Alex Rafael da Silva Antônio (born January 1, 1988), also known as Alex Rafael, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward.

Alex Rafael
Personal information
Full name Alex Rafael da Silva Antônio
Date of birth (1988-01-01) 1 January 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2006 Corinthians
2007–2008 Palmeiras
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Red Bull Brasil 83 (26)
2011–2012 Red Bull Salzburg 5 (0)
2012Comercial-SP (loan) 5 (0)
2012 Thespa Kusatsu 10 (3)
2013 Ferroviária 7 (0)
2014 Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard 19 (5)
2014–2015 Alimos 7 (0)
2015–2016 Ubon UMT United 40 (26)
2016 Sukhothai 8 (1)
2017 Al-Shamal 7 (9)
2017–2018 Ras Al Khaima 11 (3)
2018 Nam Định 1 (0)
2018–2019 Sheikh Russel 9 (3)
2020 Chiangmai 2 (0)
2020–2021 Lampang 14 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:28, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

Early life

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Alex Rafael was born in São Paulo. He began his career in 2008 playing for the domestic team Red Bull Brazil.[1] After a short period of a month he became one of the first players to play for the Salzburg club in Austria.[2] He signed a year contract within a week. Shortly after he returned to Brazil to play for Commercial, which later loaned him to Thespa Kusatsu in Japan. Finally he was loaned back to Brazil to play for Ferroviaria in 2013. In a January 2017 he signed a contract with Al Shamal.

Honour

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Ubon UMT United

References

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  1. ^ RedBull. "DESTAQUES DO RED BULL BRASIL VÃO ENFRENTAR LYON E BAYER LEVERKUSEN" (in Portuguese). RedBull. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  2. ^ Soccerway. "Alex Rafael". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
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