Rafael Riquelme

Riquelme red-shirted for the 2015 season, his first season at Benedictine College.

After retiring from football due to undisclosed differences he had with the club, Riquelme got a scholarship to play football at Maur Hill–Mount Academy so he decided to finish his junior and senior years of high school in Atchison, Kansas. While playing on the varsity football he was invited to play on the American football team as a placekicker. On October 13, 2013 in his second game, Riquelme scored a 54-yard field goal to help his school get a win against Horton High School. After this, he started gaining attention from Division-1 Colleges. On February 4, 2015 Riquelme signed his letter of intent to attend Benedictine College.

Rafael Riquelme Díaz (born 10 May 1995 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as winger for Club Universidad Nacional in Primera División de México. He was part of the Mexico national under-17 football team FIFA World Cup champions in 2011, becoming the first national team to achieve it while hosting, defeating Uruguay 2–0 and managing their second title. He recently graduated, he used to play college football as a placekicker at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas in the Heart of America Athletic Conference.

Riquelme was born on 10 May 1995 in Mexico City, Mexico . His parents moved to Mexico when he was a baby. His mom, a nutritionist, was always encouraging him to play sports since he was 4 years old. He has a younger brother, Rodrigo Riquelme Díaz. At the age of four, Riquelme started playing football for the subsidiary Pumas Morelos, coached by Antonio Jasso. At the age of twelve, he was representing his home state in various tournaments around the country.