Rafa Ancheta
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rafaela Medina Ancheta[1][2] | ||
Date of birth | [1][2] | 2 January 1997||
Place of birth | Porto Alegre, Brazil[2] | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back, defensive midfielder[1][2] | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Real Brasília | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016 | Estância Velha | ||
2017–2019 | Grêmio | ||
2020 | Granadilla | 0 | (0) |
2021– | Real Brasília | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2019– | Uruguay | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 January 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 October 2019 |
Rafaela Medina Ancheta (born 2 January 1997), known as Rafa Ancheta, is a Brazilian-born Uruguayan footballer who plays as a centre-back for Real Brasília and the Uruguay women's national team.
Early life[]
Rafa Ancheta was born in Porto Alegre to Alfonso Medina and Gabriela Ancheta. She has a brother, Rodrigo, who is also a footballer.[3]
International career[]
Rafa Ancheta made her formal debut for Uruguay on 4 March 2019 in a 0–6 friendly loss against France.
Personal life[]
Rafa Ancheta is the granddaughter of former Uruguayan international footballer Atilio Ancheta.
References[]
- ^ a b c Rafa Ancheta at Soccerway
- ^ a b c d "Rafa Ancheta Meio Campo" (in Portuguese). Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Otro Ancheta con la celeste". Urugol (in Spanish). 7 August 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
Categories:
- 1997 births
- Living people
- People with acquired Uruguayan citizenship
- Uruguayan women's footballers
- Women's association football central defenders
- Women's association football fullbacks
- Women's association football midfielders
- UD Granadilla Tenerife players
- Uruguay women's international footballers
- Uruguayan expatriate women's footballers
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
- Sportspeople from Porto Alegre
- Brazilian women's footballers
- Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players
- Brazilian people of Uruguayan descent
- Brazilian expatriate women's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Uruguayan women's football biography stubs
- Uruguayan football defender, 1990s birth stubs
- Brazilian women's football biography stubs
- Brazilian football defender, 1990s birth stubs