Full name Rafael Felipe Barreto 2005-2008 Joinville Years Team Height 1.70 m | Role Football player Name Rafael Barreto | |
Date of birth (1986-07-17) 17 July 1986 (age 29) | ||
Playing position Current team Mesquita Futebol Clube Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
Not to be confused with Rafael de Souza Pereira, also known as Rafael Carioca.
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Rafael Felipe Barreto, usually called Rafael Carioca (born 17 July 1986 in Rio de Janeiro) is a professional Brazilian football midfielder.
Career
Rafael Carioca started playing with Joinville in 2005 and stayed until 2008, but, he had stints on loan with Caxias Futebol Clube, Figueirense (2007), Desportiva Ferroviária (2008) and CR Vasco da Gama (2008).
In January 2009 he was contracted by the Serbian SuperLiga club FK Banat Zrenjanin, where he played until summer 2010. When he came the club was struggling in the 2008–09 Serbian SuperLiga and after the end of the second half of the season the club ended up relegated with Rafael playing 7 matches and scoring once. In the next season, 2009-10 Banat was competing at second national tier, the Serbian First League with Rafael playing further 11 matches.
In January 2011 he was back in Brazil and he signed with América Futebol Clube (RN). In summer 2011 he moved to Mesquita Futebol Clube.