Rafael Galhardo

Rafael Galhardo
Personal information
Full name Rafael Galhardo de Souza
Date of birth (1991-10-30) 30 October 1991
Place of birth Nova Friburgo, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
Atlético Paranaense
(on loan from Anderlecht)
Number 2
Youth career
2007 Friburguense
2008–2010 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Flamengo 13 (0)
2012–2015 Santos 17 (0)
2014Bahia (loan) 5 (1)
2015Grêmio (loan) 33 (2)
2016– Anderlecht 1 (0)
2016–Atlético Paranaense (loan) 6 (0)
National team
2011 Brazil U20 9 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 November 2016.


Rafael Galhardo de Souza (born 30 October 1991), known as Rafael Galhardo or simply Galhardo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Atlético Paranaense, on loan from Belgian club Anderlecht.

Club career

Born in Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Galhardo was a Flamengo youth graduate. He made his first team – and Série A – debut on 20 August 2009, coming on as a second-half substitute for Jorbison in a 1–2 home loss against Cruzeiro.[1]

Galhardo was definitely promoted to the main 2010, spending the following years mainly as a backup to Léo Moura. He scored his first senior goal on 27 April 2011, netting the first in a 3–0 away win against Horizonte, for the year's Copa do Brasil.

On 18 May 2012 Galhardo moved to Santos, along with Flamengo teammate David Braz, in an exchange for Ibson.[2] He was mainly a second-choice to Bruno Peres during his first year.

On 20 December 2013, after being demoted to third-choice after the arrival of Cicinho, Galhardo was loaned to fellow league team Bahia for a year.[3] Rarely used during the first half of the campaign, he was only utilized in the last five league matches as a defensive midfielder.[4]

On 10 January 2015 Galhardo moved to Grêmio in a season-long loan deal.[5] He quickly established himself as an undisputed starter by appearing in 33 matches and scoring two goals, one of them against his former club Santos, and was also named the tournament's best right back by magazine Placar.[6]

Personal life

Galhardo's older brother, Marquinhos was also a footballer. A midfielder, he represented Friburguense before dying from a car accident in April 2013.[7]

Career statistics

As of 16 November 2016[8]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Flamengo 2009 Série A 3030
2010 601070
2011 50402120131
2012 00601070
Subtotal 140110213000301
Santos 2012 Série A 5050
2013 1203061211
Subtotal 1703061261
Bahia (loan) 2014 Série A 5110001071
Grêmio (loan) 2015 Série A 33210060492
Anderlecht 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 1010
Atlético Paranaense (loan) 2016 Série A 601070
Career total 76325015230101205

Honours

Club

Flamengo

International

Individual

References

  1. "Cruzeiro vence no Maracanã e desencadeia crise no Flamengo" [Cruzeiro wins at the Maracanã and unleashes a crisis at Flamengo] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  2. "David Braz e Rafael Galhardo conversam com a Santos TV" [David Braz and Rafael Galhardo talk with Santos TV] (in Portuguese). Santos' official website. 18 May 2012.
  3. "Terceira opção no Santos, Galhardo acerta com Bahia até o fim de 2014" [Third option at Santos, Galhardo signs with Bahia until the end of 2014] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  4. "De volta à titularidade no Bahia, Galhardo agradece a Charles Fabian" [Back to the starting spot at Bahia, Galhardo thanks Charles Fabian] (in Portuguese). Terra. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  5. "Grêmio acerta o empréstimo do lateral Galhardo, do Santos, por um ano" [Grêmio completes the loan of full-back Galhardo, from Santos, for a year] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  6. "Galhardo mantém domínio gremista em laterais na Bola de Prata" [Galhardo maintains gremista domain in the full-backs in Bola de Prata] (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  7. "Irmão de Galhardo, do Santos, morre em acidente de carro" [Brother of Galhardo, from Santos, dies in a car accident] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  8. Rafael Galhardo profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
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