- Taia Rodrigues is Raphinha’s wife; they were engaged in 2021 and were married in 2022
- The 26-year-old Taia met 29 years old Raphinha when they were teenagers and first shared their picture together in 2014
- The social media sensation who attends many matches of her spouse shares a dog with the footballer
“Natalia” Taia Rodrigues is also known as Taia Belloli. She is famous as the long-term girlfriend and wife of Brazillian footballer Raphael “Raphinha” Dias Belloli. The young couple started their love before they became adults and were married in early 2022.
On her own, Taia is a social media sensation. On the other hand, her husband Raphinha is a sort-after footballer who is a winger. He has recorded a career with teams such as Avai (2014-2016), Vitória Guimarães (2016-2018), Sporting CP (2018-2019), Rennes (2019-2020), Leeds United (2020-2022), Barcelona (from 2022), and the Brazil national team.
She is 2 Years Younger than Raphina and Led a Private Life Before Fame
Natalia Rodrigues was born on 31 December 1998 in Brazil. She is currently 25 years old and is 2 years younger than her husband, Raphinha who is 29 years old and was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on December 14, 1996.
She led an early life away from stardom but may have been raised in Restinga – a neighborhood in Porto Alegre, the State capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
This is the same town where Raphinha was raised alongside his younger brother by his struggling parents.
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She was in Raphinha’s Life Before He Became Famous
Taia and Brazillian winger, Raphinha met even before they reached adulthood and before he became famous in his career as a football player.
In January 2014, Taia shared an image of them and 2 others on Instagram. At the time, Raphinha was 17 years old while Taia was 15.
Also, the same year, Raphinha started his professional youth career with a Brazillian football team, Avai.
They Were Engaged in 2021 and Married in 2022
In a romantic proposal on Taia’s 23rd birthday on December 31, Raphael Belloli asked her to marry him.
On the same day, the celebrity wife posted the video of the engagement on her Instagram with the caption:
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
Entering 2022 with my greatest happiness to be by your side… thank you for so much, I didn’t even know there was someone like you, how lucky for me, I love you ❤️
My YES forever ❤️❤️
On February 7, 2022, she shared a wedding video on Instagram that started with Raphinha kissing her hand before “Mr. and Mrs. Belloli” came to the screen.
She added a caption about love and closed it with “married”. The couple was married in a private ceremony.
What to Know About Her Career
Rodrigues is a social media sensation. Yet, her husband’s career is what has brought her to the limelight.
Her husband, Raphinha is a sort-after football player. He started his career with the Brazillian club, Imbituba. He was later scouted by Avai in 2014. With the team, he played under 20 in the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A.
On February 2, 2016, when he was 19, he signed with the Portuguese club, Vito Vitória Guimarães where he played until 2018. While with the team, Taia’s husband won the Vitória Guimarães Breakthrough Player of the Year (2017).
From 2018 to 2019, the interesting winger played for another Portuguese team, Sporting CP before heading for a French club Rennes from 2019 to 2020.
In 2020, he started his career with the English club Leeds United. There, he had a thriving career that boosted his fame and fortune. He played 65 games for the team and scored 17 goals until he left in 2022.
On July 15, 2022, he signed for La Liga club Barcelona on a 5-year contract for a reported fee of 50 million Pounds which will amount to 55 million pounds in add-ons.
He made his debut for the team on August 13 and scored his first goal for the Spanish team on September 3, 2022.
Despite his earliest career success, he wasn’t called upon by the Brazil national team in August 2021. He made his full debut for the team against Venezuela on October 7 2021 and recorded 2 goal assists and a penalty goal.
Quick Facts to Know About the Taia
- Raphinha’s wife is a practicing Christian who is also vocal about her belief and shares some scriptures on social media
- Her husband was raised by struggling parents and at a point, he begged for food
- She is an animal lover and shares a beautiful dog with her husband; before she was married to Raphael and before his fame, her spouse had to share a room with his parents and pets which may have prompted his love for dogs
- Taia attends many of her spouse’s games
- Her spouse’s net worth is estimated at $9 million and has one of the highest market values in the 2022-2023 transfer sums (€58 million) of Barcelona
Taia Rodrigues continues to draw attention as a celebrity wife. One other key exciting thing about her love life is starting with Raphinha even before he gained fame as in the case of Mohamed Salah and his wife Magi Salah; and Lionel Messi and Antonela Rocuzzo. Despite their childhood love, there are still thoughts of whether Taia’s marriage will last forever as in 20-40% of athletes’ marriages, or end in divorce as reported in 60-80% of divorce cases among athletes. Whatever the case, Taia and Raphinha’s love blossoms at the time of this writing.
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