On his 18th birthday, Raphinha sat alone in his tiny room in Florianopolis, staring at his phone. No messages. No calls. No offers. Injured and out of the Avai U20 team, he was on the verge of ...

Barcelona superstar Raphinha is among the leading contenders for this year’s Ballon d’Or, a development that every Leeds United fan who watched him at Elland Road could have predicted.

But it is Raphinha who has Barcelona looking like a championship-caliber team thanks to his clutch scoring. The Brazil forward has blossomed into an all-round player this campaign, shifting from ...

Raphinha has scored another goal against Benfica in a challenging first leg of the Champions League round of 16. The Brazilian winger intercepted a poor pass given by Antonio Silva in order to ...

That's when Raphinha summoned a moment of magic at just the right time. The Brazilian stepped in front of a misplaced pass by Benfica's Antonio Silva, took two dribbles and fired a rocket of a ...

The scorers could hardly have been further apart in the betting odds for the sides - Raphinha with two and Lamine Yamal with one in between for Barça, and Nicolás Otamendi for the Portuguese giants.

March 5 (Reuters) - Raphinha struck a second-half winner to give Barcelona a lion-hearted 1-0 victory at Benfica on Wednesday as they overcame a red card for Pau Cubarsi early in the game to steal ...

But it is Raphinha who has Barcelona looking like a championship-caliber team thanks to his clutch scoring. The Brazil forward has blossomed into an all-round player this campaign, shifting from ...