Alex Rafael

Alex Rafael

Personal information
Full name	Alex Rafael da Silva Antônio
Date of birth	1 January 1988
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	Ubon UMT United
Number	25
Youth career
2006	Corinthians
2007–2008	Palmeiras
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2008–2010	Red Bull Brasil	83	(26)
2011–2012	Red Bull Salzburg	5	(1)
2012	→ Comercial-SP (loan)	5	(0)
2012	Thespa Kusatsu	10	(3)
2013	Ferroviária	7	(0)
2014	Ulsan Mipo Dockyard	19	(5)
2014-2015	A.O.T. Alimos F.C.	7	(0)
2015–	Ubon UMT United	28	(20)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Alex Rafael da Silva Antônio (born January 1, 1988), also known as Alex Rafael, is a professional Brazilian football player for the Ferroviária Brazilian club. He is an attacking player with a total of 2003 minutes in his two years of playing. He played against Bayer Leverkusen and Lyon in test games. "I want to build a history here in the Europe, but I am going to come back a day for the RedBull Brazil for myself become the most greatest gunner of the club", affirmed Alex Rafael.

Early life

Alex Rafael was born in São Paulo. He began his career in 2008 playing for the domestic team Red Bull Brazil.^[1] After a short period of a month he became one of the first players to play for the Salzburg club in Austria.^[2] He signed a year contract within a week. Shortly after he returned to Brazil to play for Commercial, which later loaned him to Thespa Kusatsu in Japan. Finally he was loaned back to Brazil to play for Ferroviaria in 2013.

Honor

Ubon UMT United

• Regional League Division 2:
  • Winners : 2015
• Regional League North-East Division
  • Runner-up : 2015

References

1. RedBull. "DESTAQUES DO RED BULL BRASIL VÃO ENFRENTAR LYON E BAYER LEVERKUSEN" (in Portuguese). RedBull. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
2. Soccerway. "Alex Rafael". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 April 2013.