Brazilian defender Rafael da Silva began his national team career at u-17 level. He was part of the Brazil squad to the 2007 FIFA u-17 World Cup tournament in South Korea. Rafael da Silva could not prevent his team from suffering an early exit from the tournament.

Rafael da Silva and Brazil reached the round of 16 before they were knocked out by West African nation Ghana. Isaac Donkor scored the only goal of the game on the way to a 1-0 win over Brazil. Donkor scored the only goal of the game six minutes into the second half.

The post-Sir Alex Ferguson era at Manchester United began with the 2013 Community Shield clash withWigan Athletic. Sir Alex Ferguson was able to wrestle the Premier League title off noisy neighbours Manchester City in his final season in the Manchester United dugout. On their part, Wigan Athletic made an appearance at the 2013 edition of the Community Shield after stunning favourites Manchester City to win the 2013 FA Cup final.

Brazilian defender Rafael da Silva has opened up on how he left Manchester United reluctantly six years ago. Rafael da Silva left the Red Devils in 2015 under the Louis Van Gaal managerial reign.

Rafael da Silva talked extensively about his Old Trafford exit in an interview with English publication The Athletic last year. According to the Brazilian international, Dutchman Van Gaal told him to leave Manchester United without any explanation and that he was informed that the experienced manager didn't like Brazilians.

Brazilian defender Rafael da Silva still has hopes of making a return to the Premier League as revealed by the player in a recent interview with Sky Sports. According to him, it would be amazing to play Premier League football once again.

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Brazilian defender Rafael da Silva was an Istanbul Basaksehir player for just one season and during his time at the club, he didn't win any major trophy. As a matter of fact, Rafael da Silva joined Istanbul Basaksehir shortly after the club won the Turkish Super League title for the first time in their history.

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Brazilian defender Rafael da Silva has reacted to the news that Cristiano Ronaldo is back at Manchester United after 12 years. Rafael da Silva took to his official Twitter handle to express his delight at the move. According to him, the king is back.

Former Manchester United right-back Rafael da Silva has picked his six-a-side team in an exclusive interview with MUTV Group Chat as he found it hard to settle on his goalkeeper. Rafael da Silva had two options namely Edwin Van Der Sar and David De Gea.

Rafael da Silva changed his answer once on the goalkeeper for his team before he finally made the decision to start retired Dutch national team shot stopper Edwin Van Der Sar in goal. Van Der Sar is the current CEO (Chief Executive Officer) at Dutch Eredivisie side Ajax Amsterdam.

For the team in front of Van Der Sar, Rafael da Silva went for the likes of Ryan Giggs, Antonio Valencia, Cristiano Ronaldo, Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney.

With the current activities that English Premier League giants Manchester United have done in recent weeks and look like they will continue doing, they are sending a clear and strong message that they are very much interested in getting ready to start climbing the ladder back to the top of the elite club's list. The Red Devils have been busy both on and off the pitch recently and their fans are getting all excited about the new developments that have been taking place at the Theater of Dreams.

With the current activities that English Premier League giants Manchester United have done in recent weeks and look like they will continue doing, they are sending a clear and strong message that they are very much interested in getting ready to start climbing the ladder back to the top of the elite club's list. The Red Devils have been busy both on and off the pitch recently and their fans are getting all excited about the new developments that have been taking place at the Theater of Dreams.

He may not be remembered as one of the best players in the history of Manchester United, but alongside his brother, Rafael Da Silva donned the United shirt with great excitement and showed a lot of desire and passion to represent the club's crest.

The former Brazilian full back was signed by Sir Alex Ferguson alongside his brother, Fabio Da Silva and they both had decent spells at Old Trafford, winning titles at the club even though they didn't play crucial roles in getting the medals. United signing the two players further confirmed how Sir Alex would sometimes go for unknown players that he would try to build into top players.