“I am attracted to the hunger to win from this project,” said the new player of the San Sebastian club
MADRID, 27 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish-Brazilian midfielder from Paris Saint Germain Rafael Alcántara do Nascimento ‘Rafinha’ will play on loan to Real Sociedad until the end of the 2021-22 season, following the agreement reached between both clubs, the txuri urdin club reported in a statement.
Rafinha, who underwent the medical examination at the Gipuzkoa Polyclinic this Monday, has signed his contract at the Reale Arena offices with the entity’s president, Jokin Aperribay, and will be presented this Tuesday (10:00) in the press room of the Reale Arena.
“I am very excited and happy to have come to this club. I am attracted to this project and the hunger to win. I am very excited to learn and be able to show the footballer that I am. We must continue to grow. The game of ball possession attracts, yes If we didn’t touch him, it would be more difficult. I know the coach a lot and I’m really looking forward to putting myself at his orders, “he said in statements to ‘Real Sociedad TV’ which is collected by Europa Press.
Rafinha was born in Sao Paulo on February 12, 1993. Raised in the quarry of FC Barcelona, he went through the lower categories of the culé club until he made his debut with the first team when he was 18 years old. In the 2013-14 season he left on loan to Celta de Vigo and, after a good year, returned to the Blaugrana discipline, where he remained until the 17-18 season.
In that course he played on loan at Inter Milan. After a course in the Italian league, Rafinha returned to Barça before returning to Vigo in the 2019-20 season and, the following year, was transferred to Paris Saint Germain. He was international in the lower categories of the Spanish team, but made his debut with the Brazilian team, with which he has played two games.