Rafael Soriano (football manager)

Rafael Soriano
Personal information
Full name Rafael Barcelos Soriano
Date of birth (1985-07-21) 21 July 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Campos dos Goytacazes, Brasil
Managerial career
Years Team
2007 Cardoso Moreira
2008 Americano
2013 Sampaio Corrêa-RJ
2014 Boavista (assistant)
2015–2017 Campos[1]
2017–2018 Desportiva Ferroviária[2]
2017–2018 Espírito Santo
2018 Itaboraí
2019 Serra Macaense
2020 Nacional de Patos
2020 Americano
2020 Inter de Limeira
2021 Inter de Limeira (assistant)
2021 Sampaio Corrêa-RJ
2021–2022 Desportiva Ferroviária

Rafael Barcelos Soriano (born 21 July 1985) is a Brazilian football coach.[3] Currently without a club.

Career

In July 2021, Soriano was announced as coach of Sampaio Corrêa.[4]

In December 2021, Rafael took charge of Desportiva Ferroviária, to compete in the Campeonato Capixaba of the following year.[5]

On April 10, 2022, Rafael attacked referee assistant Marcielly Netto with a headbutt, during halftime in the match against Nova Venécia, for the Campeonato Capixaba.[6] Shortly after the incident, Desportiva announced the dismissal of the coach.[7] The following day, Soriano was preventively suspended by the Tribunal de Justiça de Desportiva do Espírito Santo for 30 days. [8] On April 26, the TJE-ES sentenced the coach to a suspension of 200 days.[9]

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