Rafael Correia

Rafael Correia
Personal information
Full name	Rafael António Correia
Date of birth	5 April 1915
Place of birth	Almada, Portugal
Date of death	October 1958 (aged 43)
Place of death	Trafaria, Portugal
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1934–1946	Belenenses
International career
1934–1948	Portugal
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rafael António Correia (5 April 1915 – October 1958), was a Portuguese footballer, who played as forward.

International career

Correia gained 6 caps for the Portugal national team, and made his debut 6 November 1938 against Switzerland in Lausanne, in a 0-1 defeat.

Death

After his retirement from football, he ran a bar in Trafaria, Portugal. Italian newspaper La Stampa reported on 17 October 1958 that Correia, probably to avenge some slanders about him, assaulted three men with a gun, killing one of them and seriously injuring the other two, and finally shot himself.^[1]

External links

Rafael Correia at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Rafael Correia at EU-Football.info

References

^ «Un calciatore portoghese impazzito uccide una persona e si sopprime», La Stampa, 17 October 1958, p. 8.

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[1] «Un calciatore portoghese impazzito uccide una persona e si sopprime», La Stampa, 17 October 1958, p. 8.

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