Corinthians youth goalkeeper loaned to Santa Catarina side

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·4 March 2026

Corinthians youth goalkeeper loaned to Santa Catarina side

By Fabio Luigi / Central do Timão Editorial Team

In the early evening of last Tuesday (3), the loan of goalkeeper Rafael Juwer, 18 years old and belonging to Corinthians, to Criciúma, from Santa Catarina, was registered in the CBF Daily Information Bulletin (BID). The agreement with the southern region team will be valid until the end of the São Paulo Cup in 2027, and his contract with Alvinegro, in turn, ends in March next year.

This is the goalkeeper's second loan. This is because the goalkeeper was loaned to Roma, Italy, in the second half of 2024, where he stayed until July 2025. At the time, according to Meu Timão, the Italians chose not to exercise the purchase option set at 120 thousand euros (R$ 700 thousand at the time) provided in the contract, and, therefore, the athlete returned to Parque São Jorge.

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Upon his return to Parque São Jorge in the middle of last year, he was used in some matches of the Under-17 team in the Paulista Championship and the Brasileirão. During this period when he was called up, the main team of the category was in Spain, competing in the Andalusia Under-18 Tournament – Timãozinho was eliminated by Barcelona, on penalties, in the quarter-finals.

Rafael Juwer joined Corinthians in 2022 to be part of the Under-14 team. Later, he moved to the Under-15 category, where he was the starter in 2023 during the state championship runner-up campaign. From 2024 onwards, he was part of the Under-17 squad, where he was mostly a substitute, facing competition from names like Gustavo Milani and Arthur Borghi – the latter recently transferred to Hellas Verona, Italy.

Check out the athlete's contract with Criciúma in the BID below: