Rafa Benevides

Central Midfielder - Giana Erminio
11 Nov 2026
Wednesday
Process
Overview Personal Contract News 2 Transfers Relations Events 33 Awards Matches History

Events

33
Severity
Mood

  1. Left out of the matchday squad

    Moderate
    Cause
    The current formation has no natural role for him.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  2. Left out of the matchday squad

    Serious
    Cause
    The current formation has no natural role for him.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  3. He has started to want: His place back

    Mind

  4. He has started to want: First-team football

    Mind

  5. He has started to want: The manager’s trust

    Mind

  6. Left out of the matchday squad

    Moderate
    Cause
    The current formation has no natural role for him.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  7. Asked the manager for a private conversation

    Moderate
    Cause
    He cannot continue in his current tactical role. His relationship with the manager is steady but tense.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  8. Criticised for losing tactical discipline

    Moderate
    Cause
    He drifted from the tactical instruction the manager had drilled in pre-match. His match rating of 6.1 weighed heavily in the talk.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  9. Away supporters were hostile

    Moderate
    Cause
    He drew sustained jeers from the away end.

  10. Dressing-room inquest after a humiliating result

  11. Praised by the manager

    Major
    Cause
    The discussion covered general matters.

  12. Difficult conversation with the manager

    Moderate
    Cause
    The discussion covered general matters.

  13. Manager trust is eroding

    Moderate
    Cause
    The discussion focused on playing time. Staff had already warned him about this in the last few weeks.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  14. Settling well into the dressing room

    Minor
    Cause
    A strong training-ground partnership is behind this. The bond between them was already strong, so the morale hit should be limited.
    Outlook
    Settling-in period is still under way.

  15. Dropped to the bench

    Moderate
    Cause
    The current formation has no natural role for him.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  16. Frustrated by his tactical role

    Moderate
    Cause
    A change in shape has shifted what is being asked of him.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  17. Rotated out for this match

    Minor
    Cause
    The current formation has no natural role for him.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  18. Reassured by the manager's half-time message

    Minor
    Cause
    The team were behind, and the manager needed a response.
    Outlook
    Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.

  19. Asking for a language tutor

    Moderate
    Cause
    The language barrier is wearing on him.; He still does not speak the local language.

  20. Reassured by a calm full-time message

    Minor
    Cause
    The team had won, and the manager wanted to reinforce the standards.
    Outlook
    Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.

  21. Changed the match from the bench

    Moderate
    Cause
    He came on with the team chasing a result and produced the moment that swung the game.

  22. Reassured by the manager's half-time message

    Minor
    Cause
    The team were behind, and the manager needed a response.
    Outlook
    Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.

  23. Dropped to the bench

    Moderate
    Cause
    The current formation has no natural role for him.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  24. Worried by competition from a new signing Gabriele Bertolini

    Moderate
    Cause
    The signing was bought with a similar squad-status tier in mind. A much younger rival has arrived in his position.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  25. He has started to want: To learn the language

    Mind

  26. Struggling to settle into the squad

    Serious
    Cause
    The settling-in period at a new club is the bigger picture. The language gap is making integration harder.
    Outlook
    Settling-in period is still under way.

  27. No natural role in the current formation

    Serious
    Cause
    His preferred position simply isn't in the current shape.

  28. Signed a new contract

    Moderate
    Cause
    He committed to the project on terms both sides could live with.

  29. Contract extension signed

    Decision
    Movement
    2y · $599.7K/y

  30. Signed as a free agent

    Decision
    Movement
    Giana Erminio

  31. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    2y · $599.7K/y

  32. Loan listed

    Decision
    Cause
    Surplus to tactical requirements
    Who
    Soares Marco

  33. Contract expired — became a free agent

    Decision
    Movement
    Santa Clara →