Monchengladbach extend deal with Raffael

Berlin: German top division football club Borussia Monchengladbach and striker Raffael have agreed on a contract extension. The 31-year-old striker, whose old contract was stipulated until June 2018, signed a one-year contract extension ahead of schedule to stay with the club until summer 2019.

“We are happy that we have managed to extend the contract with Raffael. We wanted him to stay as Raffael has done outstanding things here in recent years, which aroused desires by many other clubs,” Monchengladbach’s sporting director Max Eberl said. Raffael Caetano de Araujo, known as Raffael, joined Monchengladbach in 2013 and has scored 39 goals and provided 20 assists in 96 Bundesliga appearances.