1993 - Today
Rafael Alexandre Fernandes Ferreira da Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁafɐ ˈsilvɐ]; born 17 May 1993), known as Rafa Silva or Rafa, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger or second striker for Primeira Liga club Benfica. After starting his professional career at Feirense, Silva transferred to Braga in 2013 and went on to make 127 appearances for them, scoring 26 goals winning the Taça de Portugal in 2016. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafa Silva has received more than 884,172 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Rafa Silva is the 5,650th most popular soccer player (up from 7,012th in 2019), the 404th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 395th in 2019) and the 89th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Rafa Silva ranks 5,650 out of 16,880. Before him are Heribert Weber, Laurențiu Reghecampf, Theerathon Bunmathan, Salva Ballesta, Ulrich Ramé, and Erik Durm. After him are David Di Tommaso, Marcelo Gonçalves Costa Lopes, Oswaldo Sánchez, Willian José, Iraj Danaeifard, and Manuel da Costa.
1955 - Present
HPI: 38.25
Rank: 5,644
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.23
Rank: 5,645
1990 - Present
HPI: 38.23
Rank: 5,646
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.23
Rank: 5,647
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 5,648
1992 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 5,649
1993 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 5,650
1979 - 2005
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 5,651
1966 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 5,652
1973 - Present
HPI: 38.21
Rank: 5,653
1991 - Present
HPI: 38.21
Rank: 5,654
1951 - 2018
HPI: 38.21
Rank: 5,655
1986 - Present
HPI: 38.21
Rank: 5,656
Among people born in 1993, Rafa Silva ranks 119. Before him are Carolina Marín, Brandon Flynn, Wilfredo León, Ross Barkley, Barbara Pravi, and Thomas Partey. After him are Stefan Kraft, Olivia Cooke, Rade Krunić, Manuel Lanzini, Kerem Demirbay, and Matija Nastasić.
1993 - Present
HPI: 38.58
Rank: 113
1993 - Present
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 114
1993 - Present
HPI: 38.39
Rank: 115
1993 - Present
HPI: 38.33
Rank: 116
1993 - Present
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 117
1993 - Present
HPI: 38.28
Rank: 118
1993 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 119
1993 - Present
HPI: 38.19
Rank: 120
1993 - Present
HPI: 38.16
Rank: 121
1993 - Present
HPI: 37.96
Rank: 122
1993 - Present
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 123
1993 - Present
HPI: 37.91
Rank: 124
1993 - Present
HPI: 37.78
Rank: 125
Among people born in Portugal, Rafa Silva ranks 404 out of 555. Before him are Rafael Leão (1999), Mário Centeno (1966), Diogo Jota (1996), Gerson Rodrigues (1995), Pedro Chaves (1965), and Eliseu (1983). After him are Pizzi (1989), Sérgio Oliveira (1992), Fernanda Ribeiro (1969), Miguel Gomes (1972), Bruno Lage (1976), and Diogo Dalot (1999).
1999 - Present
HPI: 38.97
Rank: 398
1966 - Present
HPI: 38.74
Rank: 399
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.58
Rank: 400
1995 - Present
HPI: 38.44
Rank: 401
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.43
Rank: 402
1983 - Present
HPI: 38.36
Rank: 403
1993 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 404
1989 - Present
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 405
1992 - Present
HPI: 37.96
Rank: 406
1969 - Present
HPI: 37.80
Rank: 407
1972 - Present
HPI: 37.71
Rank: 408
1976 - Present
HPI: 37.62
Rank: 409
1999 - Present
HPI: 37.57
Rank: 410
Among soccer players born in Portugal, Rafa Silva ranks 89. Before him are Hugo Viana (1983), João Mário (1993), Rafael Leão (1999), Diogo Jota (1996), Gerson Rodrigues (1995), and Eliseu (1983). After him are Pizzi (1989), Sérgio Oliveira (1992), Diogo Dalot (1999), Luís Neto (1988), Vieirinha (1986), and Nuno Mendes (2002).
1983 - Present
HPI: 39.04
Rank: 83
1993 - Present
HPI: 38.98
Rank: 84
1999 - Present
HPI: 38.97
Rank: 85
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.58
Rank: 86
1995 - Present
HPI: 38.44
Rank: 87
1983 - Present
HPI: 38.36
Rank: 88
1993 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 89
1989 - Present
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 90
1992 - Present
HPI: 37.96
Rank: 91
1999 - Present
HPI: 37.57
Rank: 92
1988 - Present
HPI: 37.30
Rank: 93
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.21
Rank: 94
2002 - Present
HPI: 37.03
Rank: 95