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{{Short description|Syrian footballer (born 1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Raja Rafe
| image          =
| fullname       = Raja Rafe
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1983|05|01|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Jaramana]], [[Rif Dimashq Governorate|Rif Dimashq]], [[Syria]]
| height         = 1.89 m
| position       = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]]
| currentclub    = [[Al-Majd Damascus|Al-Majd]]
| clubnumber     = 
| years1         = 2000–2005
| clubs1         = [[Al-Majd Damascus|Al-Majd]]
| caps1          = 
| goals1         = 60
| years2         = 2005–2006
| clubs2         = [[Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)|Al-Arabi]]
| caps2          = 
| goals2         = 9
| years3         = 2006–2010
| clubs3         = [[Al-Majd Damascus|Al-Majd]]
| caps3          = 
| goals3         = 39
| years4         = 2009
| clubs4         = → [[Al-Wahda (Mecca)|Al-Wahda Mecca]] (loan)
| caps4          = 
| goals4         = 1
| years5         = 2010–2012
| clubs5         = [[Al-Shorta SC (Damascus)|Al-Shorta Damascus]]
| caps5          = 
| goals5         = 11
| years6         = 2012–2013
| clubs6         = [[Zaxo FC]]
| caps6          = 27
| goals6         = 10
| years7         = 2013
| clubs7         = [[Nejmeh|Al-Nejmeh]]
| caps7          = 6
| goals7         = 1
| years8         = 2014
| clubs8         = [[Zaxo FC]]
| caps8          = 13
| goals8         = 4
| years9         = 2014–2015
| clubs9         = [[Al-Majd Damascus|Al-Majd]]
| caps9          = 
| goals9         = 12
| years10         = 2015–2018
| clubs10         = [[Al-Wahda SC Damascus|Al-Wahda]]
| caps10          = 
| goals10         = 37
| years11         = 2018–2019
| clubs11         = [[Al-Majd Damascus|Al-Majd]]
| caps11          = 
| goals11         = 7
| years12         = 2021–2022
| clubs12         = [[Taliya SC]]
| caps12          = 
| goals12         = 3
| nationalyears1 = 2002–2015 | nationalteam1 = [[Syria national football team|Syria]] | nationalcaps1 = 84 | nationalgoals1 = 32
| pcupdate       = 
| ntupdate       = 
}}

'''Raja Rafe''' ({{langx|ar|رَجَا رَافِع}}; born 1 May 1983 in [[Jaramana]], [[Rif Dimashq Governorate|Rif Dimashq]], [[Syria]]) is a Syrian [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]] for [[Taliya SC]], which competes in the [[Syrian Premier League]], and is a member of the [[Syria national football team]].

Rafe is [[Syria national football team|Syria]]'s all-time second goalscorer with 32 goals in 84 matches,<ref name="rsssf"/> preceded by [[Firas Al-Khatib]].

== International goals ==
:''Scores and results list Syria's goal tally first.''<ref name="rsssf">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/syr-rafe-intlg.html |title=Rajaa Rafe – Goals in International Matches |author1=Mamrud, Roberto |website=[[RSSSF]] |date= 14 February 2019}}</ref>

