Player profile
Raphinha
Forward · Barcelona
Raphinha is Barcelona's talismanic Brazilian winger, who scored 21 goals in 2025/26 to help Hansi Flick's side to the La Liga title before a right-leg injury cut his World Cup short.
Career
Raphinha's 2025/26 season was one of Barcelona's most productive campaigns in years — the Brazilian scored 21 goals and set up eight more in 33 appearances across competitions under Hansi Flick, form that carried him back into Brazil's 26-man World Cup squad under Carlo Ancelotti.
His tournament in the US, Mexico and Canada was cut brutally short: a tear of the biceps femoris in his right leg, suffered during Brazil's 3-0 group-stage win over Haiti in Philadelphia on June 19, ended his World Cup after just two appearances.
How they play
A left-footed wide forward who cuts in from the right to shoot or combine centrally, Raphinha's game is built on directness and workrate as much as flair — he presses as hard as he attacks, which is part of why Flick trusts him in a system built around collective intensity.
Where they are now
Barcelona won both La Liga and the Spanish Super Cup in 2025/26 with Raphinha as a key attacking outlet, but his World Cup ended in tears rather than on the pitch: "It is a great pain that we have not reached where we dreamed of together," he said after Brazil's exit.
Bio
Club career
- FC BarcelonaSince 2022Current
- Leeds United F.C.2020–2022
- Stade Rennais F.C.2019–2020
- Sporting CP2018–2019
- Vitória S.C.2016–2018
- Vitória S.C. B2016
- Avaí Futebol Clube2015
International career
- Brazil men's national football teamSince 2021Current
Honours
No honours on record yet.
Defining moments
Injury ends his World Cup after two matches2026
A right-leg biceps femoris tear suffered during a 3-0 win over Haiti on June 19 ruled Raphinha out of the rest of Brazil's 2026 World Cup campaign, denying the Barcelona forward a chance to play a central role in Ancelotti's side.
Latest season stats (ESPN)
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Sources
- ESPN athlete profileAug 4, 2026
- WikidataAug 4, 2026
Read for this profile
- Yahoo Sports — Raphinha returns to the World Cup transformedAugust 4, 2026
- Barca Blaugranes — 'It's a great pain' - Raphinha speaks out after Brazil's World Cup 2026 exitAugust 4, 2026
Profile written / last reviewed August 4, 2026.
Data note: Ambiguous: 2 footballers matched this name on Wikidata (Q24451790, Q28861547); picked Q28861547 — age matched ESPN.
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