.jpg) Rafael playing forInternacional in 2014. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rafael Martiniano de Miranda Moura | ||
| Date of birth | (1983-05-23)23 May 1983 (age 41) | ||
| Place of birth | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Atlético Mineiro | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004 | Atlético Mineiro | 2 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Vitória | 4 | (1) |
| 2005 | Paysandu | 14 | (7) |
| 2006 | Corinthians | 43 | (15) |
| 2007 | Locarno | 4 | (1) |
| 2007–2012 | Fluminense | 57 | (22) |
| 2007–2008 | →Lorient (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | →Atlético Paranaense (loan) | 28 | (9) |
| 2010 | →Goiás (loan) | 25 | (9) |
| 2012–2015 | Internacional | 92 | (24) |
| 2016–2017 | Atlético Mineiro | 35 | (9) |
| 2016 | →Figueirense (loan) | 33 | (10) |
| 2018 | América Mineiro | 38 | (9) |
| 2019–2021 | Goiás | 58 | (21) |
| 2021 | Botafogo | 31 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:31, 6 February 2022 (UTC) | |||
Rafael Martiniano de Miranda Moura (born 23 May 1983), or simplyRafael Moura, is a former Brazilianfootballer who played as astriker.
Rafael Moura started his career withAtlético Mineiro, he then left forVitória.
In July 2005, he left forPaysandu, signed a contract until the end of season.[2]
Rafael Moura signed a contract withMSI in 2006 which lasted until 2012,[3] he then left for MSI affiliated clubCorinthians. In January 2007 he left for Swiss lower division clubLocarno along withJhonny Herrera but still under MSI control.[4] He signed an 8-month contract withFluminense in January 2007.
Moura left for FrenchLigue 1 sideFC Lorient on a 1-year loan from Fluminense (actually MSI) in August 2007. Lorient had a first option to sign him outright in June 2008.[5]
On 1 July 2008, Moura returned to Brazil forAtlético Paranaense, signed a 2-year loan contract.[3][6]
The loan terminated in January 2010, and Moura signed a 1-year loan deal withGoiás on 22 January.[7]
After an on-pitch brawl on 21 July 2010, the match that Goiás 2–2 draw with his former club Vitória,[8] Moura was provisionally banned from football for a month.[9] He finished as the runner-up with team at2010 Copa Sudamericana.
In January 2011, he rejoinedFluminense and signed a 3-year deal.[10][11] Moves toInternacional andAtlético Mineiro followed. In 2016, not long after joining Atlético Mineiro, Moura completed a loan move toFigueirense.[12]
In December 2017, after terminating his contract with Atlético, Moura joinedAmérica Mineiro.