Benfica
Rafa
- Born
- 17 May 1993
- Birthplace
- Forte da Casa
- Height
- 172 cm
- Weight
- 62 kg
- Matches
- 49
- Minutes
- 2673
- Goals
- 12
- Assists
- 3
- Avg rating
- 6.97
Every competition across the 2026/27 and 2025/26 seasons, tallied together.
- Starts
- 44
- Shots on target
- 33 / 50
- Pass accuracy
- 79%
- Key passes
- 42
- Tackles
- 32
- Interceptions
- 11
- Duels won
- 153 / 274
- Dribbles
- 46 / 84
- Fouls drawn
- 67
- Yellow cards
- 1
- Red cards
- 0
Consistency, big matches and availability
Three things a season total cannot tell you: how reliable they are, how they do against the best sides, and how much their club plays them.
Consistency
0.92
A metronome — plays to much the same level every week.
Ratings from 33 matches, averaging 6.87 and ranging 6.2 to 8.2. Scored as one minus the spread relative to the average.
Big matches
-1%
Plays much the same whoever the opponent is.
Rating in 12 matches against the top 6 (6.80) against their rating across all 33 (6.87). League matches only — a cup tie has no league position to judge by.
Availability
12%
A squad player on this season's minutes.
1,884 minutes of a possible 15,200 across 160 club matches. Folds selection, fitness and suspension into one number.
Per 90 minutes
Per ninety minutes, across 92.2full matches' worth of football.
A goal or assist every 1.4 matches.
- Goals
- 0.48
- Assists
- 0.24
- Shots
- 1.93
- Key passes
- 1.83
- Tackles
- 0.90
- Interceptions
- 0.24
Success rates
Why per ninety? Totals reward whoever played most. A rate puts a squad player and an ever-present on the same footing. Based on 8,300 minutes.
Share of the club's goals
Goals and assists as a share of everything the club scored in 2026/27.
5%
1 of 22 goals
1 scored, 0 assisted
One contributor among several.
Position
Taken from where they lined up across 37 appearances.
Midfielder
70% of their appearances
Also played