Rafa Travalão

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rafa Travalão

| image = 20161005_UWCL_StPoelten_Brondby_DSC_6584.jpg

| caption = Rafa Travalão in 2016

| fullname = Rafaela de Miranda Travalão{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players: Brazil |work=FIFA |format=PDF |page=2 |date=6 July 2015 |access-date=23 September 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202104009/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=2 February 2020}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1988|8|18}}

| birth_place = Promissão, São Paulo, Brazil

| height = 156cm

| currentclub = Al-Riyadh

| clubnumber = 12

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 2004–2005

| clubs1 = Marília Atlético Clube

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| goals1 =

| years2 = 2006–2009

| clubs2 = Botucatu

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| years3 = 2010

| clubs3 = Foz Cataratas

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| years4 = 2011

| clubs4 = Santos FC

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| years5 = 2012–2013

| clubs5 = XV de Novembro

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| years6 = 2014

| clubs6 = Ferroviária

| caps6 = 11

| goals6 = 5

| years7 = 2015

| clubs7 = Boston Breakers

| caps7 = 13

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2015

| clubs8 = Flamengo

| caps8 = 5

| goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2016

| clubs9 = Corinthians

| caps9 = 3

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2016

| clubs10 = St. Pölten-Spratzern

| caps10 = 7

| goals10 = 2

| years11 = 2017–2019

| clubs11 = Ferroviária

| caps11 = 16

| goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2019

| clubs12 = Abu Dhabi

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| years13 = 2020–2021

| clubs13 = Internacional

| caps13 = 36

| goals13 = 11

| years14 = 2022–2023

| clubs14 = São Paulo

| caps14 = 34

| goals14 = 10

| years15 = 2023–

| clubs15 = Al-Riyadh

| caps15 = 7

| goals15 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2013–

| nationalteam1 = Brazil

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| pcupdate = 17 July 2018

| ntupdate = 23 June 2015

}}

Rafaela de Miranda Travalão (born 18 August 1988), known as Rafa Travalão or Rafinha, is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for Al-Riyadh in the Saudi Women's Premier League and also plays for the Brazil national team.{{cite web |url=http://www.fsk-stpoelten.at/de/19954?person=17399 |title=Profile |accessdate=15 October 2016 |language=German |work=St. Pölten-Spratzern}}

Club career

She played for the Boston Breakers of the National Women's Soccer League in the 2015 season.{{cite web |title=Rafaela De Miranda Travalao (Rafinha) – Midfielder |url=http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/playerbios/rafinha/index_E.html |publisher=Boston Breakers |accessdate=26 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621054000/http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/playerbios/rafinha/index_E.html |archivedate=21 June 2015}}{{cite web |title=Breakers replace Brazilians with Brazilians |url=http://equalizersoccer.com/2015/02/12/breakers-replace-brazilians-with-brazilians/ |publisher=The Equalizer |accessdate=26 May 2015 |date=12 February 2015}} She was waived by the Boston Breakers in October 2015.{{cite web |title=Breakers waive Bia, Rafinha, and Suzane Pires |url=http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/home/897708.html |publisher=Boston Breakers |date=21 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121230853/http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/home/897708.html |archivedate=21 November 2015}}

In 2016, she joined Austrian ÖFB-Frauenliga club St. Pölten-Spratzern. In 2017, Rafinha joined Ferroviária in Brazil.{{cite web |url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/rafaela--de-miranda-travalao/379207/ |title=Rafinha |accessdate=17 July 2018}}

In October 2019, she participated in the WAFF Women's Clubs Championship with Abu Dhabi, where she scored a goal in a 2–1 win over Riffa,{{cite web |url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/news/shabab_al_ordon_claim_title_with_perfect_10.html |title=Shabab Al Ordon claim title with perfect 10 |publisher=AFC |date=10 October 2023 }} followed by a hat-trick in an 11–0 thrashing of Arab Orthodox.{{cite web |url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/news/sas_finish_second_as_goals_fly_in_on_final_day.html |title=SAS finish second as goals fly in on final day |publisher=AFC |date=12 October 2023 }}

Rafinha later played for Internacional and São Paulo, before joining Saudi club Al-Riyadh in November 2023.{{cite tweet |user=AlriyadhWomen |script-title=ar:رافاييلا ترافالاو تمثل سيدات #نادي_الرياض |number=1720424626847617098 |language=ar |date=3 November 2023 }}

International career

In July 2013 Rafinha represented Brazil at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.{{cite web |url=http://universiade2013.sportresult.com/eurosport/en/-60/Participant/ParticipantInfo/9d6042a7-4921-4efe-8e62-eab08ab3d227 |title=Athlete Information |publisher=Universiade Kazan 2013 Russia |accessdate=12 July 2015}} She made her senior debut in September 2013, against New Zealand at the 2013 Valais Women's Cup.{{cite web |last1=Leme de Arruda |first1=Marcelo |title=Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Women's Team) 2011–2013 |url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil201113w.htm |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |accessdate=10 June 2015 |language=Portuguese |date=5 March 2014}} At the 2014 South American Games, Rafinha scored the winning goal in Brazil's 2–1 win over Colombia. On the eve of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Rafina was called into Brazil's squad as a replacement for Érika, who had sustained a knee injury.{{cite news |last1=Lauletta |first1=Dan |title=Breakers Rafinha added to Brazil's World Cup squad |url=http://equalizersoccer.com/2015/06/05/breakers-rafinha-added-to-brazils-world-cup-squad/ |accessdate=14 June 2015 |publisher=The Equalizer |date=5 June 2015}}

=International goals=

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data-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%;"\| Goal ! Date ! Location ! Opponent ! # ! data-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%;"\|Score ! data-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%;"\|Result ! width="20%" \| Competition
{{hs\|1.}}goal 1 \| 2014-03-16 \| {{hs\|Chile}} Santiago, Chile \| {{fbw\|Colombia}} \| 1.1 \| {{sortfbs\|1\|0	\|5250.02005}} \| {{sortfbs\|2\|1	\|5450.04005}} \| South American Games 2014

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Goal

! Date

! Location

! Opponent

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! data-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%;"|Score

! data-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%;"|Result

! width="20%" | Competition

{{hs|1.}}goal 1

| 2014-03-16

| {{hs|Chile}} Santiago, Chile

| {{fbw|Colombia}}

| 1.1

| {{sortfbs|1|0

|5250.02005}}

| {{sortfbs|2|1

|5450.04005}}

| South American Games 2014

Honors

;Ferroviária

Winner

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino: 2014

Runners-up

Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino: 2014

References

External links

{{soccerway|rafaela--de-miranda-travalao/379207}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150621054000/http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/playerbios/rafinha/index_E.html Boston Breakers player profile]

Category:1988 births

Category:Living people

Category:Brazilian women's footballers

Category:National Women's Soccer League players

Category:Boston Breakers players

Category:Women's association football midfielders

Category:2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players

Category:Associação Ferroviária de Esportes (women) players

Category:Santos FC (women) players

Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States

Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Austria

Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates