Cafú

Cafú's current-season form is level with last season (Season 13→11), while his Rating eased 21→14. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 21).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Kasımpaşa · 13th	25	0	1	6.62	14	11
2024/25	Kasımpaşa · 10th	34	1	0	6.68	21	13
2023/24	Rotherham · 24th	32	2	3	6.76	33	21
2022/23	Nottingham Forest · 16th	1	0	0	6.2	37	0
2021/22	Nottingham Forest · 4th	15	1	1	6.58	42	5

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 9 earlier seasons and 5 youth-team spells in the full career.

Portugal · international

Side	Apps	G
Portugal U19	1	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral midfielder

Cafú is a 33-year-old central midfielder at Kasımpaşa, rated 13.8 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (43.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.63 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Cafú.

On the season, Cafú graded 11 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 1 assist and 1.631 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 13 → 11). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 14. At 33 Cafú is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.5 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2023/24Remarkably consistentStepped up 2024/25Injury-hit 2025/26

13.8

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

43.3%

Minutes

rotation minutes

1.63

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Kasımpaşa finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side

Apps

1.63

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

1.63 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 25 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Watch points

Game time. Only 43.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Defensive numbers. Modest 1.63 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
Age curve. At 33, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 13.8 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.63 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.7× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %43.3%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.068

Goal contribution / 900.068

Defensive actions / 901.631

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900.544

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~4), then tapers with age. At 33, Cafú sits on 1.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Cafú's projected Rating — 13.8 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Süper Lig with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles9

Interceptions10

Blocks5

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards6

Red cards2

Transfer history

€2.5M total transfer fees · 11 moves

AAELAug 2026 – nowFree

Kasımpaşauntil Aug 2026

Free agentJun 2026 – Aug 2026Free

Kasımpaşauntil Jun 2026

KKasimpasaAug 2024 – Jun 2026Free

RotherhamJul 2023 – Aug 2024Free

Nottingham Forestuntil Jul 2023

Olympiakos PiraeusFeb 2021 – Jul 2023

Nottingham ForestFeb 2021 – Feb 2021

Olympiakos PiraeusJan 2020 – Feb 2021€ 500K

Legia WarszawaJul 2019 – Jan 2020

Legia Warszawa(on loan)Mar 2018 – Jul 2019

MetzAug 2017 – Mar 2018

LorientJul 2016 – Aug 2017€ 2M

GGuimaraesuntil Jul 2016

About Cafú

Carlos Miguel Ribeiro Dias is a 33-year-old central midfielder who plays for Kasımpaşa, born on February 26, 1993 in Guimarães, standing 185 cm tall. He is from Portugal. Kasımpaşa currently sit 7th of 18 in the Süper Lig.

This season

In the current season, Cafú has made 25 appearances with 0 goals and 1 assist across 1,324 minutes, with 6 yellow cards.

Cafú's next match is on August 30, 2026, when Kasımpaşa face Başakşehir away in the Süper Lig.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Cafú at 13.8 with a Season form score of 11. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 8 career titles — among them the Super League 1 and the Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 16 recorded seasons, Cafú has totalled 350 club appearances with 32 goals and 14 assists for 15 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2024/25, with 34 appearances for Kasımpaşa.

Cafú's career has also included time at AAEL, KKasimpasa, Rotherham, Nottingham Forest, Olympiakos Piraeus, Legia Warszawa, Metz, Lorient and GGuimaraes.

On the international stage, Cafú has represented Portugal U19 — 1 cap in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Kasımpaşa finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side

Watch points