Raphinha extends Barcelona contract until 2030

Raphinha, who has made a blistering start to the season at Barcelona, has signed a new contract with the club.

The Brazilian star, in superb form since the start of the season, has put pen to paper on a new deal that will keep him at Camp Nou until 30 June 2030. The club announced the agreement on 5 November; Raphinha's previous contract was due to expire in 2028.

Since joining Barcelona in July 2022, Raphinha has made 190 appearances in all competitions, winning 3 LaLiga titles, 1 Copa del Rey and 3 Spanish Super Cups.

The attacker has scored 94 goals and provided 55 assists for the Catalan side in total, and since his arrival he has recorded the most goal involvements (149) and created the most chances (347) of any player at the club in all competitions.

Over that period, only Robert Lewandowski (120) has scored more goals than Raphinha, while only Lamine Yamal (56) has provided more assists than the Brazilian.

With 15 goals in 10 LaLiga appearances this season, Raphinha has become only the second player in the 21st century to reach that tally in his first 10 league matches of a season. The only player to have done so before was Cristiano Ronaldo (18 goals) for Real Madrid in 2014-15.

In the Champions League on Tuesday (3 November), Raphinha found the net twice against Aston Villa to star in a 3-0 win, lifting Barcelona to 5th place in the 36-team league phase.

Since his first appearance in the competition in September 2022, only Harry Kane (51), Kylian Mbappé (45), Vinicius Junior (41) and Erling Haaland (39) have recorded more Champions League goal involvements than Raphinha (37 – 23 goals, 14 assists).

Raphinha, who is his team's top scorer this season with 19 goals in all competitions, has converted big chances for 16 of those goals.

The Brazilian star, who celebrates a goal every 48.6 minutes, also leads every player in the Barcelona squad with a shot conversion rate of 45.2%.