Rafael Rodrigues

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Rafael Rodrigues
Personal information
Full name Rafael Vela Rodrigues
Date of birth (2002-01-27) 27 January 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Oliveira do Bairro, Portugal
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
AVS
(on loan from Benfica B)
Number 3
Youth career
2010–2014 CB Estarreja
2014–2022 Benfica
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021– Benfica B 76 (1)
2024–AVS (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2017–2018 Portugal U16 6 (0)
2018–2019 Portugal U17 6 (0)
2020 Portugal U18 3 (0)
2020 Portugal U19 1 (0)
2021–2022 Portugal U20 9 (0)
2022– Portugal U21 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:34, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Rafael Vela Rodrigues (born 27 January 2002) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for loan AVS from Benfica B.

Contents

International career

Rodrigues has represented Portugal at youth international level. [1]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 October 2023 [2] [3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Benfica B 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 1010
2021–22 Liga Portugal 2160160
2022–23 Liga Portugal 2310310
2023–24 Liga Portugal 26060
Total540540
Career total5400000540

Honours

Benfica

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References

  1. "Rafael Rodrigues". fpf.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. Rafael Rodrigues at Soccerway
  3. Rafael Rodrigues at ForaDeJogo (archived)
  4. Conheça os 24 heróis da Youth League (Benfica)
  5. "Sub-20: a Taça Intercontinental é nossa!" (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.