Barcelona star Raphinha has on Saturday joined one of the club’s greatest-ever players in the Blaugrana history books.This comes owing to his exploits early in Barcelona’s season opener.Hansi

Barcelona began the 2025–26 La Liga season with a win, and Raphinha matched a Ronaldinho milestone that not even Neymar managed to reach. This Saturday, Barcelona kicked off the 2025–26 La Liga season with a dominant 3–0 win over Mallorca.

As Morey received the ball close to the touchline, Raphinha lunged into a wild tackle on him that left the Mallorca defender writhing around on the floor in agony. The Barcelona forward was shown a yellow card for the challenge and it's left fans outraged on social media, with some claiming the tackle was a potential 'career-ender'.

Atletico Madrid debuted six of its new signings but couldn’t avoid relinquishing a late lead and losing its opening Spanish league match for the first time under coach Diego Simeone.

Raphinha has welcomed the increased competition for places in Barcelona's attacking positions following the arrival of Marcus Rashford.

Raphinha’s contract currently runs until the summer of 2024, and the club are in negotiations with him about an improved deal, which they are hopeful of reaching an agreement on.

The news broke after Brazilian journalists were informed that Raphinha's academy club Avai FC would receive around $1.75 million. Bayern Munich has signed Raphinha for $55m from Leeds United.

Seven minutes. That's all Raphinha needed to score the first goal for FC Barcelona in the 2025/26 LaLiga season. His header from an accurate cross by Lamine Yamal made it 0-1 at the Son Moix stadium in the gameweek one fixture of the domestic competition.