Rafa Silva

Benfica Attacking Midfielder Also RW, LW

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Height: 172 cm
Shirt: 27
Age: 33
Preferred foot: Right
Country: Portugal
Market value: €2.3m
Contract end: 30 June 2028

Liga Portugal

Europa League Qualification qualification

Europa League Qualification qualification · 2026–2027

6Apps

5Starts

415Minutes

4Goals

1Assists

2.52xG

0.95xA

7.7Rating

2026–2027 by competition

Competition	Team	Apps	G	A	Rating
Liga Portugal	Benfica	8	1	0	7.1
Europa League	Benfica	6	4	1	—

Recent matchesFull log →

Date	Opponent	Result	Min	G	A	Rating
11 Oct	vs Vitória de Guimarães	W 2–0	73	·	·	6.6
20 Sep	@ FC Porto	L 1–3	74	·	·	6.5
13 Sep	vs Gil Vicente	W 3–1	72	·	·	6.4
09 Sep	@ Moreirense	W 4–0	86	·	·	7.3
05 Sep	@ Marítimo	W 3–0	62	·	·	7.1
31 Aug	vs Estoril	W 2–1	63	·	·	7.4

Player profile AM

Per-90 percentiles against wingers and attacking midfielders in Europa League Qualification qualification. 50 = average.

Market value€2.3m

Shooting

Stat	Total	Per 90	Percentile
Goals	4	0.87	92
xG	2.52	0.55	94
xGOT	3.46	0.75	95
xG excl. penalty	2.52	0.55	97
Shots	11	2.39	81
Shots on target	8	1.73	95

Passing

Stat	Total	Per 90	Percentile
Assists	1	0.22	80
xA	0.95	0.21	85
Accurate passes	154	33.4	87
Pass accuracy	82.4%	—	69
Accurate long balls	3	0.65	66
Long ball accuracy	60.0%	—	75
Chances created	9	1.95	79
Big chances created	1	0.22	75
Successful crosses	1	0.22	66
Cross accuracy	25.0%	—	70

Possession

Stat	Total	Per 90	Percentile
Dribbles	9	1.95	84
Dribbles success rate	69.2%	—	88
Duels won	17	3.69	66
Duels won %	42.5%	—	61
Aerials won	1	0.22	69
Aerials won %	33.3%	—	72
Touches	254	55.1	84
Touches in opposition box	30	6.51	92
Dispossessed	9	1.95	13
Fouls won	2	0.43	49

Defending

Stat	Total	Per 90	Percentile
Defensive actions	7	1.52	61
Tackles	5	1.08	72
Interceptions	2	0.43	82
Fouls committed	2	0.43	46
Recoveries	15	3.25	68
Possession won final 3rd	2	0.43	71
Dribbled past	6	1.30	17
Clean sheets	0	0.00	0
Goals conceded while on pitch	5	1.08	54
xG against while on pitch	4.14	0.90	39

Discipline

Stat	Total	Per 90	Percentile
Yellow cards	0	0.00	100
Red cards	0	0.00	100

Percentiles are per 90 minutes, against players in the same position in Europa League Qualification qualification.

Date	Opponent	Result	Min	G	A	Rating
15 Oct	vs Celtic	W 4–1	Bench	·	·	—
11 Oct	vs Vitória de Guimarães	W 2–0	73	·	·	6.6
20 Sep	@ FC Porto	L 1–3	74	·	·	6.5
16 Sep	@ Milan	W 2–0	Bench	·	·	—
13 Sep	vs Gil Vicente	W 3–1	72	·	·	6.4
09 Sep	@ Moreirense	W 4–0	86	·	·	7.3
05 Sep	@ Marítimo	W 3–0	62	·	·	7.1
31 Aug	vs Estoril	W 2–1	63	·	·	7.4
27 Aug	@ AGF	W 3–1	65	1	·	8.0
20 Aug	vs AGF	W 3–1	84	1	·	8.6
17 Aug	@ Casa Pia AC	W 7–0	59	1	·	8.3
13 Aug	@ Heart of Midlothian	D 1–1	11	·	·	6.2
09 Aug	vs Académico Viseu	D 2–2	76	·	·	7.4
06 Aug	vs Heart of Midlothian	W 6–1	90	1	·	8.5
30 Jul	vs St. Gallen	W 5–0	75	·	1	7.7
23 Jul	@ St. Gallen	L 1–2	90	1	·	7.4
16 May	@ Estoril	W 3–1	68	1	·	7.7
11 May	vs Braga	D 2–2	90	1	·	8.0
02 May	@ Famalicão	D 2–2	5	·	·	—
25 Apr	vs Moreirense	W 4–1	58	·	·	6.7
19 Apr	@ Sporting CP	W 2–1	12	1	·	7.1
12 Apr	vs Nacional	W 2–0	78	1	·	8.2
06 Apr	@ Casa Pia AC	D 1–1	70	·	·	6.7
21 Mar	vs Vitória de Guimarães	W 3–0	13	·	·	6.6
14 Mar	@ Arouca	W 2–1	73	·	·	7.2
08 Mar	vs FC Porto	D 2–2	65	·	·	6.9
02 Mar	@ Gil Vicente	W 2–1	90	·	·	7.4
25 Feb	@ Real Madrid	L 1–2	90	1	·	7.7
21 Feb	vs AVS Futebol SAD	W 3–0	86	1	·	8.3
17 Feb	vs Real Madrid	L 0–1	74	·	·	5.9
13 Feb	@ Santa Clara	W 2–1	79	·	·	6.3
08 Feb	vs Alverca	W 2–1	88	·	·	7.0
01 Feb	@ Tondela	D 0–0	27	·	·	5.9
25 Jan	vs Estrela da Amadora	W 4–0	17	·	·	6.6
20 Dec	vs Rizespor	W 1–0	Bench	·	·	—
02 Nov	vs Fenerbahçe	L 2–3	90	·	·	7.0
22 Oct	@ Konyaspor	W 2–0	57	·	·	6.4
18 Oct	vs Gençlerbirliği	L 1–2	90	·	1	★ 7.9

