Rafael Sóbis
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Sóbis playing for Tigres UANL in 2015
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| Full name | Rafael Augusto Sóbis do Nascimento | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 June 1985 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Erechim, Brazil | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | |||||||||||
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Current team
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Cruzeiro | |||||||||||
| Number | 7 | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Internacional | 82 | (28) | |||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Betis | 57 | (8) | |||||||||
| 2008–2012 | Al-Jazira | 21 | (7) | |||||||||
| 2010–2011 | → Internacional (loan) | 16 | (4) | |||||||||
| 2011–2012 | → Fluminense (loan) | 26 | (10) | |||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Fluminense | 88 | (16) | |||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Tigres UANL | 52 | (18) | |||||||||
| 2016– | Cruzeiro | 22 | (4) | |||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | Brazil U20 | 16 | (4) | |||||||||
| 2008 | Brazil U23 | 6 | (2) | |||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Brazil | 8 | (1) | |||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 March 2010 (UTC) |
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Rafael Augusto Sóbis do Nascimento (born 17 June 1985) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cruzeiro.
Before joining Cruzeiro, Sóbis played for Internacional, Real Betis, Al-Jazira, Fluminense and Tigres UANL. He is a two-time Copa Libertadores champion with Internacional, and runner-up with Tigres in 2015.
Sóbis also represented the Brazil national team, winning a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics.
Born in Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul, he started in the youth categories of Internacional, known only as Rafael. Inter's president at the time, Fernando Carvalho, suggested the change to only Sobis, his maternal surname of Ukrainian origins, because it could be more attractive for the European leagues, where the boy could get dual citizenship.
He went to the main team in 2004 and quickly won a place in it, being known by his name along the surname (with acute accent), Rafael Sóbis. Sóbis scored 19 goals in 35 matches in the 2005 season at the age of 19. In the following year, he was one of the main players in the Internacional squad that finished the Brazilian League in second place, and was selected by the CBF to play in the all star team at the end of the season. The 2006 season started slowly for him, as he fought against a series of injuries. He eventually recovered his place in the first team and helped Internacional secure the Copa Libertadores title; scoring twice in the first-leg of the final match against São Paulo.
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