Brittany Raphino

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Brittany Raphino
Personal information
Full name Brittany Cyrenie Raphino
Date of birth (2000-10-30) October 30, 2000 (age 25)
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Sporting CP
Number 18
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2023 Brown Bears 69 (42)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– Sporting CP 23 (17)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of January 11, 2026

Brittany Cyrenie Raphino (born October 30, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Portuguese Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Sporting CP. She played college soccer for the Brown Bears, earning All-American honors three times.

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Early life

Raphino grew up in Randolph, Massachusetts, one of three children born to Natasha and Lubens Raphino. [1] Her father is originally from Haiti. [2] She began playing soccer at age three. [3] She attended Thayer Academy, where she starred on the soccer team alongside future United States international Ally Sentnor and also played basketball. [1] [4] She scored 87 goals during her high school career, earning two-time All-American honors. [1] [5] She played club soccer for Scorpions SC, leading the ECNL with 30 goals one season and receiving ECNL All-American recognition. [1] She committed to play college soccer at Brown University when she was a sophomore. [6]

College career

Raphino scored 8 goals with 3 assists in 19 games in her freshman season with the Brown Bears in 2019, earning Ivy League Rookie of the Year, first-team All-Ivy, and second-team TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI honors. She helped Brown win the Ivy League championship and qualify for the NCAA tournament, both of which achievements Brown was doing for the first time since 1994, and which they would accomplish all four years Raphino played for the program. In the NCAA tournament, she scored the winning shootout penalty to advance to face Florida State in the second round. [1] [3]

Following the 2020 season being canceled along with all Ivy League sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Raphino returned to action in 2021, leading the Ivy League with 11 goals and adding 6 assists in 16 games. She scored a hat trick in a 3–2 win against Yale that clinched the outright conference title for Brown. She was named first-team All-Ivy, Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year, and second-team All-American. [1] In her junior season in 2022, she ranked second in the league with 10 goals and had 4 assists, repeating as first-team All-Ivy and Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year and earning first-team All-American honors. She equalized in a loss to UC Irvine in the second round of the NCAA tournament. [1]

Raphino set career highs in her senior season in 2023, leading the Ivy League with 13 goals and providing 7 assists in 17 games. She was named first-team All-Ivy for a fourth time, Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year for a third time, and first-team All-American for a second time. [1] [7] During her tenure at Brown, Raphino was described by head coach Kia McNeill as "the heartbeat of this team". [3]

Club career

Raphino was predicted to be an early selection in the 2024 NWSL Draft, [8] but instead signed her first professional contract in Portugal's Campeonato Nacional Feminino, joining Sporting CP on a two-and-a-half-year deal on January 31, 2024. [9] She made her professional debut three days later as a substitute in a 2–0 win over Valadares Gaia. [10] On February 10, she scored her first professional goal with the extra-time winner in a 1–0 victory over Damaiense to send Sporting to the Taça de Portugal Feminina semifinals. [11] She scored her first league goals with the first and last in a 3–0 win against Torreense on March 9. [12] On April 14, she had a goal and assist in a 3–1 victory over Benfica to keep Sporting in title contention, but they finished runners-up. [13]

Raphino began the 2024–25 season by scoring both goals in a 2–0 win over Racing Power in the Supertaça de Portugal Feminina semifinals on August 18, 2024, [14] then won her first professional trophy after a 2–1 win over Benfica in the final. [15] The following month, she made her European debut and started all four UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying games, being eliminated by Real Madrid in the last qualifying round. [16] On January 25, 2025, she bagged five goals in the second half in a 9–0 demolition of Vilaverdense. [17] On February 12, she scored twice in a 2–1 second-leg win over Damaiense to confirm Sporting in the Taça da Liga Feminina final. [18]

On October 11, 2025, Raphino scored her first goals of the 2025–26 season with a hat trick in a 4–0 win over Marítimo. [19]

International career

Raphino was called up to the United States under-23 team to play against NWSL competition in the 2023 preseason. [20] She is also eligible to play for the Haiti national team through her father's country of birth. [2]

Honors and awards

Brown Bears

Sporting CP

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Brittany Raphino". Brown Bears . Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Brittany Raphino '19". Thayer Academy. My dad. We're both similar, both athletic. He came from Haiti and didn't know English, but he used soccer to make friends. He learned English and became very successful.
  3. 1 2 3 Dyer, Lydell (March 22, 2023). "'The heartbeat of this team': Brittany Raphino '23.5". The Brown Daily Herald . Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  4. ↑ McHugh, Eric (February 5, 2024). "She's No. 1: Ally Sentnor keeps Hanson's streak of NWSL stars alive as top draft pick". The Patriot Ledger . Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  5. ↑ "HS Girls: TDS Fall All-America". TopDrawerSoccer . July 24, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  6. ↑ Clark, Travis (November 21, 2016). "Recruiting Roundup: November 21-27". TopDrawerSoccer . Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Five Ivies Named Women's Soccer All-Americans". Ivy League. December 6, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  8. ↑ Yang, Steph (January 12, 2024). "NWSL college draft: How it works, top prospects and where to watch". The Athletic . Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Oficial: Sporting contrata Brittany Raphino" (in Portuguese). CNN Portugal. January 31, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  10. ↑ Brittany Raphino at Flashscore OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  11. ↑ Gomes, Duarte (February 10, 2024). "A crónica do Damaiense-Sporting, 0-1 (a.p.): Raphino rainha do baile". Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved January 16, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Domínio do início ao fim em Torres Vedras" (in Portuguese). Sporting CP. March 9, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Pelo sonho do título as leoas até voam de Raphino". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). April 14, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2026.
  14. ↑ "A crónica do Racing Power-Sporting, 0–2: torrente ofensiva leonina". Record (in Portuguese). August 18, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  15. 1 2 "Sporting CP conquista Supertaça" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. August 23, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  16. ↑ Brittany Raphino at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  17. ↑ "Sporting CP goleia em Vila Verde" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. January 25, 2025. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  18. ↑ "Sporting confirma presença na final da Taça da Liga feminina" (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. February 12, 2025. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Sporting goleia Marítimo por 4-0 na 4.ª ronda da liga feminina". Sport Informa (in Portuguese). October 11, 2025. Retrieved January 16, 2026.
  20. ↑ "Raphino Named to U.S. U-23 Women's Youth National Team". Brown Bears. March 2, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
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