Goal efficiency
How clinical and direct the player was in front of goal — volume, accuracy, and conversion.
Segunda División · Defender · #0 · Spain · 36 yrs
Rafa is a defender. Rafa is a Spanish international, 36 years old, defender. Rafa was born in Valladolid, Spain on 1985-04-09. Rafa is 183 cm cm tall and weighs 72 kg kg. Rafa's Sportra profile tracks season statistics across Segunda División, DFB Pokal, 2. Bundesliga, Copa del Rey, and other leagues. Rafa's page brings together career clubs, trophies, injury history, multi-competition stats, and related news headlines. On Sportra you can explore Rafa season statistics, transfer history, trophies, injury updates, and related news across every competition tracked in the profile.
Defender · #0
| Date | Type | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-09 | N/A |  Rayo Majadahonda |  Hyderabad |
| 2018-07-07 | N/A |  Pune City | Rayo Majadahonda |
| 2017-07-23 | Free |  Valladolid VAL | Pune City |
Season intelligence
Profile as Defender: high usage. Archetype: Box-to-box engine. Season rating 7.0.
Scaled 0–99 from season output — map to fantasy, comparisons, or scouting cards.
Per-90 rates, efficiency ratios, and Sportra indices from season totals.
How clinical and direct the player was in front of goal — volume, accuracy, and conversion.
Playmaking output: assists, key passes, and custom chance-creation signals.
Isolation threat and progressive carrying — volume plus success rate.
How often they draw fouls and stay out of trouble with cards.
Tackles, duels, and off-ball defensive contribution.
Minutes, availability, and how central they were to the team.
Every tracked category for this league and season, grouped by Sportra.
BBC Sport has been reflecting on the forthcoming Netflix documentary which details Liverpool's unlikely comeback in the 2005 Champions League final. As he reflects on Benitez's time in charge, Carragher says the manager's training methods were "a bit weird". "Rafa would say, 'right the ball's at cone A, the ball's at cone D, the ball's at cone F' and then we'd all have to run to where we should be."
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