Rafa Ancheta

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Rafa Ancheta
Personal information
Full name Rafaela Medina Ancheta [1] [2]
Date of birth (1997-01-02) 2 January 1997 (age 28) [1] [2]
Place of birth Porto Alegre, Brazil [2]
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, defensive midfielder [1] [2]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016 Estância Velha
2017–2019 Grêmio
2020 Granadilla 0 (0)
2021 Real Brasília 0 (0)
International career‡
2019– Uruguay 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2019

Rafaela "Rafa" Medina Ancheta (born 2 January 1997) is a former footballer. Mainly a centre-back, she also operated as a defensive midfielder. Born in Brazil, she played for the Uruguay national team.

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Early life

Rafa Ancheta was born in Porto Alegre to Alfonso Medina and Gabriela Ancheta. She has a brother, Rodrigo, who is also a footballer. [3]

International career

Rafa Ancheta made her formal debut for Uruguay on 4 March 2019 in a 0–6 friendly loss against France.

Personal life

Rafa Ancheta is the granddaughter of former Uruguayan international footballer Atilio Ancheta.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rafa Ancheta at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Rafa Ancheta Meio Campo" (in Portuguese). Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Otro Ancheta con la celeste". Urugol (in Spanish). 7 August 2013. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2020.


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