Rafa Soares
DEF🇵🇹31 years old·born 9 May 1995
177 cm · 70 kg · born Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
Rank #2,929·244 matches tracked
Playing style
AttackingTackles + int. /90
2.14
33rd pct
Duels won
47%
11th pct
Blocks /90
0.10
18th pct
Passes /90
32.39
39th pct
Fouls /90
0.88
28th pct
Goals + assists /90
0.13
Latest· 11 Oct 2026
90' vs Arouca — a quiet game.
Arouca 1–0 Estrela (loss) · Rating 5.99 · Elo -14 · 2/4 duels
Form — EAR = Elo Above Replacement, football's version of baseball's WAR (Wins Above Replacement). Every rated match scores a player against the average performance for their position: better adds to EAR, worse subtracts. EAR180 adds up the last 180 days (current form); EAR career adds up every rated match. Our predictions add EAR180 to a player's Elo, about 37 Elo points per EAR point. Each bar is the EAR180 going into that match: green above the position average, red below. A gap means no rated match in that window. (180 days)
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−61Paulinho1510
in 3 matches · Moreirense
−59Léo Santos1743
in 4 matches · Nacional
−57Jadson1760
in 3 matches · Portimonense
−55Ricardo Horta2071
in 8 matches · SC Braga
−55Zainadine Júnior1358
in 3 matches · Maritimo
Nemeses
+87Vitor Gomes804
in 3 matches · Aves
+87Renan Ribeiro1761
in 5 matches · Estrela
+82F. Moufi1736
in 4 matches · Portimonense
+77Diogo Calila1778
in 4 matches · Santa Clara
+76Nuno Santos2194
in 6 matches · Sporting CP
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −48
Vasco Seabra1845
in 5 matches · Arouca
- −38
Carlos Carvalhal1946
in 7 matches · Famalicao
- −36
Ricardo Soares1598
in 3 matches · GIL Vicente
- −25
Sergio1748
in 3 matches · Valladolid
- −21
Ivan Jovanović2231
in 3 matches · Panathinaikos
Nemesis coaches
- +84
Bruno Lage2274
in 3 matches · Benfica
- +40
António Folha1633
in 3 matches · Portimonense
- +37
M. Almeyda2077
in 4 matches · AEK Athens FC
- +21
Jorge Jesus2479
in 3 matches · Benfica
- +19
Pepa1875
in 4 matches · Pacos Ferreira
Style radar
On-ball style vs same-position, same-league peers (0 = average for the role).
Career history
- 2026Famalicao→Rafa SoaresFree agent
- 2026Famalicao→EstrelaFree agent
- 2024PAOK→FamalicaoFree
- 2022Guimaraes→PAOKFree
- 2021Eibar→GuimaraesLoan ended
- 2020Guimaraes→EibarLoan
- 2018Portimonense→Guimaraes
- 2016FC Porto→Rio AveLoan
- 2016FC Porto→AcademicaLoan