Rafael Rogério da Silva (born 30 November 1995), commonly known as Rafael Ratão, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a winger for

Cerezo Osaka is a Japanese professional football club based in Osaka. The club currently plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. The club's name ''Cerezo'' (Spanish for cherry blossom) is also the flower of the city of Osak ...

, on loan from

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Career

Born in

Cascavel Cascavel is a city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Brazil. It is the fifth most populous city in the state with 364.104 inhabitants, according to IBGE 2024 estimate. The distance to Curitiba, the state capital, is 491 kilometers b ...

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, Ratão has played in Brazil for Ponte Preta, Penapolense (twice), Santos,

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and

Guaratinguetá Guaratinguetá is a municipality in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte. The population is 122,505 (2020 est.) in an area of 752.64 km2. It is locate ...

.Ponte rescinde com zagueiro e empresta atacante para o Japão
- Globo esportes. Retrieved 1 August 2015. In August 2015, Ratão joined Japanese club

Albirex Niigata is a professional football club based in Niigata, Japan. Formed in 1955 as Niigata Eleven SC, it was renamed Albireo Niigata FC in 1995, and Albirex Niigata in 1997. They currently play in J1 League after being promoted from J2 League as cha ...

on loan until January 2016.

Career statistics

Honours

Slovan Bratislava * Fortuna Liga: 2018–19, 2019–20,

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* Slovnaft Cup: 2019–20,

Toulouse *

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: 2021–22 *

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Individual *

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Team of the Season: 2020-21

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* * * * * 1995 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players J1 League players K League 2 players Ukrainian Premier League players Slovak First Football League players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players Boa Esporte Clube players Santos FC players Guaratinguetá Futebol players Albirex Niigata players Chungju Hummel FC players FC Zorya Luhansk players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players Toulouse FC players Esporte Clube Bahia players Cerezo Osaka players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Men's association football forwards Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Footballers from Cascavel 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-footy-forward-1990s-stub