snook grew up in the Ciudad Berna neighborhood of the Colombian capital and was part of the Bogotá Selections in his youth.
“Unfortunately for us Bogota citizens, it is not easy to start. The clubs do not give us the support that one would like. I had to go to Medellin, but that experience was very useful to me, because I shared with a technical gentleman such as Louis Fernando Montoya”, recalled the footballer in an interview for El Espectador in 2016.
(See also: Juan Carlos Osorio, the idol of Atlético Nacional who is a fan of Millonarios)
He was with Atlético Nacional for a few months and made his professional debut there. In 2003 there was a rule where it was mandatory to line up a starter under 19 player. On February 16, the technician Alexis García aligned him in the visit of the purslane to Deportivo Pasto. At that time Rafael Robayo was 18 years old.
The paisas had on their payroll players like: Andrés Saldarriaga, Elkin Calle, Hilario Cuenú, Juan Carlos Ramírez, Néider Morantes, Héctor Hurtado, Leonardo Mina Polo, among others.
(See also: Andrés Felipe Román and some players who went from Millionaires to Nacional)
In the first minute of play, the locals went up with a goal from Carlos Salazar and the plans changed for the coach. Robayo only played 18 minutes and was replaced by Felipe Chará. The score remained and Pasto won 1-0.
Raphael Robayo had no more chances in National Athletic. Luis Fernando Montoya called him to go to Once Caldas but there he did not act in any party.
Own Montoya recommended him to try out for Millonarios and since 2005 he began his long career with the Ambassadors. He wore the blue shirt in more than 400 chances and won a Colombian Cup and a League.
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Several times the man from Bogota has confessed that as a child I was a fan of Atlético Nacional, but then everything changed. In 2018 he told Marca Claro Colombia in an interview: “One always has mistakes in lifeone sometimes makes mistakes in choices and I was wrong when I was a child choosing Nacional as the team I was going to be a fan of, I got carried away by bad friends.”
