About Rafael Ferreira de Souza
Born 1988. Rafael Ferreira de Souza is a Brazilian basketball player.
Rafael "Rafa" Ferreira de Souza, commonly known as Rafael "Rafa" Mineiro, (born June 3, 1988) is a Brazilian professional basketball player. He currently plays with the Flamengo team of the Novo Basquete Brasil, in Brazil.
Professional career In his pro club career, Mineiro has played in both the South American 2nd-tier level FIBA South American League, and the South American 1st-tier level FIBA Americas League.
National team career Mineiro represented the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team at the 2015 FIBA AmeriCup, in Mexico City. He also played at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup.
NBB career statistics
NBB regular season †Denotes seasons in which Rafael Mineiro won NBB championship
Season Team 2009 Paulistano 21 24.6 .557 .214 .685 5.3 .6 .7 .8 11.2 2009–10 São José 10 22.6 .672 .143 .563 4.8 .8 1.2 .1 11.1 2010–11 São José 21 24.3 .554 .256 .667 4.0 1.3 .9 .5 8.2 2011–12 Pinheiros 28 14.0 .678 .188 .600 2.3 .5 .7 .7 5.5 2012–13 Pinheiros 33 32.6 .596 .358 .704 5.1 1.3 .7 .7 13.9 2013–14 Pinheiros 29 30.7 .611 .361 .616 5.1 1.7 .8 1.0 12.4 2014–15 Limeira 25 27.7 .579 .292 .697 4.9 1.6 .6 .7 10.6 2015–16† Flamengo 28 21.9 .544 .353 .673 3.9 1.1 .4 .6 8.0 2016–17 Flamengo 28 20.2 .531 .323 .620 3.6 1.4 .5 .3 5.9 2017–18 Franca 24 24.5 .577 .259 .662 5.6 1.0 1.0 .4 7.7 2018–19† Flamengo 26 20.0 .540 .267 .579 4.6 1.2 0.5 .2 6.9 Career 273 24.2 .582 .319 .654 4.4 1.2 .7 .6 9.2
NBB playoffs Season Team 2010 São José 7 25.7 .606 .000 .630 4.4 1.6 1.3 .6 8.1 2011 São José 8 25.2 .474 .400 .600 5.3 1.1 1.0 .6 7.9 2012 Pinheiros 7 13.6 .647 .286 .625 2.1 .7 .1 .4 4.7 2013 Pinheiros 10 30.2 .500 .259 .714 3.8 1.4 .5 .7 9.8 2014 Pinheiros 4 34.0 .519 .211 .500 5.3 1.8 .8 1.0 12.0 2015 Limeira 7 21.9 .467 .286 .778 3.0 1.6 .7 .3 7.9 2016† Flamengo 13 19.5 .533 .250 .600 3.5 .8 .5 .6 7.0 2017 Flamengo 5 21.1 .609 .333 .929 3.8 1.0 .4 1.0 9.4 2017 Franca 3 20.9 .353 .000 1.000 5.0 1.0 .7 .3 4.3 2019† Flamengo 12 19.2 .510 .231 .480 4.8 .7 .3 .8 6.1 Career 76 22.6 .518 .256 .640 4.0 1.1 .6 .6 7.6
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Brazilian basketball player (born 1988)
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Rafael Ferreira de Souza was born on 3 June 1988 in Uberaba.
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Rafael Ferreira de Souza is a basketball player.
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Rafael Ferreira de Souza is Brazilian.
Sources & further reading
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