Rafael Scheidt
Personal information
Full name Rafael Scheidt
Date of birth (1976-02-10) February 10, 1976
Place of birth Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Grêmio 7 (0)
1997 Kawasaki Frontale 26 (5)
1998–1999 Grêmio 39 (2)
1999–2002 Celtic 3 (0)
2000–2002 → Corinthians (loan) 35 (1)
2003–2004 Atlético Mineiro 35 (2)
2004–2006 Botafogo 73 (1)
2007–2008 Shaanxi Baorong 38 (2)
Total 256 (13)
International career‡
1999 Brazil 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 3, 2008
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 3, 2008

Rafael Felipe Scheidt (born February 10, 1976, in Porto Alegre, Brazil) is a retired Brazilian footballer. He was signed by Kenny Dalglish, manager of Celtic from Grêmio for £5 million and failed to make an impact. Plagued by injury and finding it hard to settle he started one game in the 1999–00 season against St Johnstone[1] and was let out on loan to Corinthians by new manager Martin O'Neill after just five appearances. Indeed, Scheidt later admitted that following an unimpressive showing in a pre-season friendly O'Neill had told him "I like footballers who are not like you", further adding "I like footballers who play well."[2] The Guardian newspaper called Scheidt the second worst transfer in the history of football, behind Steve Daley, in an article published in 2001.[3]

Scheidt's loan spell at Corinthians came to an end in 2002, and he maintained his hope of making it at Celtic, informing the Sunday Herald that "I want this year to be known as the Scheidt year".[2] However, he no longer met UK work permit requirements and Celtic paid off the remainder of his contract.[4] He then returned to Brazil, joining Atlético Mineiro.[2] A year later he signed for Botafogo,[2] before being released by them in 2006.

Scheidt won three caps for Brazil in 1999 shortly prior to his transfer to Celtic. These games were friendlies and rumours later surfaced that Brazilian based players at that time were being handed caps in return for sweeteners from their clubs wanting to sell them to European clubs for large transfer fees.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Viduka and Burchill banish Saints". BBC. 11 March 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Brennan, Dan. "When Saturday Comes - Rafael Scheidt". www.wsc.co.uk.
  3. ↑ The 10 biggest wastes of money in football history
  4. ↑ "Permit hitch for Scheidt return". BBC. 26 December 2002. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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