Rafael Melo

Striker - FC Lorient
7 Jul 2029
Saturday
Process
Overview Personal Contract News 25 Transfers Relations Events 42 Awards 1 Matches History

Events

42
Severity
Mood

  1. Chico Lamba, a compatriot, joined the squad

    Moderate
    Cause
    Shared nationality and language helped this take root. The language gap is making integration harder.
    Outlook
    Settling-in period is still under way.

  2. Struggling to settle into the squad

    Moderate
    Cause
    The settling-in period at a new club is the bigger picture. The language gap is making integration harder.
    Outlook
    Settling-in period is still under way.

  3. No natural role in the current formation

    Serious
    Cause
    His preferred position simply isn't in the current shape.

  4. Joined on loan

    Decision
    Movement
    Cesena → FC Lorient · 150.0K

  5. To be loaned out

    Decision
    Movement
    Development pathway updated
    Who
    Board

  6. Loan listed

    Decision
    Cause
    Needs first-team minutes — loaned out to play
    Who
    Coach Interim

  7. He has said it out loud: To learn the language

    Mind

  8. He has started to want: His place back

    Mind

  9. He has started to want: A loan, for games

    Mind

  10. He has started to want: The manager’s trust

    Mind

  11. Moving on

    Decision
    Movement
    Development pathway updated
    Who
    Board

  12. Board transfer-listed

    Decision
    Cause
    Development pathway has run its course
    Who
    Board

  13. Recalled early from loan by the parent club

    Decision

  14. He has said it out loud: Out, anywhere

    Mind

  15. He has started to want: Out, anywhere

    Mind

  16. He has let it go: To go home

    Mind

  17. He has said it out loud: To learn the language

    Mind

  18. He has said it out loud: To prove himself at his parent club

    Mind

  19. He has come to believe: Bad blood between them — Isac Galván

    Mind

  20. He has started to want: To stay here

    Mind

  21. He has started to want: His place back

    Mind

  22. Joined on loan

    Decision
    Movement
    Cesena → De Graafschap · 320.0K

  23. Contract extension signed

    Decision
    Movement
    4y · $582.2K/y

  24. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    4y · $582.2K/y

  25. Permanent transfer

    Decision
    Movement
    Torino → Cesena · 1.5M

  26. Prospect

    Decision
    Movement
    Development pathway updated
    Who
    Board

  27. Administrative demotion

    Decision
    Movement
    Torino → Torino U20
    Who
    Grassi Carlo

  28. Moving on

    Decision
    Movement
    Development pathway updated
    Who
    Board

  29. Board transfer-listed

    Decision
    Cause
    Development pathway has run its course
    Who
    Board

  30. Recalled early from loan by the parent club

    Decision

  31. Joined on loan

    Decision
    Movement
    Torino → Arzignano

  32. Board loan-listed

    Decision
    Cause
    Underutilized at top club, loan for playing time
    Who
    Board

  33. Board loan-listed

    Decision
    Cause
    Young talent needs competitive matches to develop
    Who
    Board

  34. Loan withdrawn

    Decision
    Cause
    No club took him on loan before the window closed
    Who
    Board

  35. Being reassessed

    Decision
    Movement
    Development pathway updated
    Who
    Board

  36. To be loaned out

    Decision
    Movement
    Development pathway updated
    Who
    Board

  37. Loan listed

    Decision
    Cause
    Unsettled abroad — loaned out to play and to settle
    Who
    Grassi Carlo

  38. To be loaned out

    Decision
    Movement
    Development pathway updated
    Who
    Board

  39. His first senior club: Torino

    Career

  40. Contract extension signed

    Decision
    Movement
    5y · $367.7K/y

  41. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    5y · $367.7K/y
    Who
    Agostini Paolo

  42. He set his heart on making a career

    Career