Raphael Martinho
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raphael Martinho Alves de Lima | ||
| Date of birth | 15 April 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Campo Grande, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger, Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2003 | Atlético Paranaense | ||
| 2003–2008 | Paulista | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Paulista | 6 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Votoraty (loan) | 25 | (4) |
| 2010–2012 | Catania | 11 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Cesena (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Hellas Verona | 50 | (12) |
| 2014–2015 | Catania | 20 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | Carpi | 11 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Bari | 12 | (0) |
| 2018 | Ascoli | 9 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Virtus Entella | 5 | (0) |
| 2019 | São Bento | 10 | (2) |
| 2020 | Manaus | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Portuguesa (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:49, 18 July 2021 (UTC) | |||
Raphael Martinho Alves de Lima (born 15 April 1988), commonly referred to as Raphael Martinho, is a Brazilian footballer, who plays as a winger.
Club career
[edit]Paulista Futebol Clube
[edit]Martinho started his career within the youth ranks of Brazilian club SC BOTLEK, before an early-career transfer to Paulista. Since 2007 his registration rights were owned by a "football club" from Monte Alegre do Sul, and were originally loaned to Paulista. After a youth career with the São Paulo based club, the player was sent on loan in 2009 to Campeonato Paulista Série A3 side Votoraty from Monte Alegre. Following his loan spell with the club, he returned to Paulista in June 2009. Following his return to Paulista FC, still on loan from Monte Alegre FC, along with teammate, Rafael Serrano,[1] Martinho finally made his debut for the club, and during the 2010 season, he made 6 first team appearances 2010 Campeonato Paulista.[2] On 21 May 2010, the Brazilian midfielder would move to Sicilian giants, Calcio Catania of Italian Serie A was confirmed by Paulista. Martinho completed the deal in August after his European Union citizenship was confirmed.[3]
Calcio Catania
[edit]On 21 May 2010, Raphael Martinho was officially announced to have joined Calcio Catania.[4][5][6] In his first season with the club, Martinho was limited to just 11 league appearances, just 5 of which were starts.
Cesena loan
[edit]Due to his limited game time for the Sicilians, the club opted to loan the midfielder to newly promoted AC Cesena for the 2011–12 Serie A season.. With the Seahorses, Martinho appeared 18 times in the league, but was unable to help his club avoid relegation to Serie B, as Cesena finished 20th. Martinho returned to Catania on 30 June 2012.
Hellas Verona
[edit]On 19 July 2012, Catania sent Martinho on a season-long loan deal to Serie B club, Hellas Verona, who also obtained the option to a co-ownership deal upon the expiration of the loan deal.[7] The move proved very successful for the Brazilian, as he featured in 30 league matches, scoring 10 league goals, helping the Bentegodi-based club finish second in the 2011–12 Serie B league table and gain promotion to Serie A for the first time since 2002. At the conclusion of the loan deal, Hellas Verona took up their option to purchase 50% of the player's registration rights ahead of their return to the pinnacle of Italian football.
On 28 July 2015, Catania announced the termination of his contract.[8]
Carpi
[edit]Martinho joined Serie A side Carpi F.C. 1909 on 28 July 2015.
Virtus Entella
[edit]On 1 February 2019, he was released from his contract by Virtus Entella by mutual consent.[9]
São Bento
[edit]On 1 April 2019, Martinho moved back to Brazil and joined Esporte Clube São Bento.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Atletas se reapresentam após empréstimo". Paulista Futebol Clube (in Portuguese). 29 June 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
- ^ "Paulista vence, fica na Série A e impõe fim melancólico ao Palmeiras no Estadual" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 7 April 2010.
- ^ "Martinho è un giocatore del Catania". Calcio Catania (in Italian). 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ "Paulista Midfielder Raphael Martinho Set To Become Catania's First Transfer Acquisition | Goal.com". Goal.
- ^ "Catania, è Raphael Martinho il brasiliano in arrivo – TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". tuttomercatoweb.com.
- ^ Marco Gori. "ITALY/ OFFICIAL, Catania sign Raphael Martinho". Archived from the original on 24 May 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Un rinforzo per il centrocampo: Raphael Martinho". hellasverona.it. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013.
- ^ "Risoluzione consensuale del contratto con Raphael Martinho". Calcio Catania spa sito ufficiale.
- ^ "Martinho ha rescisso il suo contratto" (in Italian). Virtus Entella. 1 February 2019.
- ^ "São Bento anuncia a contratação de Raphael Martinho". jornalcruzeiro.com.br. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020.
External links
[edit]- Raphael Martinho at Soccerway
- 1988 births
- Footballers from Campo Grande
- Living people
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Paulista Futebol Clube players
- Votoraty Futebol Clube players
- Catania FC players
- AC Cesena players
- Hellas Verona FC players
- AC Carpi players
- SSC Bari players
- Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players
- Virtus Entella players
- Esporte Clube São Bento players
- Manaus Futebol Clube players
- Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen