Raphinha

CTL-E-5844 · Person · other · 1996–present

VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)

Combined Graph record U-07100 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5844.

Raphinha, born Raphael Dias Belloli on 14 December 1996 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, is a Brazilian winger for FC Barcelona and the Brazil national team. Raised in Restinga, a peripheral neighbourhood of Porto Alegre, he was rejected in trials at Internacional and Grêmio and played neighbourhood várzea football before joining Avaí and moving to Portugal's Vitória Guimarães in 2016. Spells at Sporting CP, where he won the 2019 Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga, and Rennes followed, before two Premier League seasons at Leeds United, where Barcelona's official biography credits him with 17 goals. He joined Barcelona in July 2022 and helped the club to the La Liga title in his first season. His 2024–25 campaign was career-defining: 34 goals in all competitions as Barcelona won a domestic treble of La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup, and he finished fifth in the 2025 Ballon d'Or voting.

The record

• Also known as: Raphael Dias Belloli

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Census Intake Wave 2 — 747 Program, Wave 8; 40-record packet). Gate A (2026-10-16): no Raphinha entity in the live graph at 3,523 entities (exact / normalized / alias + token containment); ID CTL-E-5844 free. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger, Tier 3 — Famous Birthdays ABSENT census, readiness rank 987 (Soccer Players list). The census supplied the NAME ONLY; no fact in this record is sourced to it (CTL-GOV-004). SCOPE GATE: PASS — Afro-Brazilian football figure — Black diaspora scope (Brazil). Vital status: LIVING — Barcelona first-team player in October 2026 fixtures (FC Barcelona official 2026/27 player page). CONFLICTS CARRIED: his 2024–25 assist total is counted differently by different counters — 22 (BeSoccer), 25 (ESPN/TNT Sports tradition), 26 (Sportskeeda) — while the 34-goal figure is consistent across all three. The assists figures are shown with their counters, never blended. STATISTICS (sourced, dated): 2024–25: 34 goals in 57 appearances; Barcelona domestic treble (La Liga, Copa del Rey, Spanish Super Cup); Champions League top scorer with 13 goals (Sportskeeda); fifth in the 2025 Ballon d'Or — accessed 2026-10-16. MEDIA: photo HELD (candidate: Wikimedia Commons and FC Barcelona/press photography of Raphinha is extensive; no file page was read at file-page level in this pass, so no image is cleared — CTL-PHOTO-001; a CTL-created graphic is the standing alternative); chart FILLED (charts/chart-ctl-e-5844-raphinha.svg); video HELD (the Shorts Link Map catalog was checked by name and variants, incl. accent-normalized forms — no matching-entity CTL Short exists for this subject); audio HELD (no CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio). MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person records carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: | chart = FILLED (CTL-created SVG (black / deep red / gold) built only from this record's sourced facts) | video = HELD (No matching-entity CTL Short in the Shorts Link Map catalog (checked by name and variants, incl. accent-normal) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio at staging; the subject's own recordings/appearances are )

Sources

• FC Barcelona official player page (2026/27) — Raphael Dias Belloli (Raphinha) born 14 December 1996 in Porto Alegre, Brazil; joined from Leeds United in summer 2022; Avaí youth; Vitória Guimarães; Sporting CP cup double; Rennes; 17 goals in two Leeds seasons; first Barça season 10 goals / 12 assists in the league-title campaign — https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/players/24156 (primary source · build store)
• Wikipedia, "Raphinha" — born 14 December 1996, Porto Alegre; career path Vitória Guimarães, Sporting CP, Rennes, Leeds United, Barcelona (2022– ); Brazil 43 caps / 12 goals as of September 2026 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphinha (build store)
• BeSoccer (September 2025) — fifth place in the 2025 Ballon d'Or; 2024/25: 57 appearances, 34 goals and 22 assists (this counter) as Barcelona won the La Liga / Copa del Rey / Spanish Super Cup treble — https://www.besoccer.com/new/raphinha-caps-incredible-year-with-top-5-finish-in-ballon-d-or-1373799 (build store)
• VAVEL biography — raised in Restinga, Porto Alegre; rejected at Internacional and Grêmio trials; várzea football until 18; named Barcelona club captain for 2026–27 — https://www.vavel.com/en/data/raphinha/bio/ (build store)

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