# Rafael Leão

> The winger who walked away from Sporting CP after ultras stormed the training ground, then rebuilt in Milan - where his speed down the left flank delivered a Serie A title and an MVP crown before a move to Turkey.

*Portuguese footballer (born 1999)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/rafael-leao

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Football / Soccer Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857))
- **Category:** Footballers
- **Country:** Portugal
- **Born:** 1999-06-10
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Rafael Leão came through Sporting CP's academy and broke into the first team in 2018, lifting the Taça da Liga that season. Then a mob of ultras invaded the club's facilities, and Leão tore up his contract on the spot. He landed at Lille on a free transfer, spent one year in Ligue 1, and moved to AC Milan in August 2019. At Milan his dribbling and pace made him a fixture on the left, and in 2021-22 he helped win the Serie A title and was named the league's Most Valuable Player. He stayed seven seasons before joining Galatasaray in 2026. For Portugal he won the under-17 European Championship in 2016, debuted for the senior side in 2021, and played at two World Cups and Euro 2024, adding a Nations League title in 2025.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 64.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 30.0 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 29.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 79.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 80.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 90.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #7
- **Category rank:** #114

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/RafaeLeao7 (@RafaeLeao7)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12041615/ (@nm12041615)
- **INSTAGRAM**: https://www.instagram.com/iamrafaeleao93/ (@iamrafaeleao93)
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/RafaelLeaoofficiel (@RafaelLeaoofficiel)

## Timeline
- **2026** - Galatasaray S.K.
- **2021** - Portugal men's national football team
- **2018** - Lille OSC
- **2017** - Portugal national under-21 football team
- **2017** - Portugal national under-20 football team
- **2017** - Sporting CP
- **2015** - Portugal national under-17 football team
- **2014** - Portugal national under-16 football team
- **1999** - Born

## Sources
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- [拉斐尔·莱昂](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8B%89%E6%96%90%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E8%8E%B1%E6%98%82)
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- [Леан, Рафаэл](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB)
- [Рафаел Леао](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BE)
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- [Ραφαέλ Λεάο](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%AD%CE%BB_%CE%9B%CE%B5%CE%AC%CE%BF)
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- [하파엘 레앙](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%98%ED%8C%8C%EC%97%98_%EB%A0%88%EC%95%99)

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