Rafaelson Bezerra Fernandes (born 30 March 1997), simply known as Rafaelson, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Topenland Bình Định.

Club career

A Vitória youth graduate, Rafaelson was accused of having an illegal age in April 2015, a claim which was later dismissed by the club. He was promoted to the first team in September, by manager Vágner Mancini. Rafaelson made his professional debut on 5 September 2015, coming on as a second-half substitute for

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in a 1–2 home loss against

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for the Série B championship. His first goal came on 31 October, netting the last in a 2–3 home loss against Náutico. He contributed with seven appearances during the campaign, as his side achieved promotion to Série A. On 30 June 2016 Rafaelson made his top tier debut, replacing Tiago Real in a 3–2 home win against

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. On 13 April 2019 Rafaelson moved to Denmark and joined

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. Næstved announced on 12 January 2020, that they had sold Rafaelson to Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh in the

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bold.dk, 12 January 2020

Honours

Club

;Vitória *

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: 2016 Topenland Bình Định *

: : Third place:

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: : Runners-up:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rafaelson 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Maranhão Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Danish 1st Division players Esporte Clube Vitória players Vegalta Sendai players Næstved Boldklub players Nam Định F.C. players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam Expatriate footballers in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate footballers in Vietnam