Rafael Alexandre “ Rafa “ Fernandes Ferreira da Silva ComM ( portuguese pronunciation : [ ˈʁafɐ ˈsiɫvɐ ] ; born 17 May 1993 ) is a portuguese football player who plays for Benfica and the Portugal national team as an attacking midfielder or winger. After starting his professional career at Feirense, he transferred to Braga in 2013 and went on to make over 100 appearances for them, winning the 2016 portuguese Cup. He joined Benfica in 2016, winning two Primeira Liga championships during his spell.
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A full international since 2014, Silva represented Portugal at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016, the 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals and UEFA Euro 2020, winning the 2016 and 2019 tournaments .
Club career [edit ]
Feirense [edit ]
Born in Forte district attorney Casa, Vila Franca de Xira, Silva started playing football with U.A. Povoense and F.C. Alverca, both in the Lisbon District. In 2011, aged 18, he signed with C.D. Feirense with which he played his last year as a junior. silva made his professional debut on 29 July 2012, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 home succeed against F.C. Penafiel for the temper ‘s Taça district attorney Liga. [ 1 ] He only missed one plot in the league campaign, totalling more than 3,200 minutes of action to help his team finish 13th in the Segunda Liga. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
braga [edit ]
In June 2013, Silva signed a five-year contract with S.C. Braga for an undisclosed fee. [ 4 ] On 10 November he scored his first goals, striking doubly in a 3–1 win at S.C. Olhanense in the fourth round of the Taça de Portugal ; [ 5 ] nineteen days late he scored for the first gear time in the league, in a 4–1 home winnings over the lapp opposition. [ 6 ] He finished his first year with 23 appearances and three goals [ 7 ] to help to a ninth-place coating. The follow season, Silva was ever-present in the league, starting all but one crippled. He scored three times in the 2014–15 Taça de Portugal, including one in the concluding which they lost in a penalty gunfight to Sporting CP at the Estádio Nacional on 31 May 2015. [ 8 ] silva scored the alone goal on his UEFA Europa League debut on 17 September 2015 to defeat FC Slovan Liberec away, [ 9 ] and added two promote goals in a run to the quarter-finals. After a 2015–16 season in which Braga won the cup final against FC Porto, he was coveted by S.L. Benfica. [ 10 ]
Benfica [edit ]
On 1 September 2016, defending champions Benfica announced that Silva had signed a five-year shrink with the baseball club, in a consider totalling €16.4 million. His release article was set at €60 million. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] He made his introduction eight days late, starting in a 2–1 win at F.C. Arouca. [ 13 ] In his 14th game, on 22 January 2017, as a late stand-in for Kostas Mitroglou, Silva scored his first goal for the team in a 4–0 winnings over C.D. Tondela at the Estádio district attorney Luz. [ 14 ] In that season, he besides played seven minutes in the final examination of the domestic cup, won after defeating Vitória de Guimarães 2–1. [ 15 ] silva scored his ninth league goal of 2018–19 on 2 March 2019, in a 2–1 away victory against Porto ; Benfica leapfrogged the confrontation and took first position with ten rounds remaining. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] He ended the season with a career-best 17 league goals, bettered lone by teammate Haris Seferovic ( 23 goals ) and Bruno Fernandes ( 20 ) in the solid division. [ 18 ] On 4 August 2019, Silva scored the opening goal of a 5–0 win for Benfica in the 2019 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, against city rivals Sporting at the Estádio Algarve. [ 19 ]
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International career [edit ]
silva made his first appearance for the Portugal under-20 team on 23 April 2013, against Uzbekistan. [ 20 ] He was not selected to that class ‘s FIFA U-20 World Cup. On 28 February 2014, Silva received his first callup for the senior side, for an exhibition game with Cameroon on 5 March. [ 21 ] He played the first 45 minutes of the game, in a 5–1 succeed in Leiria. [ 22 ] On 19 May 2014, Silva was named in the concluding 23-man team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. [ 23 ] He remained unused as Portugal were knocked out in the group stage. After scoring in both games against Azerbaijan in qualification, [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Silva was part of the under-21 team that finished as runner-up at the 2015 UEFA European Championship in the Czech Republic. [ 26 ] He returned to the broad side for UEFA Euro 2016, [ 27 ] making his debut in the contest on 18 June by coming on as an 89th-minute utility for Nani in a 0–0 draw with Austria at the Parc des Princes. [ 28 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of match played 3 October 2021.[29][30]
Club
Season
League
National Cup
League Cup
Continental
Other
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Feirense
2012–13
Segunda Liga
41
10
2
1
4
0
—
—
47
11
Braga
2013–14
Primeira Liga
23
3
5
4
4
2
0
0
—
32
9
2014–15
34
2
6
3
3
0
—
—
43
5
2015–16
30
8
5
0
3
1
12
3
—
50
12
2016–17
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1[a]
0
2
0
Total
88
13
16
7
10
3
12
3
1
0
127
26
Benfica
2016–17
Primeira Liga
20
2
4
0
4
0
3
0
0
0
31
2
2017–18
20
3
2
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
25
3
2018–19
26
17
4
2
2
2
11
0
—
44
21
2019–20
25
7
4
1
1
0
5
2
1[a]
1
36
11
2020–21
29
5
5
1
2
0
8
3
1[a]
0
45
9
2021–22
10
5
1
1
0
0
8
3
—
16
9
Total
130
39
20
5
11
2
36
8
2
1
197
55
Career total
259
62
38
13
25
5
48
11
3
1
374
93
Notes
International [edit ]
- As of match played 4 September 2021.[31][32]
Portugal
Year
Apps
Goals
2014
3
0
2015
2
0
2016
5
0
2018
3
0
2019
4
0
2020
1
0
2021
7
0
Total
25
0
Honours [edit ]
golf club [edit ]
Braga [ 30 ]
Benfica [ 30 ]
International [edit ]
Portugal [ 30 ]
Orders [edit ]
References [edit ]
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