Confirmed and official: Rafa signs new deal until 2027 | OneFootball

Rafa has extended his contract with FC Porto and will continue to represent the club he has been with since 2009. During this time, he has won seven championships, five Portuguese Cups, five Super Cups, one Elite Cup, one Champions League, one Intercontinental Cup, and one Continental Cup.

Born in Barcelos, the 34-year-old forward completed all his youth training at the local club before moving to Invicta in 2009, when he made his senior debut. In his first stint with FC Porto, he became a two-time national champion and won the António Livramento Super Cup before being loaned to HC Braga in 2011.

After his experience in Minho, he returned to OC Barcelos and had another loan spell at AD Valongo, before once again wearing the colors that propelled him onto the international stage. Since his return, he has added five more national titles and as many Cups, four Super Cups, one Elite Cup, one Champions League, one Intercontinental Cup, and one Continental Cup to his trophy cabinet.

At the national team level, Rafa has earned 113 caps and scored 81 goals, having won a World Cup (2019), two European Championships (2016 and 2025), two Nations Cups (2016 and 2019), and three Golden Cat awards (2022, 2024, and 2025), bidding farewell to the national team in the decisive match of the latest European Championship edition.

A month after being named Dragão de Ouro by the club members in the Pavilion Sports category – in a year in which he became a two-time national champion with FC Porto and a European champion with Portugal – the international renewed his contract until 2027, with an option for two more seasons, continuing to defend the blue and white colors.

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