Rafaela de Miranda Travalão (born 18 August 1988), also known as Rafinha, is a Brazilian

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currently playing for Ferroviária in the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino and also plays for the Brazil national team.

Club career

She played for the

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of the

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in the 2015 season. She was waived by the Boston Breakers in October 2015. In 2016, she joined Austrian ÖFB-Frauenliga club St. Pölten-Spratzern. Since 2017, Rafinha has played her club football in Brazil.

International career

In July 2013 Rafinha represented Brazil at the

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, Russia. She made her senior debut in September 2013, against

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at the 2013 Valais Women's Cup. At the

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, Rafinha scored the winning goal in Brazil's 2–1 win over

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. On the eve of the

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, Rafina was called into Brazil's squad as a replacement for

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, who had sustained a knee injury.

International goals

Honors

;Ferroviária Winner * Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino: 2014 Runners-up *

Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino The Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino (''Paulista Women's Football Championship'', in English) is the women's football state championship of São Paulo State, and is contested since 1987. Format There is no predetermined format for th ...

: 2014

References

External links

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Boston Breakers player profile
1988 births Living people Brazilian women's footballers National Women's Soccer League players Boston Breakers players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Women's association football midfielders 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Associação Ferroviária de Esportes (women) players Santos FC (women) players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Brazil women's international footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Austria FSK St. Pölten-Spratzern players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (women) players Botucatu Futebol Clube players Universiade bronze medalists for Brazil Universiade medalists in football ÖFB-Frauenliga players Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Footballers from São Paulo (state) Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (women) players {{Brazil-women-footy-bio-stub