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Rafael Capote

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Rafael Capote
Capote in 2016
Personal information
Full name Rafael da Costa Capote
Born (1987-10-05) 5 October 1987 (age 38)
Havana, Cuba
Nationality Cuban/Qatari
Height 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Al-Duhail
Number 9
Senior clubs
Years Team
2007–2009
 Pallamano Conversano
2009–2011
 BM Ciudad Encantada
2011–2013
 CB Ciudad de Logroño
2013–2018
 El Jaish
2018–
 Al-Duhail
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014-
 Qatar 67 (269)
Medal record
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2015 Qatar
Asian Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 South Korea
Gold medal – first place 2020 Kuwait
Gold medal – first place 2022 Saudi Arabia
Gold medal – first place 2024 Bahrain
Silver medal – second place 2026 Kuwait

Rafael Da Costa Capote (born 5 October 1987) is a Cuban-born Qatari handball player for Al-Duhail and the Qatari national team.[1][2][3][4]

He was part of the Qatar team that won silver medals at the 2015 World Championship in Qatar, the first World Championship medal for both Qatar and for any Asian team.[5] The result was however controversial due to the many naturalized players of Qatar, of which Capote was one of them.[6][7] According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine, only four of the 17 players in the squad were native to Qatar.[8] The practice was criticised by Austrian goalkeeper after his team's loss to Qatar in the round of 16, saying "It [felt] like playing against a world selection team" and "I think it is not the sense of a world championship."[9] Furthermore there were claims of favourable refereering for the hosts.[10][11][12] After the final whistle of their semifinal against Poland, the Polish players showed their discontent by ironically applauding the three referees.[13][14]

References

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  1. ^ "Profile". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  3. ^ 2019 World Men's Handball Championship roster
  4. ^ "فاليرو ريفيرا مدرب منتخبنا يعلن قائمة اللاعبين الـ 18 للمونديال". qatarhandball.com. 5 January 2019.
  5. ^ "France beat Qatar to win fifth world handball title". Gulf Times. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Player Eligibility Code" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. p. 5. Retrieved 29 January 2015. They shall not have played in any national team of another country in the three years preceding their first appearance in the national team in an official match.
  7. ^ "Qatar's foreign legion primed for handball date with Germany". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Falsche Fans simulieren Stimmung" [Fake fans simulate excitement]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Qatar handball team coach faces questions over foreign players". BBC. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  10. ^ Team, Fans und Schiris gekauft? (German)
  11. ^ Handball-WM in Katar: Österreich hält sich für verpfiffen (German)
  12. ^ Österreich von Referees und Katar aus WM gekickt (German)
  13. ^ "Radość Katarczyków, Polacy z pretensjami do sędziów". przegladsportowy.pl (in Polish). 30 January 2015.
  14. ^ "Polish National Handball Team Sarcastically Applauds Officials After Controversial Loss to Qatar". thebiglead.com. 31 January 2015.
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