Rafael Caldeira

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Caldeiraand the second or paternal family name is Pires.

Rafael Caldeira

Rafael Caldeira in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Rafael Caldeira Pires
Date of birth	(1991-02-11) 11 February 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth	Monte Alto, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
2007–2009	Marília
2010–2011	Santos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009	Marília	7	(0)
2010–2014	Santos	15	(1)
2010	→ Red Bull Brasil (loan)	3	(0)
2011	→ Oeste (loan)	8	(0)
2011	→ ABC (loan)	7	(0)
2012	→ Bragantino (loan)	20	(2)
2013	→ Botafogo-SP (loan)	4	(1)
2014	→ Botafogo-SP (loan)	3	(0)
2014	→ Mirassol (loan)	9	(0)
2015	Guarani	10	(1)
2016	Marília	3	(0)
2016	Olímpia	7	(0)
2017	Paulista	9	(0)
2018	CEOV	7	(0)
2018	Itumbiara	6	(0)
2018	Jaraguá	12	(2)
2018	Nova Iguaçu	4	(0)
2019	Ji-Paraná	6	(0)
2019	Central	2	(0)
2019–2020	Jaraguá	1	(0)
2020	Operário-MS	2	(1)
2020	Democrata-GV	5	(1)
2020	Operário-MS	2	(0)
2021	Jaraguá	0	(0)
2021	Desportiva Ferroviária	4	(0)
2021–2022	Democrata-GV	28	(1)
2022	Aymorés	8	(0)
2022	Novo Esporte  [ pt ]	8	(2)
2023	Democrata-GV	11	(0)
2023	Portuguesa-MS  [ pt ]	5	(1)
2024	Democrata-GV	1	(1)
2024	Varginha  [ pt ]	10	(0)
Total		200	(14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rafael Caldeira Pires (born 11 February 1991), known as Rafael Caldeira, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a centre-back. ^{[1] [2]}

Club career

Early career

Born in Monte Alto, São Paulo, He was revealed by MAC, where he stayed from 2005 to 2009. Caldera became professional in the MAC in early 2009. After the play the Copa São Paulo de Juniores for the Tiger, the defender was incorporated into the first team, who played the Paulistão. He plays some games for MAC and did not take long to transfer to Santos FC.

Santos and loans

Caldeira had one game for Santos Futebol Clube professional team, and this debut game was the Santos vs Corinthians (The Alvinegro's Duel), in 22/09/10. He started before the half-time as a substitute, because the injury of Bruno Aguiar. Santos was defeated by Corinthians by 3-2, with a Corinthians' irregular goal.

Caldeira helped Santos to reach the final of the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior 2010, but with a controversial refereeing decision that the team lost by 3–0 on penalties after a 1–1 tie in regulation time. In August 2011, he was loaned to Série B club ABC. ^[3]

On 16 May 2012, Caldeira was loaned again, this time to Bragantino. ^[4] On 8 December, he was loaned to Botafogo-SP, alongside two other players. ^[5]

Anti-doping rule violation

In 2015 Caldeira received a public warning after testing positive for the banned steroid medication Dexamethasone.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ^[1]

Club	Season	League			State League		National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Marília	2009	Série C	0	0	7	0	—		—		—		7	0
Santos	2010	Série A	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	2011		1	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		1	0
	2012		0	0	2	1	—		0	0	—		2	1
	2013		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2014		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Subtotal		3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	—		5	1
Red Bull Brasil (loan)	2010	Paulista A2	—		3	0	—		—		—		3	0
Oeste (loan)	2011	Série D	—		7	0	—		—		—		7	0
ABC (loan)	2011	Série B	7	0	—		—		—		—		7	0
Bragantino (loan)	2012	Série B	20	2	—		—		—		—		20	2
Botafogo-SP (loan)	2013	Série D	0	0	4	1	—		—		—		4	1
	2014	Paulista	—		3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	Subtotal		0	0	7	1	—		—		—		7	1
Mirassol (loan)	2014	Paulista A2	—		—		—		—		9 [a]	0	9	0
Guarani	2015	Série C	0	0	10	1	—		—		—		10	1
Marília	2016	Paulista A2	—		3	0	—		—		—		3	0
Olímpia	2016	Paulista A3	—		—		—		—		7 [a]	0	7	0
Paulista	2017	Paulista A3	—		9	0	—		—		—		9	0
CEOV	2018	Matogrossense	—		7	0	—		—		—		7	0
Itumbiara	2018	Série D	6	0	—		—		—		—		6	0
Jaraguá	2018	Goiano 2ª Divisão	—		12	2	—		—		—		12	2
Nova Iguaçu	2019	Carioca	—		4	0	—		—		—		4	0
Ji-Paraná	2019	Rondoniense	—		6	0	—		—		—		6	0
Central	2019	Série D	2	0	—		—		—		—		2	0
Jaraguá	2019	Goiano 2ª Divisão	—		1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2020	Goiano	—		0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	Subtotal		—		1	0	—		—		—		1	0
Operário-MS	2020	Sul-Mato-Grossense	—		4	1	—		—		—		4	1
Democrata-GV	2020	Mineiro Módulo II	—		5	1	—		—		—		5	1
Jaraguá	2021	Série D	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Desportiva Ferroviária	2021	Capixaba	—		4	0	—		—		—		4	0
Democrata-GV	2021	Mineiro Módulo II	—		15	1	—		—		—		15	1
	2022	Mineiro	—		13	0	—		—		—		13	0
	Subtotal		—		28	1	—		—		—		28	1
Aymorés	2022	Mineiro Módulo II	—		8	0	—		—		—		8	0
Novo Esporte  [ pt ]	2022	Mineiro 2ª Divisão	—		8	2	—		—		—		8	2
Democrata-GV	2023	Série D	10	0	1	0	—		—		1 [b]	0	12	0
Portuguesa-MS  [ pt ]	2023	Sul-Mato-Grossense Série B	—		5	1	—		—		—		5	1
Democrata-GV	2024	Mineiro	—		1	1	—		—		—		1	1
Varginha  [ pt ]	2024	Mineiro Módulo II	—		10	0	—		—		—		10	0
Career total			48	2	152	12	0	0	0	0	17	0	217	14

1. Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
2. Appearance(s) in Recopa Mineira

Honours

Santos

• Copa do Brasil: 2010
• Copa Libertadores: 2011
• Campeonato Paulista: 2012

Red Bull Brasil

• Campeonato Paulista Série A3: 2010

Portuguesa-MS

• Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense Série B: 2023

References

1. "Player profile: Rafael Caldeira". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
2. Diego Palhinha e Rafael Caldeira são liberados do Central, globoesporte.globo.com, 25 June 2019
3. ABC acerta a contratação do zagueiro Rafael Caldeira, ex-Santos (in Portuguese)
4. Bragantino anuncia Rafael Caldeira, do Santos, Malaquias, do Mirassol, e mais três (Bragantino announces Rafael Caldeira from Santos, Malaquias from Mirassol and three more); UOL Esporte, 16 May 2012 (in Portuguese)
5. Santos confirma empréstimo de três jogadores ao Botafogo-SP (Santos confirms three players' loan to Botafogo-SP); Globoesporte.com, 8 December 2012 (in Portuguese)

External links

• Rafael Caldeira at Santos FC at archive.today (archived 2013-08-02)
• Rafael Caldeira at Soccerway