Rafaela Borggräfe

Rafaela Borggräfe
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-03-05) 5 March 2000
Place of birth Emmendingen, Germany
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Bayer Leverkusen
(on loan from 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 3 (0)
2026– → Bayer Leverkusen (loan) 12 (0)
International career‡
2016 Germany U16 1 (0)
2016–2017 Germany U17 2 (0)
2018–2019 Germany U19 5 (0)
2024– Germany U23 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 June 2026

Rafaela Borggräfe (German: [ʁa.faˈeː.la ˈbɔʁk.ɡʁɛː.fə]; born 5 March 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Frauen Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen, on loan from Women's Super League club Liverpool.

Career

SC Freiburg, 2017–2025

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]

Loan to FC Aarau, 2020–21

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 acting as the team's starting goalkeeper, recording six clean sheets.[3][4]

Return to Freiburg, 2021–25

After returning to Freiburg, Borggräfe became the team's starting goalie in the Bundesliga. She continued her role throughout the following season, until an illness led her to 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]

Freiburg's 2024–25 season began well, as Borggräfe kept four clean sheets in the season's first half.[7] In July 2025, Borggräfe departed Freiburg.[8]

Liverpool, 2025–

On July 18, 2025, Borggräfe completed a move to Women's Super League side Liverpool.[9]

In January 2026, following investigation by the Football Association that began in September 2025, Borggräfe received a six-game ban after being found to have used discriminatory language that involved reference to skin colour during Liverpool's pre-season training camp.[10][11]

Loan to Bayer Leverkusen, 2025–

In February 2026, it was announced that Borggräfe would join Frauen Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen on loan for the duration of the 2025–26 season.[12] In July 2026, Liverpool announced that she would remain on loan with Bayer Leverkusen for the 2026–27 season.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 August 2026[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SC Freiburg II 2016–17 Regionalliga Süd 10——10
2017–18 Regionalliga Süd 50——50
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 350——350
SC Freiburg 2021–22 Frauen-Bundesliga 16020—180
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 30001040
Bayer Leverkusen (loan) 2025–26 Frauen-Bundesliga 1000000100
2026–27 Frauen-Bundesliga 20000020
Total 12 0 0 0 — 12 0
Career total 124090101340

References

  1. ↑ "Rafaela Borggräfe auf 11friends". Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "Rafaela Borggräfe - Leistungsdaten - Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de". www.soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "Rafaela Borggräfe steht vor Rückkehr | SC Freiburg". www.scfreiburg.com (in German). Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Rafaela Borggräfe - Leistungsdaten - Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de". www.soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  5. ↑ Taliku, Oliver (7 July 2025). "Liverpool closing in on signing Freiburg's Rafaela Borggräfe". SheKicks. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "2023-2024 Rafaela Borggräfe Match Logs (Goalkeeping)". FBref.com. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Frauen-Bundesliga: Die 5 besten Torhüterinnen in der Hinrunde 2024/25". 90min.de (in German). 9 January 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Borggräfe verlässt "Herzstück" SC Freiburg". kicker (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "LFC Women complete signing of goalkeeper Rafaela Borggrafe - Liverpool FC". www.liverpoolfc.com. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "Liverpool keeper gets six-game ban after racism claim". www.bbc.co.uk. 16 January 2026. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  11. ↑ "Liverpool's Rafaela Borggräfe given six-game ban after FA finds she made racist remark". www.theguardian.com. 16 January 2026. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  12. ↑ Salley, Emma (3 February 2026). "Liverpool's Borggrafe joins Leverkusen on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  13. ↑ "Rafaela Borggrafe extends Bayer Leverkusen loan - Liverpool FC". www.liverpoolfc.com. 7 July 2026. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  14. ↑ Rafaela Borggräfe at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
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