Rafael Felipe Scheidt (born February 10, 1976, in

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) is a retired

ian

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. He was signed by

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, manager of

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from Grêmio for £5 million and failed to make an impact. Plagued by injury and finding it hard to settle he started one game in the 1999–00 season against St Johnstone and was let out on loan to

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by new manager

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after just five appearances. Indeed, Scheidt later admitted that following an unimpressive showing in a pre-season friendly O'Neill had told him "I like footballers who are not like you", further adding "I like footballers who play well." ''

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'' newspaper called Scheidt the second worst transfer in the history of football, behind

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, in an article published in 2001.The 10 biggest wastes of money in football history
Scheidt's loan spell at Corinthians came to an end in 2002, and he maintained his hope of making it at Celtic, informing the Sunday Herald that "I want this year to be known as the Scheidt year". However, he no longer met UK work permit requirements and Celtic paid off the remainder of his contract. He then returned to Brazil, joining Atlético Mineiro. A year later he signed for

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, before being released by them in 2006. Scheidt won three caps for

in 1999 shortly prior to his transfer to Celtic. These games were friendlies and rumours later surfaced that Brazilian based players at that time were being handed caps in return for sweeteners from their clubs wanting to sell them to European clubs for large transfer fees.

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