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Rafael Veloso

Rafael Veloso

Portuguese footballer

Rafael Henriques Vasquez Veloso (born 3 November 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Norwegian club FK Gjøvik-Lyn.

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Club career

Born in Lourinhã, Lisbon District, Veloso graduated from Sporting CP's youth system, and joined C.F. Os Belenenses for his first year as a senior after a trial in England with Blackburn Rovers.[2] He acted as a backup to Matt Jones during his first season in a promotion to the Primeira Liga, 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.[3] He added a further two league matches in the top flight, one after replacing sent off Jones early into an eventual 2−3 home loss to C.D. Nacional also at the Estádio do Restelo.[4][5]

On 25 August 2014, Veloso was loaned to Deportivo de La Coruña's reserves in a season-long deal.[6] He returned to his homeland the following summer, signing with Clube Oriental de Lisboa also on loan.[7]

Veloso left Belenenses in December 2016, after terminating his contract.[8] Afterwards, he competed in Norway with Valdres FK[9] and in Iceland with Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja, on both occasions agreeing to two-year deals.[10]

In January 2020, Veloso moved to 07 Vestur in the Faroese second tier.[11] He returned to Norway one year later, joining third 3. divisjon club FK Gjøvik-Lyn.[12]

Match fixing scandal

On 26 May 2016, Veloso was arrested on suspicion of match fixing whilst at Oriental, which led to him being banned from playing professional football in Portugal.[13][14]

References

  1. [1]
    "Rafael Veloso" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Rafael Veloso assina hoje" [Rafael Veloso signs today]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Belenenses-Freamunde, 2−1: Triunfo sobre "lanterna vermelha"" [Belenenses-Freamunde, 2−1: Win over bottom-placed]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 May 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
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    "Belenenses-Nacional, 2−3: Velho Mateus trava inglório esforço azul" [Belenenses-Nacional, 2−3: Old Mateus stops fruitless blue effort]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 September 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
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    "Marinho sai do banco e decide em Coimbra" [Marinho comes off bench and decides in Coimbra]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 16 September 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  6. [6]
    "El Fabril se refuerza con el portero internacional portugués Rafael Veloso" [Fabril bolster with Portuguese international goalkeeper Rafael Veloso] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  7. [7]
    "Fernando, Rafael Marques e Rafael Veloso reforçam Oriental" [Fernando, Rafael Marques e Rafael Veloso bolster Oriental] (in Portuguese). Clube Oriental. 8 July 2015. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  8. [8]
    Santos, Luís (17 December 2016). "Filipe Mendes é a solução encontrada pelo Belenenses" [Filipe Mendes is the solution found by Belenenses] (in Portuguese). CA Notícias. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  9. [9]
    "Rafael Veloso har signert for Valdres" [Rafael Veloso has signed for Valdres] (in Norwegian). Valdres FK. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  10. [10]
    "FÓTBOLTI − ÍBV SEMUR VIÐ MARKMANN!" [Football − ÍBV negotiate with goalie!] (in Icelandic). ÍBV. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  11. [11]
    Guerra, Francisco (13 August 2020). "Rafael Veloso: "Ir para a Noruega foi das melhores decisões da minha vida"" [Rafael Veloso: "Moving to Norway was one of the best decisions of my life"] (in Portuguese). Futebol Alternativo. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  12. [12]
    "Rafael (27) kjøpte seg fri fra kontrakten og feiret jul i karantene pa hovdetun med hundene" [Rafael (27) bought out his contract and celebrated Christmas in quarantine at Hovdetun with dogs]. Oppland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 1 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.(subscription required)
  13. [13]
    Franco, Hugo; Candeias, Pedro; Gustavo, Rui (23 May 2017). "Três jogadores acusados de corrupção estão em clubes estrangeiros" [Three players charged with corruption are in clubs abroad]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  14. [14]
    "Football scandal: 15 arrested for rigging matches in Portugal's second division". Portugal Resident. 16 May 2018. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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