Raja Rafe ( ar, رجا رافع; born 1 May 1983 in

Jaramana Jaramana ( ar, جرمانا) is a city in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in the Ghouta plain. Its location, 3 kilometers southeast of the Syrian capital, makes it a bustling town in the greater Damascus metro ...

Rif Dimashq Rif Dimashq Governorate ( ar, محافظة ريف دمشق, ', literally, the "Governorate of the Countryside of Damascus", Damascus Suburb) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in the southwestern part of the c ...

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

) is a Syrian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a striker for

Taliya SC Taliya Sports Club ( ar, نادي الطليعة الرياضي) is a Syrian professional football club based in Hama. History The Taliya Sports Club was founded in 1941 in the Syrian city of Hama under the name of Al-Waqah Club. In 1971 the cl ...

, which competes in the

Syrian Premier League The Syrian Premier League ( ar, الدوري السوري الممتاز) is a professional association football league in Syria and the top division in of the Syrian football league system. The league comprises 12 teams and operates on a system ...

, and is a member of the

Syria national football team ) , Association = Syrian Football Association (SFA) , Sub-confederation = WAFF (West Asia) UAFA (Arab world) , Confederation = AFC (Asia) , Coach = Hussam Al Sayed , Captain = Omar Al Somah , Most caps ...

. Rafe is

's all-time second goalscorer with 32 goals in 84 matches, preceded by

Firas Al-Khatib Firas Mohamad Al Khatib ( ar, فراس محمد الخطيب; born 9 June 1983) is a Syrian former footballer who mainly played as a forward. He is the Syria national team all-time top goalscorer, with 36 goals. Club career Early life Al-K ...

International goals

:''Scores and results list Syria's goal tally first.''

Honours

Individual

* Syrian League Top Goalscorer: 2004, 2005,

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* 1983 births Living people Syrian people of Druze descent Syrian Druze Sportspeople from Damascus Syrian footballers Druze sportspeople Association football forwards Syria international footballers Syrian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Iraq Expatriate footballers in Kuwait Expatriate footballers in Jordan Expatriate footballers in Lebanon Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Iraq Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Jordan Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Al-Majd players Al-Wehda Club (Mecca) players Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) players Al-Shorta Damascus players Al-Wahda SC (Syria) players Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Saudi Professional League players Asian Games competitors for Syria Lebanese Premier League players Nejmeh SC players Syrian Premier League players Kuwait Premier League players {{Syria-footy-bio-stub