Rafael Pompeo Rodrigues Ledesma (born 31 December 1982), more commonly known as Gaúcho or Rafael Ledesma, is a Brazilian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. He was signed by

FBK Kaunas Kauno futbolo ir beisbolo klubas, commonly known as FBK Kaunas, was a Lithuanian football club from the city of Kaunas. History Banga Kaunas (1960–1993) Originally the team was founded in 1960 as Banga Kaunas and played its first three years ...

from

Atlético Mineiro Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

in summer 2006. After two seasons in FBK Kaunas he moved to Partizan Minsk in Belarus. In winter 2012 he moved back to Lithuania and played for Suduva. In 2013 Ledesma left Lithuania and signed with Ethnikos Achna in Cyprus. In January 2019 he returned to

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

and became a member of

FK Panevėžys Futbolo klubas Panevėžys, commonly known as Panevėžys is a Lithuanian football team from the city of Panevėžys. The team was promoted to the Lithuanian A Lyga after the 2018 season, when became winners of 1 Lyga. History The city of Panev ...

. In 2019 he played 28 matches in

A Lyga The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. The A Lyga is an abbreviation of Aukščiausia lyga meaning Highest League. It is organized by Lithuanian Football Federation LFF ( lt, Lietuvos Futbolo Federacija). The Aukš� ...

and scored 6 goals. After season he left

Honours

* Lithuanian Championship champion (2): **

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

, * Lithuanian Championship Runners-up (2): **

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

, * Lithuanian Cup winner (2) **2007–08 *

Baltic League The Baltic League (officially known as the Triobet Baltic League) was a Baltic men's football club tournament held four times between the top club sides from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Launched in 2007 inspired by the now defunct Scandinav ...

: Winner (1) **

Maltese Premier League The Maltese Premier League, known as BOV Premier League for sponsorship reasons with Bank of Valletta (colloquially known as ''Il-Kampjonat Premjer''), is the highest level of professional football in Malta. Managed by the Malta Football Associa ...

: champion (1) ** 2015–16 *

Maltese FA Trophy The FA Trophy, currently known as the IZIBET FA Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual football cup competition that takes place in Malta. The cup was founded in 1933; following a match between England and Italy, played in Rome in May 1933, ...

: winner (1) ** 2014–15 *

Maltese Super Cup The Maltese Super Cup is an annual super cup tie held in Malta between the champions of the previous Maltese Premier League season and the holders of the Maltese FA Trophy. In the event that the Premier League champion also won the FA Trophy, the ...

: winner (1) **2014 Individual *Best player of Lithuanian Championship 2007. *Top scorer in

14 goals * Sūduva Marijampolė Player of the Year 2012

References

External links

Brazilian FA Database
* 1982 births Maltese Premier League players Living people Footballers from Porto Alegre Brazilian footballers Association football midfielders Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Lithuania Expatriate footballers in Belarus Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Malta Expatriate footballers in Latvia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Malta Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Cypriot First Division players Esporte Clube Juventude players CR Flamengo footballers Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players Clube Atlético Mineiro players FBK Kaunas footballers FC Partizan Minsk players FC Dinamo Minsk players FK Sūduva Marijampolė players Ethnikos Achna FC players Birkirkara F.C. players Sliema Wanderers F.C. players Valletta F.C. players Gżira United F.C. players FK Jelgava players FC Vitebsk players San Gwann F.C. players FK Panevėžys players Maltese Challenge League players {{Brazil-footy-forward-1980s-stub