Rafinha (footballer, born 1985)
Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza, commonly known as Rafinha, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for São Paulo. He is known as a skilled defender with good passing skills, quick pace, agility and a strong shot. He has earned four caps with the Brazil national team. Since 2015, he has the German citizenship.
Rafinha with São Paulo in 2022
Rafinha with Schalke 04 in 2005
Rafinha during a training session with Bayern Munich in 2016
Rafinha representing Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics
São Paulo Futebol Clube, more commonly referred to as simply São Paulo, is a professional football club in the Morumbi district of São Paulo, Brazil. It plays in Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo's premier state league and Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of Brazilian football. Despite being primarily a football club, São Paulo competes in a wide variety of sports. Its home ground is the multipurpose 72,039-seater MorumBIS Stadium, the biggest private-owned field in Brazil. São Paulo is Brazil’s biggest worldwide champion and also one of the only two clubs that have never been relegated from the top division, the other being Flamengo.
The foundations of the team in 1930 and 1935 at the memorial Cássio Luiz dos Santos Werneck.
The championship team of 1931
New team after being reformed in 1936
Leônidas with another Tricolor legend, Arthur Friedenreich