PLAYER PROFILE / Left-Back
Rafa Soares.
CF Estrela Amadora · Portugal
TM 198006 · Current player profileAge today31
Recorded moves19
Peak recorded value€3.50m
Current market value€1.00m
01 / PLAYER DETAILS
At a glance
- Full name
- Luís Rafael Soares Alves
- Born
- 09 May 1995
- Nationality
- Portugal
- Position
- Left-Back
- Preferred foot
- left
- Height
- 177
- Joined current club
- —
- Contract expires
- —
02 / THE JOURNEY
Previous clubs
- FC FamalicãoLast recorded move · 23 Jul 2026
- PAOK ThessalonikiLast recorded move · 02 Sep 2024
- Vitória Guimarães SCLast recorded move · 01 Jul 2022
- SD EibarLast recorded move · 30 Jun 2021
- FC PortoLast recorded move · 05 Jul 2018
- Portimonense SADLast recorded move · 01 Jul 2018
- Fulham FCLast recorded move · 30 Jan 2018
- Rio Ave FCLast recorded move · 30 Jun 2017
- FC Porto BLast recorded move · 01 Jul 2016
- Académica CoimbraLast recorded move · 30 Jun 2016
- FC Porto U19Last recorded move · 01 Jul 2013
- FC Porto U17Last recorded move · 01 Jul 2012
- FC Porto U15Last recorded move · 01 Jul 2010
- FC Porto YouthLast recorded move · 01 Jul 2008
Clubs from completed, dated transfers, most recent first. Repeat spells are listed in the full transfer history.
03 / VALUE OVER TIME
Market value history
| Valuation date | Age then | Club at the time | Market value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2026 | 31 | FC Famalicão | €1.00m |
| 18 Dec 2025 | 30 | FC Famalicão | €1.00m |
| 30 May 2025 | 30 | FC Famalicão | €1.50m |
| 19 Dec 2024 | 29 | FC Famalicão | €1.20m |
| 30 May 2024 | 29 | PAOK Thessaloniki | €1.20m |
| 20 Dec 2023 | 28 | PAOK Thessaloniki | €1.50m |
| 22 May 2023 | 28 | PAOK Thessaloniki | €1.80m |
| 07 Nov 2022 | 27 | PAOK Thessaloniki | €1.80m |
| 31 May 2022 | 27 | Vitória Guimarães SC | €2.00m |
| 27 Dec 2021 | 26 | Vitória Guimarães SC | €2.00m |
| 10 Jun 2021 | 26 | SD Eibar | €1.60m |
| 05 Jan 2021 | 25 | SD Eibar | €1.80m |
| 08 Oct 2020 | 25 | SD Eibar | €2.40m |
| 08 Apr 2020 | 24 | SD Eibar | €2.40m |
| 30 Dec 2019 | 24 | Vitória Guimarães SC | €3.00m |
| 07 Jun 2019 | 24 | Vitória Guimarães SC | €3.50m |
| 11 Jan 2019 | 23 | Vitória Guimarães SC | €2.50m |
| 01 Nov 2018 | 23 | Vitória Guimarães SC | €2.50m |
| 13 Jun 2018 | 23 | Portimonense SAD | €1.50m |
| 07 Feb 2018 | 22 | Portimonense SAD | €1.50m |
| 26 Jun 2017 | 22 | Rio Ave FC | €2.00m |
| 22 Feb 2017 | 21 | Rio Ave FC | €1.75m |
| 29 Jul 2016 | 21 | Rio Ave FC | €1.75m |
| 24 Feb 2016 | 20 | Académica Coimbra | €1.00m |
| 31 Jul 2015 | 20 | FC Porto B | €900k |
| 20 Feb 2014 | 18 | FC Porto B | €500k |
Each row is a dated valuation. The bar shows its share of the player’s peak recorded value. — means not recorded.
04 / EVERY MOVE
Full transfer history
| Date | From | To | Move | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jul 2026 | FC Famalicão | CF Estrela Amadora | Transfer | Free |
| 02 Sep 2024 | PAOK Thessaloniki | FC Famalicão | Transfer | Free |
| 01 Jul 2022 | Vitória Guimarães SC | PAOK Thessaloniki | Transfer | Free |
| 30 Jun 2021 | SD Eibar | Vitória Guimarães SC | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 31 Jan 2020 | Vitória Guimarães SC | SD Eibar | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 05 Jul 2018 | FC Porto | Vitória Guimarães SC | Transfer | Free |
| 01 Jul 2018 | Portimonense SAD | FC Porto | Transfer | €1.50m |
| 31 Jan 2018 | FC Porto | Portimonense SAD | Transfer | Free |
| 30 Jan 2018 | Fulham FC | FC Porto | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 22 Aug 2017 | FC Porto | Fulham FC | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 30 Jun 2017 | Rio Ave FC | FC Porto | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 15 Jul 2016 | FC Porto | Rio Ave FC | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 01 Jul 2016 | FC Porto B | FC Porto | Internal move | — |
| 30 Jun 2016 | Académica Coimbra | FC Porto B | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 15 Jan 2016 | FC Porto B | Académica Coimbra | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 01 Jul 2013 | FC Porto U19 | FC Porto B | Internal move | — |
| 01 Jul 2012 | FC Porto U17 | FC Porto U19 | Internal move | — |
| 01 Jul 2010 | FC Porto U15 | FC Porto U17 | Internal move | — |
| 01 Jul 2008 | FC Porto Youth | FC Porto U15 | Internal move | — |
Includes loans, loan returns, internal moves and scheduled transfers. Free means a recorded €0 fee; — means no figure was recorded.