Rafael Veloso

Portuguese footballer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroPortuguese footballer
PlacesPortugal
isAthlete Football player Association football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth3 November 1993, Lourinhã, Lisboa, Portugal
Age31 years
Star signScorpio
Stats
Height:192 cm
Weight:70 kg
Sports Teams
Clube Oriental de Lisboa
C.F. Os Belenenses
Deportivo de La Coruña B
Portugal national under-17 football team
Portugal national under-18 football team
Portugal national under-19 football team
Portugal national under-20 football team
The details

Biography

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

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. 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; 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.

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

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

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.

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