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Brittany Raphino
Personal information
Full name Brittany Cyrenie Raphino
Date of birth (2000-10-30) October 30, 2000 (age 24)
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Sporting CP
Number 18
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Brown Bears 69 (42)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024– Sporting CP 14 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 1, 2025

Brittany Cyrenie Raphino (born October 30, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Portuguese Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Sporting CP. She played college soccer for the Brown Bears, earning three-time All-American honors.

Early life and college career

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Raphino grew up in Randolph, Massachusetts, one of three children born to Natasha and Lubens Raphino.[1] She began playing soccer at age three.[2] She attended Thayer Academy, where she starred on the soccer team alongside future United States international Ally Sentnor and also played basketball.[1][3] She scored 87 goals during her high school career, earning two-time All-American honors.[1][4] She played club soccer for Scorpions SC, leading the ECNL with 30 goals one season and receiving ECNL All-American recognition.[1] She committed to play college soccer at Brown University when she was a sophomore.[5]

Brown Bears

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Raphino scored 8 goals with 3 assists in 19 games in her freshman season with the Brown Bears in 2019, earning Ivy League Rookie of the Year, first-team All-Ivy, and second-team TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI honors. She helped Brown win the Ivy League championship and qualify for the NCAA tournament, both of which achievements Brown was doing for the first time since 1994, and which they would accomplish all four years Raphino played for the program. In the NCAA tournament, she scored the winning shootout penalty to advance to face Florida State in the second round.[1][2]

Following the 2020 season being canceled along with all Ivy League sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Raphino returned to action in 2021, leading the Ivy League with 11 goals and adding 6 assists in 16 games. She scored a hat trick in a 3–2 win against Yale that clinched the outright conference title for Brown. She was named first-team All-Ivy, Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year, and second-team All-American.[1] In her junior season in 2022, she ranked second in the league with 10 goals and had 4 assists, repeating as first-team All-Ivy and Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year and earning first-team All-American honors. She equalized in a loss to UC Irvine in the second round of the NCAA tournament.[1]

Raphino set career highs in her senior season in 2023, leading the Ivy League with 13 goals and providing 7 assists in 17 games. She was named first-team All-Ivy for a fourth time, Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year for a third time, and first-team All-American for a second time.[1][6] During her tenure at Brown, Raphino was described by head coach Kia McNeill as "the heartbeat of this team".[2]

Club career

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Sporting CP

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Raphino was predicted to be an early selection in the 2024 NWSL Draft but opted out and instead signed her first professional contract in the Portuguese Campeonato Nacional Feminino, joining Sporting CP on a two-and-a-half-year deal on January 31, 2024.[7][8] She scored her first two goals in the league on March 9, scoring the first and last goals a 3–0 win against Torreense.[9][10] She finished her debut half-season with 5 goals in 7 appearances as Sporting placed runners-up in the league to Benfica.[11]

On August 18, 2024, Raphino scored both goals in a 2–0 semifinal win against Racing Power FC, leading Sporting to face Benfica in the final of the 2024 Supertaça de Portugal Feminina.[12] In September, she started all four games of UEFA Women's Champions League qualification as Sporting were eliminated by Real Madrid in the last qualifying round.[13] She bagged five goals after coming on as a halftime substitute against Vilaverdense on January 25, 2025, contributing to a final score of 9–0.[14] On February 12, she scored twice in a 2–1 semifinal leg against Damaiense, helping send Sporting to the final of the 2024–25 Taça da Liga Feminina.[15]

International career

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Raphino was called up to the United States under-23 team to play against NWSL competition in the 2023 preseason.[16]

Honors and awards

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Sporting CP

Brown Bears

Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Brittany Raphino". Brown Bears. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Dyer, Lydell (March 22, 2023). "'The heartbeat of this team': Brittany Raphino '23.5". The Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  3. ^ McHugh, Eric (February 5, 2024). "She's No. 1: Ally Sentnor keeps Hanson's streak of NWSL stars alive as top draft pick". The Patriot Ledger. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  4. ^ "HS Girls: TDS Fall All-America". TopDrawerSoccer. July 24, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  5. ^ Clark, Travis (November 21, 2016). "Recruiting Roundup: November 21-27". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  6. ^ "Five Ivies Named Women's Soccer All-Americans". Ivy League. December 6, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  7. ^ Yang, Steph (January 12, 2024). "NWSL college draft: How it works, top prospects and where to watch". The Athletic. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  8. ^ "Oficial: Sporting contrata Brittany Raphino" (in Portuguese). CNN Portugal. January 31, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  9. ^ "Brittany Raphino". BeSoccer. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  10. ^ "Domínio do início ao fim em Torres Vedras". Sporting CP. March 9, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  11. ^ "Brittany Raphino's career". BeSoccer. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  12. ^ "A crónica do Racing Power-Sporting, 0–2: torrente ofensiva leonina". Record (in Portuguese). August 18, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  13. ^ Brittany Raphino at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata
  14. ^ "Sporting CP goleia em Vila Verde" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. January 25, 2025. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  15. ^ "Sporting confirma presença na final da Taça da Liga feminina" (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. February 12, 2025. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  16. ^ "Raphino Named to U.S. U-23 Women's Youth National Team". Brown Bears. March 2, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  17. ^ "Sporting CP conquista Supertaça" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. August 23, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
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