| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rafael da Silva[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-04-04) 4 April 1992 (age 32)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cruzeiro | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Corinthians | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012 | Coritiba | 7 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Lugano | 29 | (12) |
| 2014–2016 | Albirex Niigata | 47 | (19) |
| 2017 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 25 | (12) |
| 2018–2022 | Wuhan Zall | 42 | (31) |
| 2022 | Cruzeiro | 16 | (6) |
| 2023 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 25 | (3) |
| 2024– | Cruzeiro | 8 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:15, 3 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
Rafael da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁafaˈew dɐ ˈsiwvɐ]; born 4 April 1992) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Série A club Cruzeiro.
Rafael was born in São Paulo.[citation needed]
Rafael Silva started his professional football career with Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Coritiba in the 2012 league season. He would make his debut on 8 April 2012 against Cianorte in the Campeonato Paranaense in a 3–1 victory.[2] This would be followed by his first goal for the club on 29 April 2012 against Roma Apucarana in the Campeonato Paranaense in a 3–1 win.[3]
Rafael joined Albirex Niigata in August 2014 from Swiss Challenge League club Lugano.[4] He made his debut for the club in a 2–0 away loss to Sanfrecce Hiroshima on 20 September 2014.[5] He scored his first goal for the club against Kawasaki Frontale on 5 October. After three seasons with Albirex Niigata he would move to another Japanese club in Urawa Red Diamonds where in his debut season he immediately established himself as a vital member of the team that went on to win the 2017 AFC Champions League.[6]
On 3 February 2018, Rafael transferred to second tier Chinese football club Wuhan Zall.[7] He would make his debut and score his first goal for the club on 11 March 2018 in a league game against Shanghai Shenxin in a 1–0 victory.[8] He would go on to establish himself as a vital member of the team and he would win the division as well as gaining promotion at the end of the 2018 China League One campaign.[9]
| Club | Season | League | State League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Coritiba | 2012 | Série A | 7 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 8[a] | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| Lugano | 2013–14 | Swiss Challenge League | 26 | 9 | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 27 | 9 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 3 | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Total | 29 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 12 | ||
| Albirex Niigata | 2014 | J1 League | 7 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | ||||
| 2015 | 17 | 7 | – | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | – | – | 28 | 10 | |||||
| 2016 | 23 | 11 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 11 | |||||
| Total | 47 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 22 | ||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2017 | J1 League | 25 | 12 | – | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 21 | |
| Wuhan Zall | 2018 | China League One | 23 | 22 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 23 | 22 | ||||
| 2019 | Chinese Super League | 15 | 8 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 15 | 8 | |||||
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 42 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 31 | ||
| Cruzeiro | 2022 | Série B | 16 | 6 | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 18 | 6 | ||||
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 2023 | K League 1 | 10 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 176 | 81 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 221 | 94 | ||
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Cruzeiro Esporte Clube – current squad
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