Rafael Crivellaro
Personal information
Full name Rafael Schuler Crivellaro
Date of birth (1989-02-18) 18 February 1989
Place of birth Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Chennaiyin
Number 50
Youth career
2007 Internacional
2007−2009 Empoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Caxias 10 (1)
2010 Guaratinguetá 9 (0)
2011−2015 Vitória Guimarães 41 (3)
2011–2012Trofense (loan) 23 (1)
2012−2015 Vitória Guimarães B 24 (15)
2015 Ajman Club 13 (5)
2015−2016 Wisła Kraków 20 (3)
2016−2017 Arouca 24 (3)
2017−2018 Sepahan 5 (0)
2018–2019 Feirense 31 (1)
2019–2022 Chennaiyin 27 (8)
2022–2023 Jamshedpur 10 (0)
2023– Chennaiyin 12 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:01, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

Rafael Schuler Crivellaro (born 18 February 1989) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Indian Super League club Chennaiyin.

Career

Born in Porto Alegre, Crivellaro youth development was spent at Internacional and Empoli. In 2009, he joined, Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul competing in the third tier. From there, he moved to Guaratinguetá making his professional debut on 19 October 2010 in a match against Icasa.[2]

Crivellaro joined Vitória Guimarães in January 2011,[3] being loaned to Trofense for the 2011-12 season on 26 August 2011.[4] The following year, he returned to Guimarães, competing in their first team, but also having short stints in their reserve-side, winning an award in November 2014 for SJPF Segunda Liga Player of the Month.[5]

On 28 January 2015, Crivellaro move to the Ajman Club, at the time, managed by Manuel Cajuda.[6] Not even six months later, on 24 June 2015, he moved to Poland, joining Wisła Kraków.[7]

Crivellaro joined Primeira Liga club Arouca on a two-year contract on 17 June 2016.[8]

On 3 September 2019,[9] Crivellaro penned a deal with Chennaiyin as their latest foreign recruit.[10] Crivellaro was appointed as captain of Chennaiyin FC in November 2020 ahead of the 2020–21 Indian Super League season. Later he was ruled out of the rest of the season due to an ankle injury.[11] On 16 July 2021, Chennayin FC announced that they have extended the contract of Crivellaro on a multi year deal.[12]

On 7 December 2022, Crivellaro joined Indian Super League rivals Jamshedpur on a contract until the end of the 2022–23 season.[13]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 December 2023[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] State league League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Caxias 2009 Série C 10009[lower-alpha 3]1101
Guaratinguetá 2010 Série B 70002[lower-alpha 4]090
Vitória de Guimarães 2010–11 Primeira Liga 20001030
2012–13 1404011191
2013–14 20310201[lower-alpha 5]01[lower-alpha 6]0253
2014–15 50101070
Total 41360511010544
Trofense (loan) 2011–12 Liga de Honra 23100231
Vitória Guimarães B 2012–13 Segunda Liga 10200102
2014–15 1413001413
Total 2415002415
Ajman Club 2014–15 UAE Pro League 13500135
Wisła Kraków 2015–16 Ekstraklasa 20310213
Arouca 2016–17 Primeira Liga 24300414[lower-alpha 5]0324
Sepahan 2017–18 Gulf Pro League 5050
Feirense 2017–18 Primeira Liga 111111
2018–19 2002030250
Total 3112030361
Chennaiyin 2019–20 Indian Super League 207207
2020–21 7171
Total 278278
Jamshedpur 2022–23 Indian Super League 100321[lower-alpha 7]0142
Chennaiyin 2023–24 Indian Super League 103003[lower-alpha 8]2135
Career total 23642122111122505228149

Honours

Vitória de Guimarães

Chennaiyin

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 Rafael Crivellaro at Soccerway
  2. "Americana 1-1 Icasa". Footballzz. 19 October 2010.
  3. "Rafael Crivellaro reforça meio-campo Vitoriano" [Rafael Cirvellaro strengthens the Vitoria's midfield]. vitoriasempre.net (in Portuguese). 7 January 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  4. "Rafael Crivellaro chega por empréstimo" [Rafael Crivellaro arrives on loan]. clubedesportivotrofense.blogspot.pt (in Portuguese). 26 August 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Crivellaro recebeu troféu de melhor jogador da Segunda Liga" [Crivellaro received trophy of best player in Segunda Liga]. ligaportugal.pt (in Portuguese). LPFP. 21 December 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  6. "Crivellaro ruma aos Emirados Árabes Unidos" [Crivellaro heads to United Arab Emirates]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  7. "Brazylijski pomocnik na testach medycznych w Wiśle" [Brazilian midfield having medical test at Wisla]. przegladsportowy.pl (in Polish). 24 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  8. "Rafael Crivellaro chega a Arouca" [Rafael Crivellaro arrives in Arouca] (in Portuguese). Arouca's Official Website. 17 June 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  9. "ISL: Chennaiyin FC signs Brazilian midfielder Rafael Crivellaro".
  10. "Chennaiyin rope in Rafael Crivellaro as their latest foreign recruit". Indian Super League. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  11. "Crivellaro Injured". footballexpress.in. 20 December 2020.
  12. "Rafael Crivellaro extends contract with Chennaiyin FC". Official Chennaiyin FC Website. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  13. "Jamshedpur FC complete the signing of midfielder Rafael Crivellaro". www.fcjamshedpur.com. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
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