# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rafael-pires-vieira
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:58:15.211Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rafael-pires-vieira"
name: "Rafael Pires Vieira"
slug: "rafael-pires-vieira"
description: "Rafael Pires Vieira, better known simply as Rafael, is a Brazilian former football centre forward. He played a large part of his career in the Veikkausliiga in Finland, winning the goal kingship twice and becoming a Veikkausliiga legend in 2019."
tagline: "Brazilian footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rafael_Pires_Vieira_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1978-08-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.96
  momentum:             15.37037037037037
  historical:           12.20504
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9F%D1%96%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%94%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Рафаель Пірес Вієйра"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "رافاييل بيريس فييرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "رافايل پيريس ڤيرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "رافائل پیرس ویرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_(Fu%C3%9Fballspieler%2C_1978)"
    title: "Rafael (Fußballspieler, 1978)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_(footballer%2C_born_1978)"
    title: "Rafael (footballer, born 1978)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Pires_Vieira"
    title: "Rafael Pires Vieira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "رافائل پیرس ویرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_(jalkapalloilija%2C_1978)"
    title: "Rafael (jalkapalloilija, 1978)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_(football%2C_1978)"
    title: "Rafael (football, 1978)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Pires_Vieira"
    title: "Rafael Pires Vieira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Pires_Vieira"
    title: "Rafael Pires Vieira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_(ur._1978)"
    title: "Rafael (ur. 1978)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Pires_Vieira"
    title: "Rafael Pires Vieira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1373309"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump