Rayan (footballer, born 2006)
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| Full name | Rayan Vitor Simplício Rocha[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 August 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Vasco da Gama | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2023 | Vasco da Gama | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Vasco da Gama | 73 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Brazil U17 | 14 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Brazil U20 | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:14, 15 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:14, 15 December 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Rayan Vitor Simplício Rocha (born 3 August 2006), known simply as Rayan, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Vasco da Gama.
Club career
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Rayan joined Vasco da Gama at the age of six.[3][4] He established a name for himself as a prolific goal-scorer, scoring 280 goals by the age of eleven.[5] He continued this form into Vasco's under-17 team, scoring 29 goals in 34 games in 2022, catching the eye of Spanish side Barcelona.[6][7]
Rayan completed his second season as a professional at Vasco. In total, he played 41 matches, 16 of them as a starter, and scored three goals.[8]
On 12 December 2025, Rayan signed a new contract with Vasco da Gama until December 2028.[9]
International career
Rayan was called up to the Brazil under-17 squad for friendlies against Chile and Paraguay in 2022; he scored twice in four games.[4]
Personal life
His father, Valkmar, also played for Vasco da Gama, representing the club as a defender between 1995 and 2000.[5]
Honours
Brazil U20
Individual
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 17 December 2025[10]
| Club | Season | League | State league | National cup[a] | Continental | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vasco da Gama | 2023 | Série A | 6 | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | |
| 2024 | Série A | 24 | 1 | 4[b] | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | ||
| 2025 | Série A | 34 | 14 | 3[b] | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8[c] | 1 | 56 | 20 | |
| Career total | 64 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 97 | 23 | ||
- ^ Includes Copa do Brasil
- ^ a b c Appearances in Campeonato Carioca
- ^ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
References
- ^ Rayan at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Rayan". vasco.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ "Rayan, atacante do Sub-11 do Vasco, chama atenção no São Januário" [Rayan, Vasco Under-11 striker, draws attention at São Januário]. dabase.com.br (in Portuguese). 18 April 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ a b Ribeiro, Emanuelle (14 November 2022). "Prestes a assinar primeiro contrato com o Vasco, Rayan foi o destaque da base em 2022" [About to sign his first contract with Vasco, Rayan was the highlight of the base in 2022]. ge.globo.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ a b Schmidt, Felipe; Magliano, Leonardo (29 September 2017). "Filho de Valkmar coleciona gols no Vasco e é promessa de artilheiro" [Son of Valkmar collects goals at Vasco and is a promise of top scorer]. ge.globo.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Silva, Felipe (11 November 2022). "Rayan impressiona, mas Vasco adota cautela com utilização da promessa" [Rayan impresses, but Vasco is cautious with using the promise]. esport.ig.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Piera, Joaquim (19 May 2022). "Rayan, la apuesta de Deco para la cantera del Barça" [Rayan, Deco's bet for the Barça youth system]. sport.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.,
- ^ "Rayan, do Vasco, comenta propostas e despista sobre interesse da Fiorentina". 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Vasco acerta a extensão de contrato do atacante Rayan até dezembro de 2028" [Vasco completes contract extension of forward Rayan until December 2028] (in Portuguese). Vasco da Gama. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ^ Rayan at Soccerway