Rafael Leao

Rafael Leao: Biography in Details

Who is Rafael Leao?

Rafael Leao aka Rafael Alexandre da Conceição Leão is a Portuguese professional football player.

Currently, he actively plays for the Portugal national team as well as the Serie A club, AC Milan, as a forward.

Being a lively player in the 2022 FIFA World Cup a Portuguese player, scored a brace against, Ghana, in the 80th minute of the game.

It was held at Stadium 974 in Doha, Qatar on November 24, 2022.

In the end, Portugal beat Ghana by 3-2.

Rafael Leao- Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, Education

The AC Milan footballer Rafael was born on 10 June 1999, in Almada, Portugal.

As of 2023, he is 23 years old and holds Portuguese nationality.

Similarly, his ethnicity is mixed and as per the astrologers, his birth sign is Gemini.

Adding more, he was born to his father, Antonio Leao, and mother, Conceicao Leao.

He is the single son of his parents and has three sisters named, Paulo Leao, Bianca Leao, and Nadia Leao.

There is no info related to his educational life at the moment.

Rafael Leao- Professional Life, Careers

Rafael started his football career at age 17 when he joined Sporting CP B in the Liga.

He spent 2 years there and made a complete appearance of 12 matches and scored 7 goals.

Later, he was named to the senior side, Sporting CP, in 2017. All total, he only played 5 matches and made 2 goals. Shortly after, he joined the French League 1.

After making his name at Lille in 2018-2019 united 1, he made the best move of his career so far by joining AC Milan of Serie A in 2019-2020.

Since joining AC Milan in 2019, he has made a big impact in the Italian club making a total of 135 appearances and scoring 34 goals by far.

In 2021, Rafael has been called up twice by the Portuguese National Team.

Currently, he is an active player in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, playing for Portugal’s national team.

On November 24, 2022, Rafael scored his first-ever international brace in the 89th minute of the FIFA World Cup 2022 game, against, Ghana, which was held at Stadium 974 in Doha, Qatar.

Rafael Leao- Net worth, Salary

According to the sources, the Portuguese footballer Rafael Leao‘s net worth is calculated to be around $1.5 Million as of 2023.

Having a net worth in millions, he makes a good amount as a footballer.

Apart from this, he adds his wealth through sponsorship deals.

Did Joao Rafael Leao Score In Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022?

On November 24, 2022, Rafael scored a brace in the 89th minute of the FIFA World Cup 2022 game, against, Ghana, which was held at Stadium 974 in Doha, Qatar.

Before his goal, Christiano Ronaldo scored his debut FIFA World Cup 2022 goal, in 65 minutes of the game.

Then, fellow player, Joao Félix added another goal in the 78th minute of the game, which took Portugal to a victory against Ghana by 3-0.

Body Features- Height, Weight

The Portuguese national player, Rafael stands at the height of 6 feet 2 inches and weighs around 81 kg.

Adding more, he has a fair complexion, along with a pair of dark brown eyes and black hair.

Social Media

Being one of the national players from Portugal, Rafael Leao is very active on social media platforms.

On his verified Instagram account, @iamrafaeleao93, he is followed by nearly 1.7 million people.

On the other hand, he joined Twitter in January 2017 and is able to able to rack up more than 284k followers on it.

There is also an official Facebook page under his name, that has garnered more than 120k followers.

Other than this, he is also active on TikTok and has around 601.8k followers on it.

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