York Rafael
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 March 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Gävle, Sweden | ||
| Position(s) |
Left midfielder[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gefle IF | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2013 | Brynäs IF | ||
| 2013–2014 | Sandvikens IF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2018 | Sandvikens IF | 38 | (6) |
| 2016 | → Gefle IF (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2017[2] | → VfL Bochum (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | IFK Värnamo | 7 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Sandvikens IF (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2019–2021 | Kalmar FF | 37 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | AFC Eskilstuna | 53 | (8) |
| 2023– | Gefle IF | 23 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 |
Sweden U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 |
Sweden U19 | 11 | (1) |
| 2021– | Rwanda | 8 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 April 2024 | |||
York Rafael (born 17 March 1999) is a professional
Club career
 | This section needs to be updated. (January 2023) |
York Rafael started his football career with
After having been linked with a move to AIK,[8] Rafael instead joined Allsvenskan club Gefle IF on loan in August 2016.[9] He made his Gefle debut in Svenska Cupen, playing 90 minutes against Söderhamns FF on August 24.[10] It was followed up with his professional debut in Allsvenskan three days later against Djurgårdens IF, in which he came on as a substitute in the final minutes.[11]
On 11 December 2017, he joined IFK Värnamo in Superettan, Sweden's second tier.[12] During the 2018 season, York returned to his old club Sandvikens IF on loan.[13] On 11 December 2018, Kalmar FF announced, that they had signed Rafael on a deal until the end of 2021.[14]
International career
He won his first youth international cup for
Due to his dual citizenship with Rwanda, he was invited to play for Rwanda national football team in 2015.[16] He debuted with Rwanda in a 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Uganda on 7 October 2021.[17]
Personal life
Rafael was raised in Gävle, Sweden, to an Angolan father and Rwandese mother.[18][7][16] He is a practicing Christian.[19]
He cited Arjen Robben as his idol.[20]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 21 October 2016[21]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Gefle IF | 2016 | Allsvenskan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
References
- ^ York Rafael at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Officiellt: York Rafael återvänder till Sandvikens IF‚ fotbolltransfers.com, 3 March 2017
- ^ York Rafael at Soccerway
- ^ a b "York Rafael". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "A-lagsman som 15-åring – nu vill supertalangen utomlands" (in Swedish). FotbollDirekt.se. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Nu testar svenske talangen med Lazio" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen.se. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Southampton jagar svenske talangen" (in Swedish). Sportexpressen. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "AIK testar supertalangen" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Tshakasua lånas ut – York Rafael lånas in" (in Swedish). Gefle IF. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Matchinformation: Söderhamns FF mot Gefle IF". svenskfotboll.se. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Matchinformation: Djurgårdens IF mot Gefle IF". svenskfotboll.se. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ Välkommen York!‚ ifkvarnamo.se, 11 December 2017
- ^ "Inget utlandsäventyr för York – tillbaka i SIF". Sandvikens IF. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ York Rafael klar för Kalmar FF!, kalmarff.se, 11 December 2018
- ^ "York Rafael". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ a b "SIF-talangen får jättechans hos Premier League-lag" (in Swedish). Arbetarbladet.se. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Match Report of Rwanda vs Uganda - 2021-10-07 - WC Qualification". Global Sports Archive. 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
- ^ "Rafael York yahamagawe n'Amavubi U20, ariko ntazakina umukino wa Uganda" (in Kinyarwanda). umuseke.rw. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Ung talang med prisat stöd i ryggen" (in Swedish). SvT. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "York Rafael – Sandvikens IF" (in Swedish). Tonsser.com. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Y. Rafael". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
External links
- York Rafael at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archive)
- York Rafael national team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
- York Rafael at Soccerway