Raphinha injured and substituted off for Brazil in 40th minute against Haiti

Raphinha’s World Cup night ended before halftime. The Barcelona winger was forced off in the 40th minute of Brazil’s Group C match against Haiti on June 19, suffering what appeared to be a hamstring injury. Brazil was leading 2-0 at the time, with Matheus Cunha responsible for both goals.

A recurring nightmare for club and country

Back on March 27, Raphinha went down with a right hamstring injury during a friendly against France. That one cost him roughly five weeks on the sideline. During that absence, Barcelona had to navigate Champions League matches against Atletico Madrid without one of their most dynamic attacking threats.

Raphinha has dealt with multiple lower-body muscle injuries throughout the 2025/26 season. The hamstring issues have been the most persistent and damaging of the lot.

No official word has been released on the severity of this latest setback or the expected recovery timeline.

What this means for Barcelona and beyond

At 29, Raphinha is entering the phase of his career where muscle injuries stop being isolated bad luck and start becoming structural concerns.

The five-week timeline from his March injury offers a rough baseline for what might come. If this latest setback is of similar severity, Raphinha could miss the remainder of the group stage and potentially the early knockout rounds. A more severe tear could end his tournament entirely.

Barcelona’s medical staff will be watching the diagnosis closely. If Raphinha returns from the World Cup with another significant hamstring injury on his record, the conversation about managing his minutes next season becomes unavoidable.

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