Domestic-league season · Pacos Ferreira.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Segunda Liga | 26 | 0 | 0 | 981 | 6.81 |
Following his move to Pacos Ferreira, Vieira's current-season form is level with last season (Season 13→13), while his Rating eased 20→10. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 27).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Pacos Ferreira · 17th | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6.81 | 10 | 13 |
| 2024/25 | Leixoes · 13th | 23 | 0 | 0 | 7.03 | 20 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | Leixoes · 14th | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 8 |
| 2022/23 | Nacional · 13th | 33 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 18 |
| 2021/22 | Nacional · 6th | 19 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 13 |
| 2020/21 | Academica · 4th | 32 | 0 | 0 | — | 40 | 27 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Rafael Vieira is a 34-year-old central defender at Pacos Ferreira, rated 10.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 98th of 108 in the Segunda Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (32.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.39 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Vieira.
Judged on this season alone, Vieira graded 13 — a strong campaign that ranks top 28% of the 25 centre-backs in the Segunda Liga, on 3 clean sheets and 3.394 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 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 10, 22nd of 25 of the 25 centre-backs in the Segunda Liga. At 34 Vieira is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.3 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.39 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 26 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (17th 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.
With a Rating of 10.4, Vieira carries the 22nd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Segunda Liga of 25, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Pacos Ferreira finished 17th 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 moderate defensive volume (3.39 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). 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.
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 34, Vieira sits on 1.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Vieira's projected Rating — 10.4 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.
