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Rafik Belghali

Squad depthHellas Verona · 24 yrsRotation

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 25 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameRafik Belghali
PositionFull-back
NationalityAlgeria
Age24
Date of birth7 Jun 2002
BirthplaceLeuven
Height186 cm
Shirt number#17
ClubHellas Verona
Full-back
26
Appearances
2
Goals
0
Assists
1926
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Hellas Verona.

Also this season

Earlier this season at KV MechelenJupiler Pro League: 3 apps, 0g 0a, 240 min

The headline Season rating covers his time at Hellas Verona; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.

Scout report

Squad depthFull-back

R. Belghali is a 24-year-old full-back at Hellas Verona, rated 70 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 54th of 190 on scout potential in the Serie A. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (56.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.1 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Belghali.

Judged on this season alone, Belghali graded 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 20th of 27 of the 27 full-backs in the Serie A, on 3 clean sheets and 2.103 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 22 → 12). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 70, top 38% of the 27 full-backs in the Serie A. At 24 Belghali is in his prime years, and a market index of 43.3 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 downBreakout: 2022/23Remarkably consistentStepped up 2023/24Injury-hit 2025/26
70
Ratingi
10th of 27 full-backs
12.4
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
56.3%
Minutes
rotation minutes
2.1
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Hellas Verona finished 19th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side

26
Apps
2.1
Def. / 90
21
Tackles
18
Interceptions
3
Clean sheets

2.1 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 26 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (19th of 20) 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. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 56.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

With a Rating of 70, Belghali carries the 10th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Serie A (top 38%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Hellas Verona finished 19th of 20) — 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 (2.1 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.

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

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Serie A with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles21
Interceptions18
Blocks6

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards6
Red cards0