Rafael Scapini de Almeida (born 29 June 1982), commonly known as Rafinha (), is a Brazilian

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 ...

er. He currently plays for

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

team

AC Oulu AC Oulu (ACO) is a Finnish football club based in Oulu. Formed in 2002, the club have played two seasons in Finland's highest football league Veikkausliiga and seven seasons in the second highest league Ykkönen. The club are currently playing ...

of the

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga (; sv, Tipsligan) is the premier division of Finnish football, the highest tier of the Finnish football league structure, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkau ...

. Besides Brazil, he has played in Finland and Belgium.Ykkösen tähdet tutuiksi: Rafinha
palloliitto.fi It has been widely speculated in the Finnish media whether Rafinha would apply for the Finnish citizenship. Former national team manager

Mixu Paatelainen Mika-Matti Petteri Paatelainen (born 3 February 1967) is a Finnish former professional football player and the head coach of Veikkausliiga club HIFK. He scored 18 goals in 70 appearances for the Finnish national team, which makes him Finland's ...

expressed his interest in adding Rafinha to the national team roster. Rafinha has a Finnish wife and two children.

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Honours

;HJK *

(4): 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018 *

Finnish Cup The Finnish Cup ( fi, Suomen cup; sv, Finlands cup) is Finland's main national cup competition in football. This yearly competition is open for all member clubs of the FA of Finland and has been played since 1955. The winner qualifies for the ...

(2): 2011, 2017 ;K.A.A. Gent *

Belgian Pro League The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team ...

(1): 2014–15 *

Belgian Supercup The Belgian Super Cup ( nl, Belgische Supercup, ; french: Supercoupe de Belgique; german: Belgischer Fußball-Super Cup), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian First Division A champion ...

(1):

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;AC Oulu *

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' (Finnish for 'Number One'; sv, Ettan) is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga), although it is the highest league managed by the Football Association of Finland. The teams also play ...

(1): 2020

References

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Guardian Football
* www.kaagent.be 1982 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Veikkausliiga players Belgian Pro League players Tampere United players AC Oulu players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players K.A.A. Gent players Sport Club Barueri players Association football defenders Association football midfielders Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Finland {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub