[9] She represented Italy at the 2018 Junior European Championships in Guadalajara, Spain, where she qualified to the clubs final and finished in 5th place.

She and her teammates Eva Swahili Gherardi, Anna Paola Cantatore and Talisa Torretti took 4th place in the team competition.

[10] In 2020, Raffaeli officially made her senior debut at the 2020 Italian National Championships, where she won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Milena Baldassarri and Alexandra Agiurgiuculese.

[11] In the 2021 season, Raffaeli made her senior international debut at the 2021 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series.

[12] On 16–18 April Raffaeli competed at the 2021 Tashkent World Cup, where she finished 4th in the all-around behind Anastasiia Salos, and qualified to three apparatus finals, winning a silver medal with hoop and ribbon, and also placing 4th in clubs.

In June, she won the silver medal in the all-around final at the 2021 Italian National Championships behind Milena Baldassarri and in front of Alexandra Agiurgiuculese.

Despite the fact that Raffaeli came second, the national coach, Emanuela Maccarani, decided that the gymnast accompanying Baldassarri should be Agiurgiuculese due to her experience throughout the Olympic cycle.

Raffaeli also managed to enter all four apparatus finals, winning gold in clubs, silver in hoop, and bronze in ball and ribbon.

Raffaeli was then selected to compete at the 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, along with Alexandra Agiurgiuculese.

She additionally won a silver medal in the team competition, together with Milena Baldassarri, Alexandra Agiurgiuculese, and the Italian group.

In the 2022 season, Raffaeli adapted to the new FIG code of points and became the top gymnast of the Italian national team.

[17] On 22–24 April Raffaeli competed at the 2022 World Cup Baku where she won the second all-around title of her career ahead of Boryana Kaleyn and teammate Milena Baldassarri.

On 15 April Raffaeli competed at the 2023 World Cup Tashkent and won five gold medals in the all-around, hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon final.

She won the silver medal in the all-around final by just 0.05 points after making large improvements to her scores from qualifications.

This made her the first Italian individual rhythmic gymnast to win a medal in the all-around final at the European Championships.

[30] On 14–16 July Raffaeli competed at the 2023 World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca and won the gold medal in the all around competition.

[33] Raffaeli was selected to compete at the 2023 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, in Valencia, Spain, where she won three silver medals in the all-around, hoop and ball finals.

In November, less than a year before the 2024 Summer Olympics, it was formally announced by the Italian and Israeli Gymnastics Federation that Julieta Cantaluppi was leaving Italy to pursuit other coaching opportunities in Israel.

[35] Raffaeli began her season by competing at the 2024 World Cup Athens and won two silver medals with hoop and ball.

She competed at the Milan World Cup at the end of June, where she won the silver medal in the all-around behind Darja Varfolomeev.

[40] Raffaeli has one eponymous skill listed in the code of points, a 180 degree turn in a side split position on relevé with the free leg bent.