Rafa Soares

Rafa Soares was a defender who was at Fulham on loan from Porto during the 2017-18 season. Having spent most of his youth career at Porto, he joined Fulham after loan spells at Académica and Rio Ave. He has made over 70 appearances for Portugal's youth teams from U16 up to U21 level.

Fulham (2017-2018)
Rafa signed on loan from Porto on 22 August 2017. He arrived with an injury and had to wait nearly two months before he was able to play, making his unofficial debut in a 4-0 loss at Blackburn Rovers for the U23 squad. His debut for the first team came on 31 October 2017, as he came on as a second half substitute during a 2-0 loss against Bristol City at Craven Cottage.

Unfortunately for Rafa, his loan at Fulham was mutually cut short as he failed to break into the first team and was returned to Porto in the January transfer window of 2018.