Rafa Silva
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Rafa lining up for Braga in 2016
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| Full name | Rafael Alexandre Fernandes Ferreira da Silva | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 May 1993 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Forte da Casa, Portugal | ||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||
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Current team
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Benfica | ||||||||
| Number | 27 | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Povoense | ||||||||
| 2003–2011 | Alverca | ||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Feirense | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 2012–2013 | Feirense | 41 | (10) | ||||||
| 2013–2016 | Braga | 88 | (13) | ||||||
| 2014 | Braga B | 1 | (0) | ||||||
| 2016– | Benfica | 20 | (2) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2013 | Portugal U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||
| 2013–2015 | Portugal U21 | 13 | (3) | ||||||
| 2014– | Portugal | 10 | (0) | ||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 September 2016 |
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Rafael Alexandre "Rafa" Fernandes Ferreira da Silva, ComM (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁafɐ ˈsiɫvɐ]; born 17 May 1993) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Benfica as a midfielder.
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.
A full international since 2014, Silva represented Portugal at the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016, winning the latter tournament.
Born in Forte da Casa, Vila Franca de Xira, Silva started playing football with Atlético 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 win against F.C. Penafiel for the season's Taça da Liga. He only missed one game in the league campaign, totalling more than 3,200 minutes of action to help his team finish 13th in the Segunda Liga.
In June 2013, Silva signed a five-year contract with S.C. Braga for an undisclosed fee. He made his Primeira Liga debut on 26 August, starting in a 2–1 win against C.F. Os Belenenses. On 10 November he scored his first goals, striking twice in a 3–1 win at S.C. Olhanense in the fourth round of the Taça de Portugal; nineteen days later he netted for the first time in the league, in a 4–1 home triumph over the same opposition, finishing his first year with 23 appearances and three goals to help to a ninth-place finish.
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