{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 17 December 2002 || [[Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium|Al Kuwait SC Stadium]], [[Kuwait City]] || {{fb|YEM}} || 1–0 || 4–0 || rowspan=4 | [[2002 Arab Nations Cup]]
|-
| 2. || rowspan="3" | 21 December 2002 || rowspan="3" | Al Kuwait SC Stadium, Kuwait City || rowspan="3" | {{fb|LIB}} || 2–0 || rowspan="3" | 4–1
|-
| 3. || 3–0
|-
| 4. || 4–1
|-
| 5. || 14 November 2003 || [[Sharjah Stadium (football)|Sharjah Stadium]], [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]] || {{fb|UAE}} || 1–0 || 1–3 || [[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification|2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifier]]
|-
| 6. || 23 March 2004 || Jounieh Municipal Stadium, [[Jounieh]] || {{fb|LIB}} || 1–0 || 1–0 || rowspan=4 | [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 7. || 19 April 2004 || [[Khartoum]] || {{fb|SUD}} || 1–0 || 2–1
|-
| 8. || 1 June 2004 || [[Kuwait City]] || {{fb|KUW}} || 1–0 || 1–0
|-
| 9. || 3 June 2004 || Kuwait City || {{fb|KUW}} || 1–0 || 2–1
|-
| 10. || 10 June 2004 || [[Khaled Ibn Al Walid Stadium]], [[Homs]] || {{fb|TJK}} || 2–1 || 2–1 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 11. || 19 June 2004 || [[Azadi Stadium]], [[Tehran]] || {{fb|LIB}} || 3–0 || 3–1 || rowspan="3" | [[2004 West Asian Football Federation Championship|2004 WAFF Championship]]
|-
| 12. || 23 June 2004 || Azadi Stadium, Tehran || {{fb|JOR}} || 1–1 || 1–1
|-
| 13. || 25 June 2004 || Azadi Stadium, Tehran || {{fb|IRN}} || 1–0 || 1–4
|-
| 14. || 8 September 2004 || Central Stadium, [[Dushanbe]] || {{fb|TJK}} || 1–0 || 1–0 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 15. || 6 October 2004 || [[Riyadh]] || {{fb|KSA}} || 1–0 || 2–2 || rowspan="2" | Friendly
|-
| 16. || 26 January 2005 || [[Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium]], Kuwait City || {{fb|KUW}} || 2–2 || 2–3
|-
| 17. || 9 November 2007 || [[Gelora Bung Karno Stadium]], [[Jakarta]] || {{fb|IDN}} || 4–1 || 4–1 || rowspan=4 | [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
|-
| 18. || rowspan="3" | 18 November 2007 || rowspan="3" | [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]], [[Damascus]] || rowspan="3" | {{fb|IDN}} || 3–0 || rowspan="3" | 7–0
|-
| 19. || 4–0
|-
| 20. || 7–0
|-
| 21. || 17 May 2008 || Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus || {{fb|IRQ}} || 2–0 || 2–1 || rowspan=4 | Friendly
|-
| 22. || 27 December 2008 || [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]] || {{fb|KSA}} || 1–1 || 1–1
|-
| 23. || 18 January 2009 || [[Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium]], Kuwait City || {{fb|TKM}} || 2–1 || 5–1
|-
| 24. || 23 January 2009 || Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City || {{fb|KUW}} || 1–1 || 3–2
|- style="background:#8fcfdf;"
| – || rowspan="2" | 5 June 2009 || rowspan="2" | Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus || rowspan="2" | {{fb|SLE}} || ?–? || rowspan="2" | 6–0 || rowspan=2 | Unofficial friendly
|- style="background:#8fcfdf;"
| – || ?–?
|-
| 25. || 8 November 2009 || [[SCG Stadium]], [[Nonthaburi (city)|Nonthaburi]] || {{fb|THA}} || 1–0 || 1–1 || Friendly
|-
| 26. || 14 November 2009 || [[Mỹ Đình National Stadium]], [[Hanoi]] || {{fb|VIE}} || 1–0 || 1–0 || [[2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification|2011 AFC Asian Cup qualifier]] 
|-
| 27. || 23 January 2010 || Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus || {{fb|SWE}} || 1–0 || 1–1 || Friendly
|-
| 28. || 15 October 2013 || [[Jalan Besar Stadium]], [[Singapore]] || {{fb|SIN}} || 1–2 || 1–2 || [[2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification|2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifier]]
|-
| 29. || rowspan="2" | 31 March 2015 || rowspan="2" | [[Pamir Stadium]], [[Dushanbe]] || rowspan="2" | {{fb|TJK}} || 1–0 || rowspan="2" | 3–2 || rowspan="2" | Friendly
|-
| 30. || 2–0
|-
| 31. || rowspan="2" | 11 June 2015 || rowspan="2" | [[Samen Stadium]], [[Mashhad]] || rowspan="2" | {{fb|AFG|2013}} || 1–0 || rowspan="2" | 6–0 || rowspan="2" | [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 32. || 2–0
|}

== Honours ==
'''Individual'''
*[[Syrian Premier League top scorers|Syrian League Top Goalscorer]]: 2004, 2005, [[2007–08 Syrian Premier League|2008]], [[2011–12 Syrian Premier League|2012]], [[2014–15 Syrian Premier League|2015]], [[2015–16 Syrian Premier League|2016]].

==See also==
*[[List of Druze]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{NFT|6473}}

{{Syrian Premier League top scorers}}
{{AFC Cup top scorers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rafe, Raja}}
[[Category:1983 births]]
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[[Category:Syrian Druze people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Damascus]]
[[Category:Syrian men's footballers]]
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[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Syria men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Syrian expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Jordan]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia]]
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[[Category:Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait]]
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[[Category:Al-Majd SC players]]
[[Category:Al Wehda FC players]]
[[Category:Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) players]]
[[Category:Al-Shorta SC (Syria) players]]
[[Category:Al-Wahda SC (Syria) players]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Saudi Pro League players]]
[[Category:Asian Games footballers for Syria]]
[[Category:Lebanese Premier League players]]
[[Category:Nejmeh SC players]]
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[[Category:Kuwait Premier League players]]
[[Category:21st-century Syrian sportsmen]]


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