Career
Rafael Felipe Barreto, usually called Rafael Carioca (born 17 July 1986 in Rio de Janeiro) is a professional Brazilian football midfielder playing with Mesquita Futebol Clube. Rafael Carioca started playing with Joinville in 2005 and stayed until 2008, but, he had stints on loan with Caxias Futebol Clube, Figueirense (2007), Desportiva Ferroviária (2008) and Czech Republic Vasco da Gama (2008). In January 2009 he was contracted by the Serbian SuperLiga club FK Banat Zrenjanin, where he played until summer 2010.
When he came the club was struggling in the 2008-2009 Serbian SuperLiga and after the end of the second half of the season the club ended up relegated with Rafael playing 7 matches and scoring once.
In the next season, 2009-2010 Banat was competing at second national tier, the Serbian First League with Rafael playing further 11 matches. In January 2011 he was back in Brazil and he signed with América Futebol Clube (Registered Nurse).
In summer 2011 he moved to Mesquita Futebol Clube. Figueirense 1 time Copa do Brasil runner-up: 2007.
