorets Razgrad. On 12 December 2015, he was sent off after an altercation with Miguel Bedoya in a heated league match that was eventually abandoned aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Páez
Rafael "Rafa" Páez Cardona (born 10 August 1994) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a centre-back for Mar Menor FC. Club career Early career Born in Orihuela, Alicante, Valencian Community, Páez joined Hércules CF's youth setup in 2006, aged 12, after starting it out at Escuela Municipal de Fútbol de Orihuela. In October 2009 he moved to Real Madrid, along with three other Hércules teammates. Liverpool In August 2013, Páez was invited into a trial by Liverpool, and impressed during his time at the club. In September he rescinded his link with the Madrid outfit and signed a two-year contract with the Reds, being assigned to the reserves. Páez appeared in 15 matches for the under-21s during the campaign, scoring two goals (in a 2–4 loss against West Bromwich Albion and in a 5–2 win against Newcastle United), forming a partnership with Lloyd Jones. Bologna (loan) On 7 August 2014, Páez was loaned to Italian Serie B side Bologna in a season-long deal, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafa Navarro (footballer, Born 1994)
Rafael "Rafa" Jesús Navarro Mazuecos (born 24 February 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Croatian club NK Istra 1961, on loan from Deportivo Alavés. Club career Born in Salteras, Seville, Andalusia, Navarro represented Sevilla FC, Coria CF and Real Betis as a youth. He made his senior debut with the latter's B-team on 2 December 2012, starting in a 2–3 home loss against CD San Roque de Lepe in the Segunda División B. On 2 August 2013, Navarro signed for CD Gerena of the Tercera División. He was an undisputed starter for the club during the campaign, and subsequently returned to Betis and its reserve team on 4 July 2014. Navarro featured regularly for Betis B in the following seasons, and renewed his contract with the club until 2020 on 13 June 2016. On 24 August, he was definitely promoted to the main squad and was assigned the number 2 shirt. Navarro made his professional – and La Liga – debut on 23 September 2016, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafa Mir
Rafael Mir Vicente (born 18 June 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Sevilla. He has played in La Liga for Valencia, Huesca and Sevilla, as well as in the Segunda División for Las Palmas and Huesca. Abroad, he had spells in England with Wolverhampton Wanderers and Nottingham Forest. Mir won the 2019 European Championship with the Spain national under-21 football team, and a silver medal with the Olympic team at the 2020 tournament. Club career Early career Born in Murcia, Mir began his career playing futsal with CD Javalí Nuevo. After a 120-goal spell at ElPozo Murcia FS he began playing full football with Ranero CF, scoring 57 and 84 goals in his respective seasons before joining FC Barcelona. Valencia Mir's 32 goals at La Masia earned him a return to his native region and Real Murcia, where a 45-goal haul led to the attention of Valencia CF. He made his senior debut for the reserves on 1 March 2015, as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Márquez
Rafael Márquez Álvarez (; born 13 February 1979) is a Mexican former professional footballer and current head coach of Spanish team Barcelona Atlètic. Nicknamed '' El Káiser'', he is regarded as the best defender in Mexico's history and one of the best Mexican players of all time. Márquez began his career with Atlas in 1996, playing in over 70 games with the club before moving to France in 1999 with Monaco, where he won the Ligue 1 title. In 2003, Márquez transferred to Barcelona, becoming the first ever Mexican to represent the club. He would go on to play in over 200 games during seven seasons with the ''Blaugrana'', winning numerous championships. In 2006, he became the first Mexican player to win the UEFA Champions League when Barcelona defeated Arsenal in the final. In 2010, Márquez joined the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer. After being released from the club in 2012, he moved back to Mexico, this time to play for León, captaining the team to back-to- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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