Rafa Ancheta
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rafaela Medina Ancheta[1][2] | ||
Date of birth | [1][2] | 2 January 1997||
Place of birth | Porto Alegre, Brazil[2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back, defensive midfielder[1][2] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Granadilla | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016 | Estância Velha | ||
2017–2019 | Grêmio | ||
2020– | Granadilla | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019– | Uruguay | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 January 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2019 |
Rafaela Medina Ancheta (born 2 January 1997), known as Rafa Ancheta, is a Brazilian-born Uruguayan footballer who plays as a centre-back for Spanish Primera División club UD Granadilla Tenerife and the Uruguay women's national team.
Early life
Rafa Ancheta was born in Porto Alegre to Alfonso Medina and Gabriela Ancheta. She has a brother, Rodrigo, who is also a footballer.[3]
International career
Rafa Ancheta made her formal debut for Uruguay on 4 March 2019 in a 0–6 friendly loss against France.
Personal life
Rafa Ancheta is the granddaughter of former Uruguayan international footballer Atilio Ancheta.
References
- ^ a b c Rafa Ancheta at Soccerway
- ^ a b c d "Rafa Ancheta Meio Campo" (in Portuguese). Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Otro Ancheta con la celeste". Urugol (in Spanish). 7 August 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
Categories:
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Women's association football central defenders
- Women's association football fullbacks
- Women's association football midfielders
- Uruguayan women's footballers
- Uruguay women's international footballers
- UD Granadilla Tenerife Sur players
- Uruguayan expatriate women's footballers
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
- Brazilian women's footballers
- Sportspeople from Porto Alegre
- Brazilian people of Uruguayan descent
- Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players
- Brazilian expatriate women's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Uruguayan women's football biography stubs
- Brazilian women's football biography stubs