Rafael Forster

Rafael Forster (born 23 July 1990) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender for São Bernardo. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a left-back.

Rafael Forster

Personal information
Full name	Rafael Forster
Date of birth	(1990-07-23) 23 July 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	São José, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Centre back, Left back
Team information
Current team	São Bernardo
Youth career
2002–2009	Internacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	Internacional	0	(0)
2011	→ Náutico (loan)	3	(0)
2011	Audax	0	(0)
2012–2013	Audax Rio	26	(1)
2014–2015	Brasil de Pelotas	48	(6)
2015	Goiás	18	(0)
2016–2017	Zorya Luhansk	34	(6)
2017–2020	Ludogorets Razgrad II	9	(0)
2017–2020	Ludogorets Razgrad	29	(0)
2020–2021	Botafogo	22	(0)
2021	Juventude	39	(0)
2022	Juventude	28	(0)
2023	Santo André	3	(0)
2023	CSA	21	(0)
2023	Avaí	2	(0)
2024–	São Bernardo	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 December 2023

Club career

Born in São José, Santa Catarina, Rafael Forster was an Internacional youth graduate. On 1 March 2010 he was loaned to Náutico,^[1] making his senior debuts in that year's Campeonato Pernambucano.

After representing Audax São Paulo and Audax Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Forster signed for Brasil de Pelotas on 12 March 2013.^[2] After impressing with the latter, he joined Goiás on 20 April 2015.^[3]

Rafael Forster made his Série A debut on 10 May, starting in a 0–0 away draw against Vasco.^[4]

On 30 August 2017, Forster signed with Bulgarian champions Ludogorets Razgrad.^[5]

Honours

Ludogorets

• Bulgarian First League (3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
• Bulgarian Supercup (2): 2018, 2019

References

1. Rafael Forster fala em aproveitar a oportunidade no Náutico (Rafael Forster talks about seizing his opportunity at Náutico); ZH Esportes, 1 March 2010 (in Portuguese)
2. Rafael Forster é o novo lateral-esquerdo do Brasil (Rafael Forster is the new left-back of Brasil); Futebol Daqui, 12 March 2013 (in Portuguese)
3. Goiás fecha com o lateral esquerdo Rafael Forster, do Brasil de Pelotas (Goiás signs with left back Rafael Forster, from Brasil de Pelotas); Globo Esporte, 20 April 2015 (in Portuguese)
4. Sem tempero: Vasco e Goiás ficam no empate sem gols em São Januário (Without sauce: Vasco and Goiás draw blank at São Januário); Globo Esporte, 10 May 2015 (in Portuguese)
5. "Опитен защитник подписа с Лудогорец" (in Bulgarian). ludogorets.com. 30 August 2017.

External links

• Rafael Forster at Soccerway