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In his professional career, the Brazilian striker of Catalan Barcelona Dias had considerable experience in various European championships, playing for the Portuguese Vistoria Gimaresh, Sporting, French Renn and English Lidz before he finally moved to Spain.

And only as a peacock player in the fall of 2021 began an international part of the player in the “Pentacampons” from the match against Venezuela (3: 1) in the qualification to the World Cup-2022.

However, this part of Rafinha’s career could have taken place differently-the attacker had the opportunity to play for the Italian national team, than the “Squadra Apzurra” planned to use in the context of speeches at the European Championships 2020 a few months before the registration of the player in Brazil.

“I had to go to the euro as part of the Italian national team, which she won in 2021. Everything was almost ready for it. But fortunately, my passport was not received in time.

At that moment, different people from the national team of Italy called me. Dahlia called me constantly. The Italian staff had a wonderful project for me, who was very interested in.

But at the same time, at my heart, I still had one percent of hope that I could wear Brazil’s T -shirt. And fortunately, my Italian passport was not ready in time! “, – said Brazilian football player.

Since then, Rafinha has already played 33 matches for Brazil, scoring 11 goals and giving seven goals.