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

Liga Portugal · 2026–2027

8Apps

8Starts

565Minutes

1Goals

0Assists

2.21xG

0.63xA

7.1Rating

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 Liga Portugal. 50 = average.

Market value€2.3m

Shooting

Stat	Total	Per 90	Percentile
Goals	1	0.16	67
xG	2.21	0.35	90
xGOT	1.72	0.27	85
xG excl. penalty	2.21	0.35	93
Shots	15	2.39	70
Shots on target	4	0.64	62
Headed shots	1	0.16	77

Passing

Stat	Total	Per 90	Percentile
Assists	0	0.00	0
xA	0.63	0.10	43
Accurate passes	157	25.0	62
Pass accuracy	77.3%	—	33
Accurate long balls	2	0.32	19
Long ball accuracy	40.0%	—	36
Line-breaking passes	32	5.10	84
Chances created	9	1.43	61
Big chances created	2	0.32	64
Successful crosses	1	0.16	26
Cross accuracy	50.0%	—	85

Possession

Stat	Total	Per 90	Percentile
Dribbles	11	1.75	72
Dribbles success rate	64.7%	—	88
Duels won	35	5.58	65
Duels won %	51.5%	—	67
Aerials won	3	0.48	46
Aerials won %	60.0%	—	90
Touches	309	49.2	60
Touches in opposition box	35	5.58	93
Dispossessed	15	2.39	12
Fouls won	13	2.07	67

Defending

Stat	Total	Per 90	Percentile
Defensive actions	14	2.23	36
Tackles	8	1.27	48
Interceptions	5	0.80	76
Fouls committed	5	0.80	62
Recoveries	24	3.82	46
Possession won final 3rd	6	0.96	80
Dribbled past	6	0.96	33
Clearances	1	0.16	17
Clean sheets	0	0.00	0
Goals conceded while on pitch	6	0.96	68
xG against while on pitch	4.58	0.73	85

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 Liga Portugal.

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