Rafael Pires Vieira (born 1 August 1978), better known simply as Rafael, is a Brazilian former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

centre forward In the sport of association football, a forward (attacker or striker) is an outfield position which primarily plays further up the pitch than midfielders and defenders. As with any attacking player, the role of the forward relies heavily on be ...

. He played a large part of his career in the

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

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, winning the goal kingship twice and becoming a Veikkausliiga legend in 2019.

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2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

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Player profile on fclahti.fi
* 1978 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Veikkausliiga players FC Lahti players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players SC Heerenveen players Denizlispor footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Finland FC Jazz players Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Footballers from Criciúma {{Finland-footy-forward-stub