Rafael Veloso

Rafael Henriques Vasquez Veloso (born 3 November 1993) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Icelandic club Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja.

Rafael Veloso
Veloso playing for Portugal U19 in 2012
Personal information
Full name Rafael Henriques Vasquez Veloso
Date of birth (1993-11-03) 3 November 1993
Place of birth Lourinhã, Portugal
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 ÍBV
Number 93
Youth career
2004−2005 Lourinhanense
2005−2006 Torreense
2006−2012 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012−2016 Belenenses 3 (0)
2014–2015 → Deportivo B (loan) 10 (0)
2015−2016 → Oriental (loan) 21 (0)
2017–2018 Valdres 51 (0)
2019− ÍBV 13 (0)
National team
2009 Portugal U17 2 (0)
2010−2011 Portugal U18 4 (0)
2012−2013 Portugal U19 14 (0)
2013 Portugal U20 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:54, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Lourinhã, Lisbon District, Veloso graduated from Sporting CP's youth system, and joined C.F. Os Belenenses for his first year as a senior after a trial in England with Blackburn Rovers.[1] He acted as a backup to Matt Jones during his first season in a promotion to the Primeira Liga, his only appearance coming on 18 May 2013 in a 2−1 home win against S.C. Freamunde where he came on as a late substitute for Filipe Mendes;[2] he added a further two league matches in the top level, one after replacing sent off Jones early into an eventual 2−3 home loss to C.D. Nacional also at the Estádio do Restelo.[3][4]

On 25 August 2014, Veloso was loaned to Deportivo de La Coruña's reserves in a season-long deal.[5] He returned to his homeland the following summer, signing with Clube Oriental de Lisboa in the same situation.[6]

Veloso left Belenenses in December 2016, after terminating his contract.[7] Afterwards, he competed in Norway with Valdres FK[8] and in Iceland with Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja, on both occasions agreeing to two-year deals.[9]

Match fixing scandal

On 26 May 2016, Veloso was arrested on suspicion of match fixing whilst at Oriental, which led to him being banned from playing professional football in Portugal.[10][11]

References
  1. "Rafael Veloso assina hoje" [Rafael Veloso signs today]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  2. "Belenenses-Freamunde, 2−1: Triunfo sobre "lanterna vermelha"" [Belenenses-Freamunde, 2−1: Win over bottom-placed]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 May 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  3. "Belenenses-Nacional, 2−3: Velho Mateus trava inglório esforço azul" [Belenenses-Nacional, 2−3: Old Mateus stops fruitless blue effort]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 September 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  4. "Marinho sai do banco e decide em Coimbra" [Marinho comes off bench and decides in Coimbra]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 16 September 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  5. "El Fabril se refuerza con el portero internacional portugués Rafael Veloso" [Fabril bolster with Portuguese international goalkeeper Rafael Veloso] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  6. "Fernando, Rafael Marques e Rafael Veloso reforçam Oriental" [Fernando, Rafael Marques e Rafael Veloso bolster Oriental] (in Portuguese). Clube Oriental. 8 July 2015. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  7. Santos, Luís (17 December 2016). "Filipe Mendes é a solução encontrada pelo Belenenses" [Filipe Mendes is the solution found by Belenenses] (in Portuguese). CA Notícias. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  8. "Rafael Veloso har signert for Valdres" [Rafael Veloso has signed for Valdres] (in Norwegian). Valdres F.K. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  9. "FÓTBOLTI − ÍBV SEMUR VIÐ MARKMANN!" [Football − ÍBV negotiate with goalie!] (in Icelandic). ÍBV. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  10. Franco, Hugo; Candeias, Pedro; Gustavo, Rui (23 May 2017). "Três jogadores acusados de corrupção estão em clubes estrangeiros" [Three players charged with corruption are in clubs abroad]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  11. "Football scandal: 15 arrested for rigging matches in Portugal's second division". Portugal Resident. 16 May 2018. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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