Five goals in three games
La Liga made its call on Friday. Raphinha is August’s player of the month. Three matches, five goals, one assist, and the Brazilian left the rest of the division behind in the opening weeks.
Hansi Flick has been using him through the middle since the restart, and the numbers arrived immediately. Five in three is a centre-forward’s return, not a winger covering a gap.
Barca did not sign a number nine this summer. That call raised eyebrows across Catalonia. One month was all it took for Raphinha to make the argument vanish.
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A role that was never his
He built his name on the right wing. Rennes first, then Leeds, then Barcelona. Flick pushed him inside and handed him the armband on top of it, and the player has not complained once.
August is usually a blunt month for forwards in Spain. The Brazilian keeps scoring anyway, while Barca are still hunting for their attacking rhythm.
The Ballon d’Or still stings
The award lands against a tense backdrop. Raphinha missed the Ballon d’Or 2026 top 30, and Deco, Barca’s sporting director, went public with his anger about it this week.
A monthly prize settles nothing there. It only sharpens the point: the Brazilian is in the best form of his career at the exact moment the voters looked elsewhere. Next test, this weekend in the league.
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