Rafael Correia
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rafael António Correia | ||
Date of birth | 5 April 1915 | ||
Place of birth | Almada, Portugal | ||
Date of death | October 1958 | (aged 43)||
Place of death | Trafaria, Portugal | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1934–1946 | Belenenses | ||
International career | |||
1938–1946 | Portugal | 6 | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rafael António Correia (5 April 1915 – October 1958), was a Portuguese footballer, who played as forward.
International career
Correia gained 6 caps for the Portugal national team, and made his debut 6 November 1938 against Switzerland in Lausanne, in a 0-1 defeat.
Death
After his retirement from football, he ran a bar in Trafaria, Portugal. Italian newspaper La Stampa reported on 17 October 1958 that Correia, probably to avenge some slanders about him, assaulted three men with a gun, killing one of them and seriously injuring the other two, and finally shot himself[1].
External links
- Rafael Correia at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Eu-Football Data
References
- ^ «Un calciatore portoghese impazzito uccide una persona e si sopprime», La Stampa, 17 October 1958, p. 8.