Rafael Luiz Baüml Tesser (born 16 May 1981), better known as Tesser, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as defender.

Career

He began his professional career playing with Tarmandaré in 2000. From 2001 to 2004, he was at

Coritiba Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as heCoxa, is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909 by German immigrants, it is the olde ...

at Série A. In January 2005, he signed a one-year contract with

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at Série A. He then played for

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and Ituano at Série B. In January 2007, transfer window he joined

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team

U.S. Lecce Unione Sportiva Lecce () is a Football in Italy, professional Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia. The club play in Serie A in the 2023–24 Serie A, 2023–24 season, the top level of the Italian football league system, Italian footb ...

. He then joined

Taranto Sport Taranto Football Club 1927, commonly referred to as Taranto, is a professional Italian football club, based in Taranto, Apulia. Originally founded in 1927 by the union of two pioneering clubs that created the first city squad, Taranto currently ...

. Tesser was on a tryout at Serbian

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which was managed by his former coach at

US Lecce Unione Sportiva Lecce () is a professional Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia. The club play in Serie A in the 2023–24 season, the top level of the Italian football pyramid. Lecce plays its home games at Stadio Via del Mare, wh ...

, Zdenek Zeman, but he did not pass tryout at Serbian

. Then he was signed by Italian

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side

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. In March 2009, he signed a contract until the end of season with

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at Série C. In August 2009, he rejoined

References

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