Domestic-league season · Kyoto Sanga.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 J1 League | 27 | 18 | 4 | 1997 | 7.43 |
 J-League Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | — |
Elias's current-season form is up 77% on last season (Season 30→53), while his Rating held around 47. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Kyoto Sanga · 3rd | 27 | 18 | 4 | 7.43 | 47 | 53 |
| 2024/25 | Kyoto Sanga · 14th | 15 | 11 | 1 | 7.51 | 48 | 30 |
| 2023/24 | Cruzeiro · 14th | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6.67 | 56 | 5 |
| 2021/22 | Cuiaba · 15th | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6.53 | 58 | 4 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Rafael Elias is a 27-year-old centre-forward at Kyoto Sanga, rated 47.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 66th of 377 in the J1 League. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (58.4% of available minutes). He brings 0.99 goal contributions per 90 (0.81 goals, 0.18 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Elias.
Judged on this season alone, Elias graded 53 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 7% of the 43 centre-forwards in the J1 League, on 18 goals and 4 assists in 27 appearances (0.991 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 30 → 53). Across the 4 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 47, top 19% of the 43 centre-forwards in the J1 League. At 27 Elias is in his prime years, and a market index of 21.6 reflects that trajectory.
A career still climbing — Elias is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
18 goals in 27 appearances (0.67 per game) — a 15-goal haul playing for an upper-table side (3rd of 20). He also laid on 4 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 22 goal contributions (0.81 per appearance).
With a Rating of 47.3, Elias carries the 8th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the J1 League (top 19%). In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.99 goal contributions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.
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 (~22), then tapers with age. At 27, Elias sits on 21.6, at or near its peak. The blue line is Elias's projected Rating — 47.3 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
