Rafa Ancheta

Rafa Ancheta
Personal information
Full name	Rafaela Medina Ancheta
Date of birth	2 January 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Position(s)	Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Granadilla
Number	5
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016	Estância Velha
2017–2019	Grêmio
2020–	Granadilla
International career‡
2019–	Uruguay
	*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]

Rafa Ancheta made her formal debut for Uruguay on 4 March 2019 in a 0–6 friendly loss against France.

Rafa Ancheta is the granddaughter of former Uruguayan international footballer Atilio Ancheta.

^ ^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.

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