Alberto Rafael da Silva (born March 24, 1984), or simply Rafael, is a Brazilian

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

Club career

In 2008 Alberto signed a contract with

Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama ( , ; – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and nobleman who was the Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India, first European to reach India by sea. Da Gama's first voyage (1497–1499) was the first to link ...

. After 11 appearances and one year with the club, Alberto went on to sign with

Fluminense Fluminense Football Club () is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras, in Rio de Janeiro, being the oldest football club in the state since its foundation in 1902. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, th ...

. Between 2009 and 2011, Alberto became Fluminense's number one goalkeeper making 66 appearances in the time frame. In 2012, he signed a loan contract with

Atlético Goianiense Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

. On 7 July 2014, da Silva left

and signed a two-year contract with Esteghlal.

Honours

;Itumbiara *

Campeonato Goiano The Campeonato Goiano is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Goiás Goiás () is a Brazilian States of Brazil, state located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. Goiás borders th ...

: 2008 ;Fluminense *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

; Atlético Goianiense *

: 2011 ;Boavista * Copa Rio: 2017 ;America *

Campeonato Carioca Série B1 The Campeonato Carioca Série B1 is the third tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is run by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation (FERJ). List of champions Following is the list ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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1984 births Living people Footballers from Araraquara Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Brazilian expatriates in Iran Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Esporte Clube São Bento players Clube Atlético Bragantino players Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira) players Itumbiara Esporte Clube players CR Vasco da Gama players Fluminense FC players Atlético Clube Goianiense players Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players Ipatinga Futebol Clube players Grêmio Barueri Futebol players Esporte Clube Rio Verde players Bangu Atlético Clube players Esteghlal F.C. players Associação Desportiva Cabofriense players Macaé Esporte Futebol Clube players Centro Sportivo Alagoano players Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube players Boavista Sport Club players America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro) players 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian expatriate men's footballers {{Brazil-footy-goalkeeper-stub