Rafael Cabral

Following his move to Real Salt Lake, Cabral's current-season form is up 500% on last season (Season 2→12), while his Rating climbed 11→18. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 59).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	CS	CS%	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Real Salt Lake	14	0	0%	7.2	—	—
2025/26	Real Salt Lake · 9th	35	7	20%	7.11	18	12
2024/25	Cruzeiro	35	0	0%	7.11	—	—
2024/25	Gremio · 14th	21	1	5%	6.7	11	2
2023/24	Cruzeiro · 14th	35	15	43%	7.11	30	59
2022/23	Cruzeiro	37	0	0%	7.07	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 10 earlier seasons in the full career.

Brazil · international

Side	Apps	G
Brazil	3	0

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

Scout report

Experienced headGoalkeeper

Rafael Cabral is a 36-year-old goalkeeper at Real Salt Lake, rated 17.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 431st of 513 on scout potential in the Major League Soccer. A seasoned veteran, he has been an ever-present this season (100% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Cabral.

Judged on this season alone, Cabral graded 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 18th of 42 of the 42 goalkeepers in the Major League Soccer, on 7 clean sheets across 35 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 2 → 12). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 18, 26th of 42 of the 42 goalkeepers in the Major League Soccer. At 36 Cabral is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.1 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 downStreakyStepped up 2023/244 clubs

Current potential26th of 42 goalkeepers · Major League Soccer Current season18th of 42 goalkeepers · Major League Soccer18th-best goalkeeper in the Major League Soccer431st in the Major League Soccer · potential26th-highest potential goalkeeper in the Major League Soccer

17.9

Ratingi

26th of 42 goalkeepers

11.8

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

100%

Minutes

near ever-present

0.03

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Real Salt Lake finished 9th of 15 · a mid-table side

Apps

Clean sheets

20%

CS rate

100%

Minutes

7 clean sheets in 35 appearances (20% of games).

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 100% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Age curve. At 36, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 17.9, Cabral carries the 26th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the Major League Soccer of 42. A near ever-present keeper carrying the gloves this season. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %100%

Available fixtures35 of 35

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 900.029

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Dribble success %100

Cards / 900.086

Foul involvement / 900.143

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 36, Cabral sits on 1.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Cabral's projected Rating — 17.9 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.