Rafael Varan - footballer from France with great prospects

Rafael Varan is a footballer born in a city called Lille, in 1993, on April 25th. For today, he defends the colors of Madrid's "Real". The Frenchman is the central defender. But his main advantage is that he can occupy other positions. Be a supporting midfielder, for example. However, this is not all interesting facts about this player.

early years

Varan is a footballer who started his sporting activity in FC "Hellemies". In the youth of this club, he played two years. After that, he moved to Lance. In his youth composition he spent eight whole years. And in 2010 he was asked to act in the basis. Then Rafael signed his first professional contract. His first match took place a week after the start of training. And by a happy accident for him. Central defender Yahya Alledin was injured and was unable to enter the field. Because the chance was Rafael Varan. Football player spent on the field all 90 minutes.

In "Lance" he stayed a whole season, for which he played 23 games and scored two goals. But then, in 2011, a new stage in his career began.

Career in Spain

Varan is a football player who really shows himself well on the football field. That is why in 2011, "Real" (Madrid) decided to strengthen its defense by offering a contract to the Frenchman. Naturally, he agreed. Since June 27, 2011, he officially became part of the "royal" club. By the way, the contract was concluded for 6 years. And now, already 2016th, and Varan - the footballer of "Real" to this day.

The debut took place in the game against the "Racing". The Frenchman played a whole match on the field. True, the account remained zero. The opponents in the next meeting were the players of "Rayo Vallecano". Then the Frenchman also spent all 90 minutes on the field, and on the 67th scored his first goal at the opponents' gate. Then Madrid "Real" won with a score of 6: 2. In the Spanish Championship, this player spent 167 games. In a hundred of them was on the field all 90 minutes. The remaining times he was released to replace. Another Varan is a football player who has never received a yellow or red card. In the Champions League, he performed four times. Three matches were played in the group stage. And one - in the quarterfinals. In the Cup of Spain, the Frenchman played only two matches. But in them, he scored two goals sworn opponents of "Real" - Catalan "Barcelona".

National team

Rafael Varan, like many other players, defends the colors of his national team. He was invited to the team until the age of 17, but he never played an official match. But in a friendly game with the Danes, he scored a goal. In 2011, he was summoned to the youth team to perform in a match against Slovakia's national team. As Raphael himself said, for him this challenge was a big surprise. By the way, he played a full match. Then the French won with a score of 3: 1.

In 2013, he was summoned to the main team. Rafael was supposed to play against Uruguay, but on the field he was never released - he played the entire match on the bench. But he participated in the selection for the 2014 World Cup. In his framework, he played two matches - against Georgia and Spain.

Raphael has many achievements. To be more precise, seven. And they are all won by him in the Madrid "Real". In addition to the national trophies, he has two more wins in the Champions League. And you can be sure that this is not the last of his achievements.