Rafael
BotafogoDefenderBrazilBorn 9 July 1990 (36)172 cm78 kg
Rafael is a defender for Botafogo. Rafael is 36 years old, a national of Brazil and 172 cm tall. Before Botafogo, Rafael played for Istanbul Basaksehir, Olympique Lyonnais II, Lyon and Sporting CP B. 442ball tracks every appearance and recomputes these totals from the match record, not a copied feed.
Season stats
Summed across every competition for the season. Ratings are minutes-weighted.
Detailed statistics
Totals by default; the Per 90 toggle above switches every figure to a rate. A per-90 is shown only above 450 minutes in the matches where that statistic was recorded, so below it the total is left in place.
CONMEBOL Libertadores
Rating needs 10 rated appearances
Shooting
- Goals
- 00
Passing
- Assists
- 00
- Goals and assists
- 00
Serie A
Rating needs 10 rated appearances
Shooting
- Goals
- 00
Passing
- Assists
- 00
- Goals and assists
- 00
Season performance
Percentile against 100 defenders in tier-3 competitions, 2023 season, 450+ minutes.
Shooting
- Goals00.000
- Penalty goals00.000
- Shots10.145
- Shots on target10.1440
Passing
- Assists00.000
- Key passes70.9780
- Pass accuracy82.02%82.02%45
- Accurate passes18725.977
Possession
- Dribbles attempted172.3694
- Dribbles completed131.81100
- Duels9613.3391
- Duels won547.5096
- Duels won %56.25%56.25%56
Defending
- Blocks20.2824
- Fouls committed(fewest)172.361
- Interceptions101.3969
- Tackles314.31100
Discipline
- Fouls drawn70.9773
- Red cards(fewest)10.141
- Yellow cards(fewest)40.565
Some measures are better when they are lower: fouls, cards and goals conceded are marked, and their percentile is turned round so that further along the bar is better on every row. The figure beside the bar is always the actual number, never the inverted one.
Each axis is a percentile against players in the same position, season and competition tier who also cleared the minutes floor. Further from the centre is better on every axis.
Career
Senior football only. Every competition in our record is a senior one, so nothing is filtered out to make this list senior.
Clubs only. International appearances are counted in the career totals above and have no club to list here.
| Club | Spell | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
 Botafogo | 2021 to 2024 | 29 | 0 |
 Başakşehir | 2020 | 27 | 0 |
 Lyon | 2015 to 2019 | 130 | 2 |
| Season | Club | Apps | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Botafogo | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Botafogo | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Botafogo | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Botafogo | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 | Başakşehir | 27 | 0 | 0 | 6.59 |
| 2019 | Lyon | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.76 |
| 2018 | Lyon | 21 | 0 | 1 | 6.72 |
| 2017 | Lyon | 28 | 1 | 2 | 6.97 |
| 2016 | Lyon | 39 | 0 | 6 | 6.90 |
| 2015 | Lyon | 26 | 1 | 2 | 6.87 |
A season holding both is two lines: the clubs played for, and the national team, counted separately. No club line includes an international appearance.
Career figures cover our record, which begins in 2010.
Recent matches
The five most recent matches, each linking to its own page. The full log carries every appearance.
| Date | Competition | Opponent | H/A | Result | Min | G | A | Cards | Rating | Accurate passes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday 8 December | Serie A |  Sao Paulo | H | W2-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wednesday 3 April | CONMEBOL Libertadores |  Junior | H | L1-3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 4 | |
| Sunday 2 July | Serie A |  Vasco DA Gama | H | W2-0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 14 | |
| Friday 30 June | CONMEBOL Sudamericana |  Magallanes | H | D1-1 | 45 | 0 | □ | 6.7 | 18 | |
| Sunday 25 June | Serie A |  Palmeiras | A | W0-1 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 22 |
Career history
Transfer history
- Olympique Lyonnais IIIstanbul BasaksehirSept 2020
Sporting CP BLyonJun 2016
Manchester UnitedLyonAug 2015
Rio AveSporting CP BJun 2015