Brazilian influencer and ex-girlfriend of Manchester City’s Kerolin Nicoli, Rafaela Del Bianchi, has died in a car accident in Sao Paulo.
Rafaela Del Bianchi, a 27-year-old women’s football influencer and former girlfriend of Manchester City star Kerolin Nicoli, has died following a car accident in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
According to local reports, Del Bianchi was thrown from the vehicle after it overturned on the Lix da Cunha Highway in Campinas in the early hours of October 3. Authorities said she was not wearing a seatbelt at the time. Her friend, who was driving and wearing a seatbelt, survived the crash.
Del Bianchi, who left behind an 11-year-old daughter named Julia, dated Nicoli between 2022 and 2023. Tributes have poured in for her, including a touching message from Nicoli. “I love you and I’ll love you forever,” she wrote on Instagram. “You inspired me a lot… I’ll take care of your little cutie, now more than anything.”
Nicoli later added, “Even though we know life will end, we are never prepared to lose someone.”