Rafaela Borggräfe
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 March 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Emmendingen, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Liverpool | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2012 | SC Holzhausen | ||
| 2012–2013 | SC March | ||
| 2014–2017 | SC Freiburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2023 | SC Freiburg II | 35 | (0) |
| 2017–2025 | SC Freiburg | 59 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → FC Aarau (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2025– | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025– | Germany | 0 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 May 2025 | |||
Rafaela Borggräfe (German: [ʁa.faˈeː.la ˈbɔʁk.ɡʁɛː.fə]; born 5 March 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Super League club Liverpool.
Career
Borggräfe played for SC Holzhausen and SC March during her youth, before moving to SC Freiburg's youth ranks in 2014.[1] Three years later she moved to the team's second senior squad on a full-time basis, having made her Regionalliga Süd debut against Wetzlar II.[2]
For the 2020–21 season, Borggräfe was loaned out to FC Aarau in Switzerland. The team would win the league and was promoted to the Swiss Super League, with Borggräfe showing development as the team's starting goalkeeper, keeping six clean sheets.[3][4] The following year, the German was able to usurp Lena Nunding to become Freiburg's starting goalie in the Bundesliga. She continued her role throughout the following season, until an illness made her miss nearly the entirety of the 2023 calendar year.[5] Borggräfe returned to action in December 2023; her 2023–24 Bundesliga campaign included 14 matches and five clean sheets.[6] Her 2024–25 season began well, as Freiburg held fifth place at the halfway point, with Borggräfe going without conceding four times.[7] Having overcome the niggling errors that plagued her previous seasons, despite some issues with her build-up play, Borggräfe was lauded as one of the league's best goalkeepers, as Freiburg finished fifth.[8][9] She left Freiburg following the season.[10]
On July 18, 2025, Borggräfe completed a move to Liverpool.[11]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 11 May 2025[12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| SC Freiburg II | 2016–17 | Regionalliga Süd | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Regionalliga Süd | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | Regionalliga Süd | 16 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | Regionalliga Süd | 9 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Regionalliga Süd | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Regionalliga Süd | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 35 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | ||||
| SC Freiburg | 2021–22 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| Total | 59 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 66 | 0 | |||
| FC Aarau | 2020–21 | Nationalliga B | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| Liverpool | 2025–26 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 109 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 0 | ||
- ^ Includes DFB-Pokal, Schweizer Cup, Women's FA Cup
- ^ Includes Women's League Cup
References
- ^ "Rafaela Borggräfe auf 11friends". Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Rafaela Borggräfe - Leistungsdaten - Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de". www.soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Rafaela Borggräfe steht vor Rückkehr | SC Freiburg". www.scfreiburg.com (in German). Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Rafaela Borggräfe - Leistungsdaten - Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de". www.soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ Lena Nuding verletzt - Bittere Pokal-Generalprobe für Freiburger Frauen Archived 30 July 2023 at the Wayback Machine, SWR Sport, 15. Mai 2023
- ^ "2023-2024 Rafaela Borggräfe Match Logs (Goalkeeping)". FBref.com. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Frauen-Bundesliga: Die 5 besten Torhüterinnen in der Hinrunde 2024/25". 90min.de (in German). 9 January 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Frauen-Bundesliga 2024/25: Die 5 besten Torhüterinnen". 90min.de (in German). 19 May 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Eine Saison mit vielen positiven Emotionen | SC Freiburg". www.scfreiburg.com (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Borggräfe verlässt "Herzstück" SC Freiburg". kicker (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "LFC Women complete signing of goalkeeper Rafaela Borggrafe - Liverpool FC". www.liverpoolfc.com. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ Rafaela Borggräfe at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
External links
- Rafaela Borggräfe at WorldFootball.net
- Rafaela Borggräfe at kicker (in German)
- Rafaela Borggräfe at the German Football Association