Cláudio Rafael Soares Braga
Forward · Heart of Midlothian · №10
26
Matches
24
In the starting XI
731
Minutes
2
Goals
3
Assists
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
Heart of Midlothian
Dundee
Premiership
|
2:1 | |
Hibernian
Heart of Midlothian
Premiership
|
1:3 | |
Rapid Wien
Heart of Midlothian
UEFA Europa Conference League
|
1:1 | |
|
Heart of Midlothian
Rapid Wien
UEFA Europa Conference League
|
2:2 | |
Heart of Midlothian
Inverness CT
League Cup
|
6:2 | |
Heart of Midlothian
Dundee Utd
Premiership
|
4:0 | |
Benfica
Heart of Midlothian
UEFA Europa League
|
6:1 | |
Aberdeen
Heart of Midlothian
Premiership
|
2:1 | |
Heart of Midlothian
Sturm Graz
UEFA Champions League
|
0:2 | |
|
Sturm Graz
Heart of Midlothian
UEFA Champions League
|
4:0 |
Season statistics
26
Matches
24
In the starting XI
2
Goals
3
Assists
731
Minutes
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Premiership | 2025 | 16 |
| Premiership | 2026 | 4 |
| UEFA Champions League | 2026 | 2 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 2026 | 2 |
| League Cup | 2026 | 1 |
| UEFA Europa League | 2026 | 1 |
About the player
He came through the Candal and Boavista youth ranks before a spell at Paços de Ferreira and Rio Ave, and it was with Rio Ave's B side that he made his senior bow, scoring six goals in 33 appearances. From there he moved club to club in Portugal's non-league scene — Valadares Gaia, Fátima, Sporting Ideal and Vila Meã.
At Moss FK he scored 21 goals in 52 appearances. He kept scoring there too, with 12 goals in 37 games.
He has not yet won a senior cap for Portugal, though he has been linked with a call-up by the Portuguese Football Federation.
Career path
- 2026 — 2027 — now Heart of Midlothian 53 matches
- 2024 — 2025 Aalesunds FK 41 matches
- 2022 — 2023 Moss 58 matches
- 2022 Vila Meã 1 match
- 2021 Ideal 2 matches
- 2020 Valadares Gaia 2 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | Heart of Midlothian | Scottish Premiership | 2 | 1 | 2 | 174 |
| 26/27 | Heart of Midlothian | UEFA Conference League Qualifying | 2 | 0 | 1 | 180 |
| 26/27 | Heart of Midlothian | UEFA Europa League Qualifying | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166 |
| 26/27 | Heart of Midlothian | UEFA Champions League Qualifying | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| 26/27 | Heart of Midlothian | Scottish League Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 |
| 25/26 | Heart of Midlothian | Scottish Premiership | 33 | 14 | 5 | 2 553 |
| 25/26 | Heart of Midlothian | Scottish Premiership Top Six Split | 5 | 0 | 0 | 350 |
| 25/26 | Heart of Midlothian | Scottish League Cup | 5 | 3 | 1 | 252 |
| 25/26 | Heart of Midlothian | Scottish FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69 |
| 21/22 | Vila Meã | Taça de Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 2025 | Aalesunds FK | OBOS-ligaen | 8 | 3 | 1 | 589 |
| 2025 | Aalesunds FK | NM-Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 152 |
| 2024 | Aalesunds FK | OBOS-ligaen | 29 | 9 | 7 | 2 374 |
| 2024 | Aalesunds FK | NM-Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 210 |
| 2023 | Moss | OBOS-ligaen | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 309 |
| 2023 | Moss | NM-Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 179 |
| 2022 | Moss | PostNord-ligaen Avd. 1 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 1 561 |
| 2022 | Moss | NM-Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 268 |
| 20/21 | Ideal | Taça de Portugal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 121 |
| 19/20 | Valadares Gaia | Taça de Portugal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| Total | Moss | 58 | 23 | 6 | 4 317 | |
| Total | Heart of Midlothian | 53 | 19 | 9 | 3 955 | |
| Total | Aalesunds FK | 41 | 14 | 9 | 3 325 | |
| Total | Ideal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 121 | |
| Total | Valadares Gaia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81 | |
| Total | Vila Meã | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
Transfers
Transfers- 25/26 Aalesund Heart of Midl. €520.00K
- 23/24 Moss Aalesund €220.00K
- 21/22 Vila Meã Moss
- 21/22 Ideal Vila Meã
- 20/21 Fátima Ideal
- 19/20 Valadares Gaia Fátima
- 19/20 Rio Ave B Valadares Gaia
- 18/19 Rio Ave FC U19 Rio Ave B
- 16/17 P. Ferreira U17 Rio Ave FC U19
- 15/16 CD Candal U17 P. Ferreira U17
- 14/15 CD Candal U15 CD Candal U17
- 13/14 Boavista U15 CD Candal U15
