Rafael Pires Vieira (born 1 August 1978), better known simply as Rafael, is a Brazilian former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

centre forward Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

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Player profile on fclahti.fi
* 1978 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Association football forwards Veikkausliiga players FC Lahti players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players SC Heerenveen players Denizlispor footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Finland FC Jazz players Expatriate footballers in Finland {{Finland-footy-forward-stub