Only 27 years old! The ex-girlfriend of a Manchester City female football player died in a car accident and was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the incident

Sports     4:11pm, 8 October 2025

The Post quoted local media reports in Brazil that Rafaela Del Bianchi, the ex-girlfriend of Manchester City female football player Kerolin Nicoli, died in a car accident at the age of 27.

In the early hours of last Friday, Rafaela Del Bianchi was involved in a car accident on a highway in Sao Paulo and was thrown out of the car when the vehicle rolled over. The St. Paul Department of Public Safety said she was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. She was returning from a nightclub with her friend before the incident, and her friend was driving the vehicle and wearing a seat belt. The local government has launched an investigation.

Rafaela Del Bianchi is an Internet celebrity in the women's football industry. She has an 11-year-old daughter named Julia. After the incident, everyone paid tribute to the Brazilian woman, including Crolin. The two dated from 2022 to 2023.

Crolin sent a message of condolence:

It’s dark... There’s a party in the sky right now!

I love you and will always love you. Thank you for being a light when I needed it, thank you for being so strong when I needed it, I am so grateful.

I am proud of a woman like you and a mother like you. You are a dreamer and a warrior! You inspire me deeply.

As we promised - and always will be, I love you forever and ever. Your little cutie will be our little cutie from now on. I will take good care of her for you and for us. I love you forever. 😭🖤✨My angel!

I don’t understand God’s arrangements, but I believe that He has arranged the best.