Rafael Rocha, better known as Rato (born 14 March 1989 in Ribeirão Preto

Ribeirão Preto

Ribeirão Preto is a municipality and city in the Northeastern region of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is nicknamed Brazilian California, because of a combination of an economy based on agrobusiness plus high technology, wealth and sunny weather all year long. With 605,114 inhabitants,...

) is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian professional football player who currently plays for FC Politehnica Timişoara

FC Politehnica Timişoara

Fotbal Club Politehnica Timişoara is a Romanian football club which was established in 1921 and is currently playing in Romania's second league, Liga II...

 in Romanian Liga 1.

Early career

Rocha began his youth career at Desportivo Brasil

Desportivo Brasil

Desportivo Brasil Participações Ltda., commonly known as Desportivo Brasil is a Brazilian football club based in Porto Feliz, São Paulo state.-History:Traffic Group founded Desportivo Brasil on November 19, 2005, and it manages the club since then...

. He signed with Botafogo after loan spell at São Bento.

Politehnica Timişoara

On 7 September 2010 Rafael signed with Poli. He signed a five years deal and he was handed the number 30.After he signed the contract, said : "I am very pleased that I'm here is a unique opportunity. Poli is a great team and I want to match the value of this team". He made his debut for Politehnica Timişoara on Dan Păltinişanu

Stadionul Dan Paltinisanu

Dan Păltinişanu Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Timişoara, Romania. It is currently used mostly for football matches by the local team, Politehnica Timişoara...

 on 26 February 2011 against Gaz Metan Mediaş

CS Gaz Metan Medias

Clubul Sportiv Gaz Metan Mediaș is a Romanian professional football club from Mediaș, Sibiu county, founded in 1945, and currently playing in the Romanian first division.- First promotion in Divizia A :...

.He played just five minutes replaced Ianis Zicu

Ianis Zicu

Ianis Alin Zicu is a Romanian football midfielder who currently plays for Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia.- Dinamo Bucureşti :...

.

External links

Official FCPTM profile

• Profile at Zerozero