Rafael Santos

Orlando City

Born on : February 05, 1998 (27 years) at Curitiba

Nationality : Brazil

Height : 1m80

Best foot : Left foot

2024
2017

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Current season statistics (2025)

0 clean sheets 6 Goals conceded

0 Goals 0 Assists

2 Played matches 180 Minutes played

1 Yellow cards 0 Red cards

Main position
Left full-back	99%

Identities

Rafael Santos

Rafael Lucas Cardoso dos Santos

Rafael Santos's career statisticsLast updated on 04/03/2025 at 05:04

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

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Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

tier

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

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goals

ass.

eff.

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goals

ass.

eff.

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goals

ass.

eff.

2025

Orlando City

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Orlando City	MLS	2					6		180	3	100%		100%	1		50%	0%	50%

2024

Orlando City

2504

2703

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Orlando City	CONCACAF Champions Cup	3				1	1	102	3	33%	3	75%		67%	0%	33%
Orlando City	MLS	37	1	3	2504	37	11	2504	3	76%	10	95%	2	41%	24%	35%
Orlando City	Leagues Cup	3					1	97	3	33%	2	100%		33%	67%	0%

2023

Orlando City

2223

2610

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Orlando City	MLS	29	1	2	2223	25	9	2223	3	90%	11	78%	3	52%	24%	24%
Orlando City	CONCACAF Champions League	1						27	3	0%	2	50%		0%	100%	0%
Orlando City	US Open Cup	1				1		90	3	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
Orlando City	Leagues Cup	3		1		6		270	3	100%		100%	1	33%	33%	33%

2022

Coritiba

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Coritiba	Série A	14					15	5	1055	36	86%	5	78%	2		43%	14%	43%

2022

Cruzeiro

1211

1924

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Cruzeiro	Campeonato Mineiro	12	1	891	11	5	891	36	92%	1	86%	1	67%	8%	25%
Cruzeiro	Copa do Brasil	5			2	3	320	36	60%	3	83%		60%	0%	40%
Cruzeiro	Série B	13			5	7	713	36	62%	5	62%	2	62%	15%	23%

2021

Ponte Preta

683

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Ponte Preta	Série B	26	3		683		21	8	2048	0	92%	2	70%	2		27%	38%	35%

2021

AAI Limeira

188

Club	Competition															V	D	L
AAI Limeira	Campeonato Paulista	3	1		188		1	2	188	0	67%	1	60%			67%	0%	33%

2020/2021

AAI Limeira

Club	Competition															V	D	L
AAI Limeira	Campeonato Paulista	7					5	3	433	0	57%	3	88%			43%	0%	57%

2020/2021

Chapecoense

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Chapecoense	Série B	5					3	3	210	0	40%	3	13%			20%	60%	20%

2020/2021

Cruzeiro

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Cruzeiro	Campeonato Mineiro	3					1	2	270	0	100%		33%	1		67%	0%	33%
Cruzeiro	Copa do Brasil	1					1		45	0	0%	1	33%			0%	0%	100%

2019

Cruzeiro

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Cruzeiro	Copa do Brasil									36		2	0%
Cruzeiro	Série A	2					1	1	82	36	50%	18	7%	1		0%	50%	50%

2018

Cruzeiro

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Cruzeiro	Série A	1							15	36	0%	2	3%			0%	0%	100%

2017

Total

Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Full back's Position World Ranking924

Full back's Position National Ranking (Brazil)84

Full back's Position League Ranking (MLS)31

2025's Number of Matches World Ranking>1000

2025's Number of Victories World Ranking>1000

2025's Minimum Losses World Ranking (Min. 30 games played)>1000

Rankings updated on 06/03/2025

Player's titles

Victories

Série B

2021

2022

Runner-ups

Campeonato Mineiro

2022

Transfers

05/01/23 >	Orlando City
05/08/22 > 01/01/23	Coritiba	Loan
31/05/21 > 30/11/21	Ponte Preta	Loan
22/02/21 > 31/05/21	AAI Limeira	Loan
22/06/20 > 31/01/21	Chapecoense	Loan
01/07/19 > 05/01/23	Cruzeiro
24/01/18 > 01/07/19	Cruzeiro U-20
01/07/17 > 24/01/18	Mirassol

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Player career by clubLast updated on 04/03/2025 at 05:04

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Chapecoense	5				210		40%2	20%1	20%1
Coritiba	15				1145	2	87%13	40%6	47%7
Cruzeiro	37	1		2336	2336	5	70%26	57%21	32%12
Cruzeiro U-20	3				270		100%3	0%0	100%3
AAI Limeira	10	1		689	689		60%6	50%5	50%5
Orlando City	79	2	6	2747	5493	7	78%62	44%35	30%24
Ponte Preta	26	3		683	2048	2	92%24	27%7	35%9

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Nashville SC	5	5	0	0
Charlotte FC	8	2	0	0
CF Montréal	5	2	0	0
Remo	4	2	0	0
Vitória	3	0	0	0
Athletic Club	3	3	0	0
Avaí	3	2	0	0
Brusque	2	2	0	0
Atlanta Utd	5	2	0	1
Inter Miami	5	1	1	0
Red Bulls	4	1	0	0
Toronto FC	4	3	0	1
New England	4	3	1	1
Guarani SP	3	0	0	0
Palmeiras	3	1	0	0
Náutico	3	1	0	0
CRB	3	1	0	0
Operário PR	3	2	0	0
Cincinnati	3	2	0	0
Sampaio Corrêa	3	2	1	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Vasco	4	3	6
Columbus	4	3	11
Atlético MG	2	2	5
Palmeiras	3	2	5
Guarani SP	3	2	2
América MG	2	2	4
Remo	4	2	4
Cuiabá	2	2	4
Red Bulls	4	2	3
NYCFC	4	2	8
Atlanta Utd	5	2	6
Inter Miami	5	2	10
Charlotte FC	8	2	7
La Equidad U-20	1	1	2
Santos	1	1	2
Fluminense	1	1	2
Mirassol	1	1	1
São Bento	1	1	2
Ferroviária	1	1	1
Coimbra EC	1	1	1

