Domestic-league season · Orlando City SC.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Major League Soccer | 17 | 0 | 0 | 707 | 6.64 |
Santos's current-season form is down 57% on last season (Season 28→12), while his Rating eased 41→29. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 33).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Orlando City SC · 8th | 24 | 1 | 2 | 6.64 | 29 | 12 |
| 2024/25 | Orlando City SC · 4th | 37 | 1 | 3 | 6.9 | 41 | 28 |
| 2023/24 | Orlando City SC · 2nd | 37 | 1 | 2 | 6.88 | 43 | 33 |
| 2022/23 | Coritiba · 15th | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.82 | 59 | 13 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Rafael Santos is a 28-year-old full-back at Orlando City SC, rated 28.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 474th of 790 in the Major League Soccer. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (35.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.73 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Santos.
Judged on this season alone, Santos graded 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 104th of 135 of the 135 full-backs in the Major League Soccer, on 3 clean sheets and 2.73 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 28 → 12). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 29, 85th of 135 of the 135 full-backs in the Major League Soccer. At 28 Santos is in his prime years, and a market index of 8.9 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
2.73 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 24 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 28.5, Santos carries the 85th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Major League Soccer of 135. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.73 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).
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 (~15), then tapers with age. At 28, Santos sits on 8.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Santos's projected Rating — 28.5 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.
