Rafael Rogério da Silva

Rafael Rogério da Silva plays under the name Ratão. Since leaving Ponte Preta's academy, he has turned out for sixteen clubs across six countries, a route that took him through Japan, South Korea, Ukraine, Slovakia and France before he settled, at least for a time, in Brazil and now China.

The most productive stretch of that journey came at Slovan Bratislava, where he won three Slovak championships and two national cups, and finished as the league's top scorer in the 2020–21 season. He moved on to Toulouse, where he added a Ligue 2 title and the Coupe de France to his collection, and where he earned the nickname "Neymar de Toulouse" for his dribbling. That season in France was not without incident: his home was robbed while he was on the pitch playing against Paris Saint-Germain in 2022.

Ratão has also spoken about overcoming depression during his time at Slovan Bratislava, a period that came before some of his best form for the club. After Toulouse, he returned to Brazil to play for Bahia, then joined Cerezo Osaka on loan in Japan, where he scored 18 goals in 36 appearances. In January 2026, Shanghai Shenhua signed him for around €2 million, and he now wears the number 9 shirt there.

Despite that scoring record and the trophies picked up along the way, Ratão has never been capped by the Brazil national team.