Results with or without him

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2025	Orlando City	50%	50%	2	0%	0%	0	-
2024	Orlando City	42%	33%	43	67%	0%	3	-
2023	Orlando City	47%	26%	34	56%	11%	9	Slightly negative
2022	Coritiba	40%	47%	15	0%	100%	3	-
2022	Cruzeiro	63%	27%	30	64%	18%	11	-
2021	Ponte Preta	27%	35%	26	45%	27%	11	Negative
2021	AAI Limeira	50%	25%	4	50%	50%	2	-
2020/2021	AAI Limeira	43%	57%	7	0%	100%	1	-
2020/2021	Chapecoense	20%	20%	5	59%	13%	39	-
2020/2021	Cruzeiro	50%	50%	4	25%	25%	8	-
2019	Cruzeiro	0%	50%	2	18%	39%	33	-
2018	Cruzeiro	0%	100%	1	43%	28%	53	-
2017	Mirassol	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-

Key figures

Rafael Santos has played in the first 11 in Major League Soccer in each of the last 14 at home matches

The player has played in the first 11 in Major League Soccer in each of the last 15 matches

The player has played in the first 11 all competitions included in each of the last 12 at home matches

The player has played in the first 11 all competitions included in each of the last 15 matches

Rafael Santos hasn't lost in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 12 at home matches

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Cruzeiro U-20
11/02/2018	CLS20	Libertad U-20 - Cruzeiro U-20	3 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first loss
Cruzeiro
14/10/2018		Vasco da Gama - Cruzeiro	2 - 0	First match with the club, first loss
14/09/2019	SA	Palmeiras - Cruzeiro	1 - 0	First start
23/01/2020		Cruzeiro - Boa	2 - 0	First victory
13/03/2022		Cruzeiro - Pouso Alegre	5 - 1	First goal
Chapecoense
09/08/2020		Oeste - Chapecoense	0 - 0	First match with the club
28/08/2020		Cuiabá - Chapecoense	2 - 1	First loss
06/09/2020		Chapecoense - Avaí	1 - 0	First start, first victory
Inter de Limeira
28/02/2021		Ferroviária - AAI Limeira	1 - 0	First match with the club, first loss
06/03/2021		AAI Limeira - Novorizontino	1 - 0	First victory
15/04/2021		AAI Limeira - RB Bragantino	0 - 2	First start
03/05/2021		AAI Limeira - São Caetano	1 - 0	First goal
Ponte Preta
06/06/2021		Ponte Preta - Vasco da Gama	1 - 1	First match with the club, first start
11/06/2021		Sampaio Corrêa - Ponte Preta	1 - 0	First loss
23/07/2021		Ponte Preta - Goiás	2 - 1	First victory
03/09/2021		Ponte Preta - Sampaio Corrêa	3 - 2	First goal
Coritiba
27/08/2022		Coritiba - Avaí	1 - 0	First match with the club, first victory
03/09/2022		América MG - Coritiba	2 - 0	First loss
11/09/2022		Coritiba - Atlético GO	2 - 0	First start
Orlando City
11/03/2023		D.C. United - Orlando City	1 - 1	First match with the club, first start
18/03/2023		Orlando City - Charlotte FC	1 - 2	First loss
20/05/2023		Inter Miami - Orlando City	1 - 3	First victory, first goal

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 04/03/2025 at 05:04

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	D Draws	L Losses
Série A	Série A	18				1242	78%14	33%6	17%3	50%9
Copa do Brasil	Copa do Brasil	6				365	50%3	50%3		50%3
Campeonato Paulista	Campeonato Paulista	10	1	689		689	60%6	50%5		50%5
Campeonato Mineiro	Campeonato Mineiro	15	1	1161		1161	93%14	67%10	7%1	27%4
Série B	Série B	44	3	990		2971	77%34	36%16	34%15	30%13
Major League Soccer	Major League Soccer	68	2	2454	5	4907	82%56	46%31	24%16	31%21
US Open Cup	US Open Cup	1				90	100%1			100%1
CCONCACAF	Coupe des champions de la CONCACAF	4				129	25%1	50%2	25%1	25%1
Leagues Cup	Leagues Cup	6			1	367	67%4	33%2	50%3	17%1
Copa Libertadores	Copa Libertadores
CLS20	Copa Libertadores Sub20	3				270	100%3			100%3

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2024	Orlando City	1	4	52	34	15	7	12	59	50
2023	Orlando City	1	2	63	34	18	9	7	55	39
2022	Coritiba	1	15	42	37	12	6	19	38	58
2022	Cruzeiro	2	1	46	21	14	4	3	25	10
2021	Ponte Preta	2	11	49	38	12	13	13	39	40
2020/2021	Chapecoense	2	1	73	38	20	13	5	42	21
2019	Cruzeiro	1	17	36	38	7	15	16	27	46
2018	Cruzeiro	1	8	53	38	14	11	13	34	34

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
March 01, 2025	01/03		Round 2	Orlando City	4 - 2	Toronto FC	90 Minutes
February 22, 2025	22/02		Round 1	Orlando City	2 - 4	Philadelphia	90 Minutes

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