Rafael Vaz dos Santos (born 17 September 1988) is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Náutico.

Career

Flamengo

On 8 June 2016

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signed Rafael after his contract with

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expired.

Universidad de Chile (loan)

On 25 January 2018 Flamengo loaned Vaz to

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until the end of 2018.

Career statistics

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Honours

;Ceará *

Campeonato Cearense The Campeonato Cearense is the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Ceará. It is run by the Ceará Football Federation (FCF). In over a hundred years of competition, only 11 clubs have won the title. List of champio ...

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;Vasco da Gama *

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Championship), also commonly known as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Br ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

;Flamengo *

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

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* 1988 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Chilean Primera División players Qatar Stars League players SE Palmeiras players Clube Atlético Votuporanguense players Paraná Clube players Vila Nova Futebol Clube players Ceará Sporting Club players CR Vasco da Gama players CR Flamengo footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers Goiás Esporte Clube players Al-Khor SC players Avaí FC players São Bernardo FC players Londrina Esporte Clube players Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Men's association football defenders People from Caieiras Footballers from São Paulo (state) Clube Náutico Capibaribe players 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-footy-defender-1980s-stub