FC Barcelona announced two major contract renewals as first Hansi Flick and then Raphinha penned new extensions with the club ...

Raphinha's international career could have taken a dramatically different path had he accepted an invitation to join the Italian national team ahead of Euro 2020. In a recent interview, the Barcelona ...

Barcelona's Raphinha has now represented Brazil at two major tournaments, the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2024 Copa America, and played many other qualifiers and friendlies with his home country.

It was at that time that Italy noticed Raphinha and found out that he was eligible to represent the Azzuri because his father, Rafael Dias Belloli, is of Italian descent. The Italian federation ...

Former Italian manager, Fabio Capello, has named the best player in the world currently. According to the Italian, Barcelona ...

As par of a recent interview, Raphinha has revealed he was approached by the Italian national team to represent them in 2020 under Roberto Mancini's leadership. The Barcelona winger, who has ...

The Italian national team made a significant effort to persuade Barcelona star Raphinha to join the Azzurri squad while Roberto Mancini was at the helm in 2020. This revelation, reported by La ...

Raphinha has revealed how he was close to pledging his international allegiance to Italy. The Barcelona winger is one of the favourites for the Ballon d’Or after an exceptional season for the Spanish ...

Raphinha confirmed to journalist Isabela Pagliari on her ‘YouTube’ channel: “I was close to accepting the call-up from the Italian national team.” He went further and revealed the reason why he ...

Brazilian winger Raphinha has revealed that he was on the verge of accepting a call-up to play for the Italian national team before ultimately representing Brazil. Speaking to journalist Isabela ...

It has been revealed that the Italy national team made attempts to convince Barcelona star Raphinha to play for the Azzurri while Roberto Mancini was still in charge back in 2020. As per La ...