Rafael Henriques Vasquez Veloso (born 3 November 1993) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for Norwegian club

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Club career

Born in

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Lisbon District Lisbon District () is a district located along the western coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Lisbon, which is also the national capital. From its creation until 1926, it included the area of the current Setúbal District. ...

, Veloso graduated from

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's youth system, and joined

C.F. Os Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses (), commonly known as Os Belenenses or simply Belenenses, is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 19,856 ...

for his first year as a senior after a trial in England with

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. He acted as a backup to Matt Jones during his first season in a promotion to the

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, his only appearance coming on 18 May 2013 in a 2−1 home win against S.C. Freamunde where he came on as a late substitute for Filipe Mendes. He added a further two league matches in the

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, one after replacing

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Jones early into an eventual 2−3 home loss to

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also at the

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. On 25 August 2014, Veloso was loaned to

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...

's reserves in a

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-long deal. He returned to his homeland the following summer, signing with

Clube Oriental de Lisboa Clube Oriental de Lisboa is a Portuguese football club based in Lisbon. Founded in 1946, it currently competes in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home games at ''Campo Engenheiro Carlos Salema'', with an 8,500 capacity. History In January 19 ...

also on loan. Veloso left Belenenses in December 2016, after terminating his contract. Afterwards, he competed in Norway with

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and in Iceland with

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, on both occasions agreeing to two-year deals. In January 2020, Veloso moved to

07 Vestur 07 Vestur is a Faroe Islands, Faroese football (soccer), football club, which was founded in 2007. It is located in Sandavágur and Sørvágur on Vágar island. History The club was founded 18 December 1993 as FS Vágar. It was a merger of Vág ...

in the Faroese second tier. He returned to Norway one year later, joining third 3. divisjon club

Match fixing scandal

On 26 May 2016, Veloso was arrested on suspicion of

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whilst at Oriental, which led to him being banned from playing professional football in Portugal.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Veloso, Rafael 1993 births Living people 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Lisbon District Men's association football goalkeepers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players C.F. Os Belenenses players Clube Oriental de Lisboa players Tercera División players Deportivo Fabril players Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja players 07 Vestur players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Expatriate men's footballers in the Faroe Islands Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Norway Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Iceland