Rafael Felipe Barreto

Rafael Carioca

Personal information
Full name	Rafael Felipe Barreto
Date of birth	17 July 1986
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Central midfielder
Club information
Current team	Mesquita
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2005-2008	Joinville
	→ Caxias (SC) (loan)
2007	→ Figueirense (loan)
2008	→ Desportiva (ES) (loan)
2008	→ Vasco da Gama (loan)
2009-2010	FK Banat Zrenjanin	18	(1)
2011	América de Natal
2011-	Mesquita
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 5, 2010. † Appearances (goals)

Not to be confused with Rafael de Souza Pereira, also known as Rafael Carioca.

Rafael Felipe Barreto, usually called Rafael Carioca (born 17 July 1986 in Rio de Janeiro) is a professional Brazilian football midfielder playing with Mesquita Futebol Clube.

Career

Rafael Carioca started playing with Joinville in 2005 and stayed until 2008, but, he had stints on loan with Caxias Futebol Clube, Figueirense (2007), Desportiva Ferroviária (2008) and CR Vasco da Gama (2008).

In January 2009 he was contracted by the Serbian SuperLiga club FK Banat Zrenjanin, where he played until summer 2010. When he came the club was struggling in the 2008–09 Serbian SuperLiga and after the end of the second half of the season the club ended up relegated with Rafael playing 7 matches and scoring once. In the next season, 2009-10 Banat was competing at second national tier, the Serbian First League with Rafael playing further 11 matches.^[1]

In January 2011 he was back in Brazil and he signed with América Futebol Clube (RN).^[2] In summer 2011 he moved to Mesquita Futebol Clube.^[3]

Honour

• Figueirense
  • 1 time Copa do Brasil runner-up: 2007

References

1. Rafael at Srbijafudbal
2. O novo América from Diário do Natal
3. Rafael Felipe Barreto at Soccerway

External sources

• Rafael Carioca at SambaFoot
• Rafael Carioca video and presentation at Vermelho de paixão