Quick Facts
Biography
Rafael Tolói (born 10 October 1990) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Atalanta as a central defender. He represented Brazil at under-20 level.
Club career
Goias
Born in Glória d'Oeste, Mato Grosso, he is part of Goias Esporte Clube squad since 2008, and helped his club win the Campeonato Goiano in 2009. As of 21 November 2009, Tolói played 17 Série B games for Goiás, and scored two goals.
São Paulo
On 5 July 2012, São Paulo FC confirmed Tolói in their squad, with the defender signing a five-year contract. He scored his first goal for tricolor paulista on July 25, 2012, when the team was playing against Atlético Goianiense.
On August 3, 2013, Tolói scored the goal that confirmed the title of Eusébio Cup for São Paulo FC, in the victory by 2-0 against S.L. Benfica.
Roma
On 31 January 2014, Tolói was loaned to Serie A side A.S. Roma for the rest of 2013/14 season with a fee of €0.5 million. The move was agreed with an option to make the move permanent at the end of the season for a total value of €5.5 million.
Toloi made his debut for the Giallorossi in their 2–1 win against Torino on March 25, 2014, playing the full 90 minutes in place of the suspended Medhi Benatia. About his debut, Tolói said the following words: "I am very happy about my first game here. I almost scored my first goal here, too. I hope to play more times for club. I appreciate everyone of club by trusting on my work."
Statistics
Club
- As of 20 May 2013
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brazil | Brasileirão | Goiano | Copa do Brasil | Copa Libertadores1 | Total | ||||||
| Goiás | 2008 | 1 | 0 | - | - | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2009 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |||
| 2010 | 26 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | 35 | 1 | - | - | – | 35 | 1 | ||||
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | - | - | – | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Brazil | Brasileirão | Paulistão | Copa do Brasil | Copa Libertadores1 | Total | ||||||
| São Paulo | 2012 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 10 | 2 | 36 | 3 | ||
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
Honors
- Goiás
- Campeonato Goiano: 2009, 2012
- São Paulo
- Copa Sudamericana: 2012