Rafa Mir

Rafa Mir
Personal information
Full name Rafael Mir Vicente[1]
Date of birth (1997-06-18) 18 June 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Cartagena, Spain
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Valencia
(on loan from Sevilla)
Number 11
Youth career
2004–2006 Javalí Nuevo
2006–2007 ElPozo Murcia
2007–2009 Ranero
2009–2011 Barcelona
2011–2012 Murcia
2012–2015 Valencia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Valencia B 60 (25)
2015–2018 Valencia 2 (0)
2018–2021 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 (0)
2018–2019Las Palmas (loan) 30 (7)
2019–2020Nottingham Forest (loan) 11 (0)
2020–2021Huesca (loan) 56 (22)
2021– Sevilla 75 (18)
2024–Valencia (loan) 2 (0)
International career
2018–2019 Spain U21 10 (5)
2021 Spain U23 7 (3)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Spain
UEFA Euro U-21
Gold medal – first place 2019 Italy Team
Representing  Spain
Summer Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:23, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Rafael Mir Vicente, known as Rafa Mir, (born 18 June 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Valencia, on loan from Sevilla.

Formed at Valencia where he was primarily a reserve, he also represented Huesca and Sevilla in La Liga. Abroad, he played in England's Championship for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Nottingham Forest.

Mir won the 2019 European Championship with the Spain national under-21 football team, and a silver medal with the Olympic team at the 2020 tournament.

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Nottingham Forest" (PDF). English Football League. p. 49. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Rafa Mir". Sevilla FC. Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.