Published: 19:39, 6 October 2025 | Updated: 19:40, 6 October 2025

An ex-girlfriend of Manchester City star Kerolin Nicoli has died in a car accident at the age of 27.

Rafaela Del Bianchi, a women's football influencer, was thrown from the vehicle when it overturned in a crash in Sao Paulo, according to local reports in Brazil.

The incident happened on the Lix da Cunha Highway in Campinas in the early hours of Friday, October 3.

The Sao Paulo Public Security Department said Del Bianchi, who has an 11-year-old daughter, was not wearing a seatbelt when the accident occurred. 

She had been returning from a nightclub with her friend, who was driving the car and was wearing a seatbelt. 

An investigation has been launched by local authorities as tributes flooded in for the Brazilian, including from Nicoli. The pair dated between 2022 and 2023.

Rafaela Del Bianchi, a women's football influencer, has died at the age of 27

Del Bianchi was in a relationship with Man City star Kerolin Nicoli between 2022...