Rafael Santos Borré arrived at Internacional from Porto Alegre in March 2024 and has eight goals – credit SC Internacional
The Colombian team is fortunate to have several attackers in good form with their respective clubs, some of them had to change teams to find more opportunities, add minutes and adapt to a tactical idea in which they felt comfortable.
That was the case of Rafael Santos Borré, who not only shines at Internacional de Porto Alegre for his goals, but also for his millionaire salary in which he competes with Memphis Depay, the new figure of Corinthians, in a prestigious ranking of the highest paid in Brazil.
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Beyond that, the Barranquilla striker began to score goals in the Brazilian more constantly, as the fans expected, and everything would be due to the arrival of coach Roger Machado, who took the reins of the Colorado in the second half of 2024 and things changed.
At the time the forward set foot in Brazil, after leaving Eintracht Frankfurt due to lack of minutes in the Bundesliga, it took him a lot of work and criticism to adapt at Internacional, especially because they paid a lot to a player who took a long time to score goals.
According to the web portal Capology, Rafael Santos Borré is one of the footballers of the Brazilian with the best salary in the 2024 season, earning close to 3.8 million dollars with the Coloradowhose contract ends in December 2028 and its market value is eight million euros, he indicated Transfer market.
Rafael Santos Borré is the fourth highest paid player in Brazil in the 2024 season – credit @SCInternacional/X
Despite having a very high salary, it is not equal to what Memphis Depay, Dutch forward, wins at Corinthians, which is approximately seven million dollarsnot counting bonuses for meeting performance objectives, but they are confidential details of their agreement.
The second place on the list goes to Dudu, a Palmeiras player who is paid 4.5 million dollars in the Verdaowhile the third is none other than Everton Ribeiro, another figure in the Brazilian championship who belongs to Bahía and earns US $4.3 million.
Memphis Depay became the most important signing in Brazilian football in 2024 – credit Carla Carniel/REUTERS
Rafael Borré has shown remarkable performance at Inter Porto Alegre since his arrival in March, standing out as the top scorer under the direction of Roger Machado. In the recent tie against Bragantino, he opened the scoring with a header in the 11th minute, scoring his third goal in the last four games.
The Colombian striker has a total of five goals in the six most recent games in which he participatedsurpassing Alan Patrick and consolidating himself as the top scorer in this period. In total, he played 20 games and scored eight goals, tying with Patrick as the team’s second top scorer, just one behind Enner Valencia.
Rafael Santos Borré has eight goals in Internacional de Porto Alegre, five with coach Roger Machado – credit Internacional de Porto Alegre
Borré’s performance in Brazil has been superior to that of his last season in Europe. During his time at Eintracht Frankfurt and Werder Bremen, he scored seven goals in total. In the 2022/23 season, he only managed to score three times in 47 games for the Europa League champions in 2023. He was subsequently loaned to Werder Bremen in September 2023, playing 19 games and scoring four goals.
Despite his individual success, the Barranquilla native attributes a large part of his performance to collaboration with his teammates, as he mentioned in Bragança: “We have done things well and we have shown it game after game. We create many situations. We make an important point. On Sunday we play at home and we ask that the fans be with us to achieve a good result.”
