Rafael Explained

Rafael may refer to:

• Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin
• Rafael, California

Fiction

• Rafael (TV series), a Mexican telenovela
• Rafaël (film), a 2018 Dutch film

People

• Rafael (footballer, born 1978) (Rafael Pires Vieira), Brazilian football striker
• Rafael (footballer, born 1979) (Rafael da Silva Santos), Brazilian football defender
• Rafael (footballer, born 1980) (Rafael Pereira da Silva), Brazilian football right-back
• Rafael (footballer, born March 1982) (Rafael de Andrade Bittencourt Pinheiro), Brazilian football goalkeeper
• Rafael (footballer, born August 1982) (Rafael dos Santos Silva), Brazilian football striker
• Rafael (footballer, born 1984) (Alberto Rafael da Silva), Brazilian football goalkeeper
• Rafael (footballer, born 1986) (Rafael Diego de Souza), Brazilian football centre-back
• Rafael (footballer, born 1987) (Rafael da Silva Gomes), Brazilian footballer
• Rafael (footballer, born 1989) (Rafael Pires Monteiro), Brazilian football goalkeeper
• Rafael (footballer, born 1990) (Rafael Pereira da Silva), Brazilian football right-back for Botafogo
• Rafael (footballer, born 2002) (Rafael Luiz Santos da Costa), Brazilian football defender
• Alex Rafael (born 1988), Brazilian footballer

Other uses

• List of storms named Rafael
• Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology

See also

• Raphael (disambiguation)
• Dassault Rafale
• San Rafael (disambiguation)
• Raffaele