Barcelona in-form captain equals document held by membership icons Rivaldo and Neymar

Raphinha turns 28 right this moment and the Barcelona star absolutely has no scarcity of causes to have a good time, having emerged as one of many membership’s greatest performers this season.

With a complete of 17 targets and 10 assists, Raphinha has been one in every of Europe’s best-performing attackers.

And to mark his twenty eighth birthday, Barcelona have reminded everybody (h/t Mundo Deportivo) that Raphinha has just lately equalled a document held by the likes of Rivaldo and Neymar.

Raphinha’s latest document

Within the calendar yr of 2024, Raphinha has been concerned in 12 Champions League targets for Barcelona this season.

9 of them have come within the ongoing marketing campaign, with the ahead notably scoring in opposition to the likes of Bayern Munich, Younger Boys, Purple Star and most just lately, Borussia Dortmund.

Raphinha was a livewire in opposition to Dortmund (Photograph by Lars Baron/Getty Pictures)

The objective in opposition to Dortmund took his tally to 12, which marks the very best variety of UCL targets a Brazilian has been concerned in throughout a calendar yr – equalling a document held by Neymar, Rivaldo and Vinicius Jr., amongst others.

Rivaldo was the primary participant to attain this mark in 2000, netting 11 targets and one help. The next yr, Giovane Elber racked up comparable numbers for Bayern Munich.

Their data remained till Neymar got here alongside, scoring 9 targets and mustering three assists for Barcelona in 2015.

The Brazilian equalled the document once more for PSG In 2017 with eight targets and 4 assists.

Now, there have been two extra entrants on this record: Vinicius Jr. and Raphinha, with each gamers being concerned in 12 Champions League targets this calendar yr.