| Rafael Silva | |
| Fullname: | Rafael da Silva[1] |
| Birth Date: | 4 April 1992 |
| Birth Place: | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.79 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Cruzeiro |
| Clubnumber: | 8 |
| Youthclubs1: | Corinthians |
| Years1: | 2012 |
| Clubs1: | Coritiba |
| Caps1: | 7 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2013–2014 |
| Clubs2: | Lugano |
| Caps2: | 29 |
| Goals2: | 12 |
| Years3: | 2014–2016 |
| Clubs3: | Albirex Niigata |
| Caps3: | 47 |
| Goals3: | 19 |
| Years4: | 2017 |
| Clubs4: | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| Caps4: | 25 |
| Goals4: | 12 |
| Years5: | 2018–2022 |
| Clubs5: | Wuhan Zall |
| Caps5: | 42 |
| Goals5: | 31 |
| Years6: | 2022 |
| Clubs6: | Cruzeiro |
| Caps6: | 16 |
| Goals6: | 6 |
| Clubs7: | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
| Years7: | 2023 |
| Caps7: | 25 |
| Goals7: | 3 |
| Club-Update: | 18:15, 3 December 2023 (UTC) |
| Years8: | 2024– |
| Clubs8: | Cruzeiro |
| Caps8: | 8 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
Rafael da Silva (pronounced as /pt-BR/; born 4 April 1992) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Série A club Cruzeiro.
Rafael was born in São Paulo.
Rafael Silva started his professional football career with Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Coritiba in the 2012 league season. He would make his debut on 8 April 2012 against Cianorte in the Campeonato Paranaense in a 3–1 victory.[2] This would be followed by his first goal for the club on 29 April 2012 against Roma Apucarana in the Campeonato Paranaense in a 3–1 win.[3]
Rafael joined Albirex Niigata in August 2014 from Swiss Challenge League club Lugano.[4] He made his debut for the club in a 2–0 away loss to Sanfrecce Hiroshima on 20 September 2014.[5] He scored his first goal for the club against Kawasaki Frontale on 5 October. After three seasons with Albirex Niigata he would move to another Japanese club in Urawa Red Diamonds where in his debut season he immediately established himself as a vital member of the team that went on to win the 2017 AFC Champions League.[6]
On 3 February 2018, Rafael transferred to second tier Chinese football club Wuhan Zall.[7] He would make his debut and score his first goal for the club on 11 March 2018 in a league game against Shanghai Shenxin in a 1–0 victory.[8] He would go on to establish himself as a vital member of the team and he would win the division as well as gaining promotion at the end of the 2018 China League One campaign.[9]
| Club | Season | League | State League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Coritiba | 2012 | Série A | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 12 | 1 | ||||
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |||
| Lugano | 2013–14 | Swiss Challenge League | 26 | 9 | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 27 | 9 | |||||
| 2014–15 | 3 | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Total | 29 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 12 | |||
| Albirex Niigata | 2014 | J1 League | 7 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 2015 | 17 | 7 | – | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | – | – | 28 | 10 | ||||||
| 2016 | 23 | 11 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 11 | ||||||
| Total | 47 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 22 | |||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2017 | J1 League | 25 | 12 | – | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 21 | ||
| Wuhan Zall | 2018 | China League One | 23 | 22 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 23 | 22 | |||||
| 2019 | Chinese Super League | 15 | 8 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 15 | 8 | ||||||
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 42 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 31 | |||
| Cruzeiro | 2022 | Série B | 16 | 6 | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 18 | 6 | |||||
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 2023 | K League 1 | 10 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 176 | 81 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 221 | 94 | |||