Rafael Schuler Crivellaro (born 18 February 1989) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as an

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Career

Born in

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, Crivellaro youth development was spent at Internacional and

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. In 2009, he joined,

Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul, commonly known as Caxias, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. The team plays in Série C, the third tier of the Brazilian football lea ...

competing in the third tier. From there, he moved to

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making his professional debut on 19 October 2010 in a match against

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. Crivellaro joined Vitória Guimarães in January 2011, being loaned to Trofense for the 2011-12 season on 26 August 2011. The following year, he returned to Guimarães, competing in their first team, but also having short stints in their reserve side, winning an award in November 2014 for SJPF Segunda Liga Player of the Month. On 28 January 2015, Crivellaro moved to the

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, which was managed at the time by

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. Not even six months later, on 24 June 2015, he moved to

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, joining

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. Crivellaro joined

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club Arouca on a two-year contract on 17 June 2016. On 3 September 2019, Crivellaro penned a deal with Chennaiyin as their latest foreign recruit. Crivellaro was appointed as captain of Chennaiyin FC in November 2020 ahead of the

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. Later he was ruled out of the rest of the season due to an ankle injury. On 16 July 2021, Chennayin FC announced that they have extended the contract of Crivellaro on a multi-year deal. On 7 December 2022, Crivellaro joined Indian Super League rivals

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on a contract until the end of the 2022–23 season.

Career statistics

Honours

Vitória de Guimarães *

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Chennaiyin *

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runner-up: 2019–20 Individual * SJPF Segunda Liga Player of the Month: November 2014

References

External links

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Super League Profile
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