Raphael Vieira De Oliveira

Club

Funvic Taubaté

Nationality

Brazil

Birth Date

14/06/1979

Birth Place

São José Del Rei/MG

Height

190 cm

Weight

82 kg

#20 - RAPHAEL VIEIRA DE OLIVEIRA (RAPHAEL) – SETTER

Height: 1,90m

Weight: 82kg

Birth Date: 14/06/1979

BirthPlace: São João Del Rei (MG)

Team: Halkbank Ankara(Turquia)

In 1999, Raphael defended Brazil’s national team in the Junior World Championship and placed third. In 2004, disputed his last season on Superliga, placing second with Ulbra (RS). Since then, the setter moved for Russia, to play for Dynamo. In 2005, took part on the adult national team and won the gold medal in the South American Championship. In the next year, he moved to Italy and went on to defend CallipoDesporto. Righ after, playing for Trentino, won the Champions League in 2011. After a few years in the country, Raphael moved to Turkey in the season 13/14, defending nowadays theHalkbank Ankara. In 2013, he conquered the Grand Champions Cup with the national team. In 2014, he was part of the team that achieve the silver medal in the FIVB World League.