Domestic-league season · Kasımpaşa.
Missed 6 of Kasımpaşa's ~34 games this season through 3 injury absences and 3 suspensions (injury, yellow cards). He still appeared 25 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Süper Lig | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1324 | 6.62 |
Cafú's current-season form is level with last season (Season 13→13), while his Rating eased 21→15. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 20).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Kasımpaşa · 13th | 25 | 0 | 1 | 6.62 | 15 | 13 |
| 2024/25 | Kasımpaşa · 10th | 34 | 1 | 0 | 6.68 | 21 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | Rotherham · 24th | 32 | 2 | 3 | 6.76 | 33 | 20 |
| 2022/23 | Nottingham Forest · 16th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 37 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | Nottingham Forest · 4th | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6.58 | 42 | 5 |
| 2020/21 | Nottingham Forest · 17th | 31 | 0 | 2 | 6.57 | 51 | 16 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Cafú is a 33-year-old defensive midfielder at Kasımpaşa, rated 15.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 658th of 720 in the 1. Lig. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (52.5% 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.
Judged on this season alone, Cafú graded 13 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 73rd of 86 of the 86 defensive midfielders in the 1. Lig, 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 → 13). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 15, 83rd of 86 of the 86 defensive midfielders in the 1. Lig. At 33 Cafú is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3.4 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Cafú missed 3 games through injury and 3 suspensions (injury, yellow cards) out of roughly 34 this season. The 25 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
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.
With a Rating of 15.2, Cafú carries the 83rd-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the 1. Lig of 86, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Kasımpaşa finished 13th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. 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.
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 (~10), then tapers with age. At 33, Cafú sits on 3.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Cafú's projected Rating — 15.2 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.
€2.5M total transfer fees · 10 moves
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