Domestic-league season · Leixoes.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Segunda Liga | 14 | 0 | 0 | 394 | 6.14 |
Santos's current-season form is down 45% on last season (Season 11→6), while his Rating eased 39→29. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 11).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Leixoes · 7th | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 29 | 6 |
| 2024/25 | Leixoes · 13th | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6.85 | 39 | 11 |
| 2023/24 | Santa Clara · 1st | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 41 | 6 |
| 2022/23 | Moreirense · 1st | 14 | 1 | 0 | — | 46 | 11 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Rafael Santos is a 28-year-old central defender at Leixoes, rated 28.5 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (12.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.57 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Santos.
On the season, Santos graded 6 for current form (age-blind), on 1 clean sheet and 4.569 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 11 → 6). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 29. At 28 Santos is in his prime years, and a market index of 11.6 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
4.57 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 14 appearances.
Rated 28.5 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.57 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). 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 (~19), then tapers with age. At 28, Santos sits on 11.6, 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.
