Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rafael Lucas Cardoso dos Santos | ||
Date of birth | 5 February 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Londrina, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Orlando City | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2013 | Figueirense | ||
2014–2015 | Inter de Limeira | ||
2016–2017 | Mirassol | ||
2017 | → Atlético Madrid (youth loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017 | Mirassol | 0 | (1) |
2018 | → Cruzeiro (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2019–2022 | Cruzeiro | 15 | (0) |
2020 | → Chapecoense (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2021 | → Inter de Limeira (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2021 | → Ponte Preta (loan) | 26 | (3) |
2022 | → Coritiba (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2023– | Orlando City | 37 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2024 |
Rafael Lucas Cardoso dos Santos (born 5 February 1998) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left back for Orlando City of Major League Soccer.
Santos developed in the academy of Mirassol, making his senior debut for the club on 2 July 2017 in the 2017 Campeonato Paulista, playing the full 90 minutes against Ferroviária in a 2–1 defeat. He scored his first goal on 27 August 2017, the opening goal in a 4–2 win over Penapolense in the same competition.
In 2018, he joined Cruzeiro, initially on loan. He made 27 appearances for the club's under-20 team including in the 2018 U-20 Copa Libertadores. On 14 August 2018, Santos made his first team debut for the club as a 76th-minute substitute for David in a 2–0 Série A defeat to Vasco da Gama. Having joined Cruzeiro permanently in 2019, Santos went on loan for spells with Chapecoense, Inter de Limeira and Ponte Preta in Série B and later with Coritiba in Série A. He made a combined 106 senior appearances while in Brazil in all competitions.
On 5 January 2023, Santos joined American Major League Soccer club Orlando City ahead of the 2023 season on a two-year contract with an additional two club option years. [1]
Club | Season | League | Cup [lower-alpha 1] | Continental | Playoffs [lower-alpha 2] | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Mirassol | 2017 | — | — | — | — | 13 [lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 13 | 1 | |||||
Cruzeiro (loan) | 2018 | Série A | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Cruzeiro | 2019 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
2020 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
2021 | Série B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2022 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 12 [lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 30 | 1 | ||||
Total | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 37 | 1 | ||
Chapecoense (loan) | 2020 | Série B | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
Inter de Limeira (loan) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | 10 [lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 10 | 1 | |||||
Ponte Preta (loan) | 2021 | Série B | 26 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 26 | 3 | ||||
Coritiba (loan) | 2022 | Série A | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
Orlando City | 2023 | MLS | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 34 | 1 |
2024 | MLS | 11 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||||||
Career total | 99 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 164 | 7 |
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