Season	Team	Apps	G	A	Rating
▸ 2026–2027	Benfica	14	5	1	7.1
	Liga Portugal	8	1	0	7.1
	Europa League	6	4	1	—
▸ 2025–2026	Benfica	18	6	0	7.1
	Liga Portugal	16	5	0	7.1
	Champions League	2	1	0	6.8
▸ 2025–2026	Beşiktaş	16	5	3	7.5
	Süper Lig	10	5	1	7.5
	Europa League	2	0	0	—
	Conference League	4	0	2	—
▸ 2024–2025	Beşiktaş	49	18	12	7.4
	Süper Lig	35	12	5	7.5
	Turkish Cup	3	2	1	7.2
	Super Cup	1	1	1	—
	Europa League	10	3	5	7.3
▸ 2023–2024	Benfica	52	22	15	7.5
	Liga Portugal	30	14	12	7.8
	League Cup	3	0	1	—
	Taça de Portugal	6	4	1	—
	Super Cup	1	0	1	—
	Champions League	6	2	0	6.7
	Europa League	6	2	0	7.2
▸ 2022–2023	Benfica	47	14	8	7.5
	Liga Portugal	28	8	4	7.5
	League Cup	3	0	2	—
	Taça de Portugal	2	0	0	—
	Champions League	14	6	2	7.6
▸ 2021–2022	Benfica	45	12	16	7.4
	Liga Portugal	28	8	15	7.7
	League Cup	2	0	0	—
	Taça de Portugal	2	1	0	—
	Champions League	13	3	1	6.9
▸ 2020–2021	Benfica	46	9	7	7.3
	Liga Portugal	29	5	5	7.3
	League Cup	2	0	0	—
	Taça de Portugal	5	1	1	—
	Super Cup	1	0	0	—
	Champions League	1	1	0	—
	Europa League	8	2	1	7.1
▸ 2019–2020	Benfica	36	11	8	7.0
	Liga Portugal	25	7	5	7.1
	League Cup	1	0	0	—
	Taça de Portugal	4	1	0	—
	Super Cup	1	1	2	5.9
	Champions League	3	1	1	7.0
	Europa League	2	1	0	6.7
▸ 2018–2019	Benfica	43	20	2	7.3
	Liga Portugal	26	17	2	7.8
	League Cup	2	2	0	—
	Taça de Portugal	3	1	0	—
	Champions League	7	0	0	6.5
	Europa League	5	0	0	6.1
▸ 2017–2018	Benfica	24	3	4	7.1
	Liga Portugal	20	3	4	7.1
	League Cup	2	0	0	—
	Taça de Portugal	1	0	0	—
	Champions League	1	0	0	—
▸ 2016–2017	Benfica	31	2	4	6.0
	Liga Portugal	20	2	4	—
	League Cup	4	0	0	—
	Taça de Portugal	4	0	0	—
	Champions League	3	0	0	6.0
▸ 2016–2017	Braga	2	0	0	—
	Liga Portugal	1	0	0	—
	Super Cup	1	0	0	—
▸ 2015–2016	Braga	50	12	4	—
	Liga Portugal	30	8	0	—
	League Cup	3	1	0	—
	Taça de Portugal	5	0	0	—
	Europa League	12	3	4	—
▸ 2014–2015	Braga	43	5	0	—
	Liga Portugal	34	2	0	—
	League Cup	3	0	0	—
	Taça de Portugal	6	3	0	—
▸ 2013–2014	Braga	31	8	0	—
	Liga Portugal	23	3	0	—
	League Cup	4	2	0	—
	Taça de Portugal	4	3	0	—
▸ 2013–2014	Braga B	1	0	0	—
	Liga Portugal 2	1	0	0	—
▸ 2012–2013	Feirense	45	10	0	—
	Liga Portugal 2	40	9	0	—
	League Cup	4	0	0	—
	Taça de Portugal	1	1	0	—

Beşiktaş

Competition	Won	Runner-up
Super Cup ×1	2024/2025	—

Benfica

Competition	Won	Runner-up
Taça de Portugal ×1	2016/2017	2
Super Cup ×3	2023/2024, 2019/2020, 2017/2018	1
Liga Portugal ×3	2022/2023, 2018/2019, 2016/2017	3
International Champions Cup ×1	2019	—
Algarve Football Cup ×1	2017	—

Portugal

Competition	Won	Runner-up
UEFA Nations League A ×1	2018/2019	—
EURO ×1	2016 France	—

Braga

Competition	Won	Runner-up
Taça de Portugal ×1	2015/2016	1