SOCCER PLAYER

Rafa Silva

1993 - Today

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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 Süper Lig club Beşiktaş. 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. He joined Benfica that year for €16.4 million, winning three Primeira Liga championships and another cup during his spell. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafa Silva has received more than 1,002,208 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Rafa Silva is the 5,085th most popular soccer player (up from 5,649th in 2019), the 414th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 403rd in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Rafa Silva ranks 5,085 out of 21,273. Before him are Gilberto Penayo, Felipe Anderson, Sébastien Squillaci, Gil Merrick, Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, and Friederich Franzl. After him are Yahya Golmohammadi, Alfredo Torres, Iulian Filipescu, Francesco Rizzo, Hisashi Kato, and Kiril Metkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1993, Rafa Silva ranks 79. Before him are Ricardo Pereira, Zayn Malik, Leonardo Spinazzola, Victoria Justice, Junya Ito, and Felipe Anderson. After him are Geoffrey Kondogbia, Seo Kang-joon, Suso, Sofiane Boufal, Ruslan Malinovskyi, and Alireza Jahanbakhsh.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Rafa Silva ranks 414 out of 633. Before him are Rúben Neves (1997), Ricardo Pereira (1993), Henrique da Silveira (1901), Ricardinho (1985), Aure Atika (1970), and Rui Rio (1957). After him are Tonicha (1946), Rui Costa (1986), Miguel Monteiro (1980), Eduardo Carvalho (1982), George Grey (1812), and Abel Ferreira (1978).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Rafa Silva ranks 83. Before him are Beto (1976), Tiago Mendes (1981), Ricardo Costa (1981), Rúben Neves (1997), Ricardo Pereira (1993), and Ricardinho (1985). After him are Miguel Monteiro (1980), Eduardo Carvalho (1982), Abel Ferreira (1978), Gonçalo Ramos (2001), Hilário (1975), and Custódio Pinto (1942).

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