Rafa

Mentzingen

RB Detroit City #17

Right-Back · Forward · #17

Rafa Mentzingen

Detroit City USL Championship

Date of birth / Age: 30 · 2 May 1996
Citizenship: BrazilUnited States
Foot: Right
Height · Weight: 1.73 m · 72 kg
Main position: Right-Back
Contract until: 2026

Top 37% of full-backs in the world
#728 full-back aged 30+
Top 29% in the USL Championship

Benchmarks

full-backs with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank: #2665; full-back in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #728; among full-backs aged 30+
In his league: 71%; of USL Championship full-backs rank below him
Finishing: +1.5; goals above expected · better than 81% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

7 Expected

5.5

71 shots. He scores more than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

6 Expected

4.9

Teammates converted more of his chances than expected.

Season 2026

Appearances: 11
Starting eleven: 8
Goals: 2
Assists: 1
Yellow cards: 0
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 601

Starting eleven73%

8 of 11 appearances

Minutes played601

55 per appearance

Goal involvement3

2 goals · 1 assists

Positions played

70 matches · since 2020

DMLBLWRWAMRB

Position	Apps	G	A
Right-Back	46	8	6
Attacking Midfield	9	3	0
Right Winger	9	1	1
Left Winger	3	0	1
Other · LB, DM	3	0	0

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026	USL Championship	Detroit City	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	364
2026	USL Jagermeister Cup	Detroit City	3	3	1	–	0	–	0	237
2025	USL Championship	North Carolina FC	18	18	3	1	3	0	0	1,527
2025	USL Jagermeister Cup	North Carolina FC	4	1	0	–	0	–	0	175
2025	US Open Cup	North Carolina FC	2	0	1	–	0	–	0	73
2024	USL Championship	North Carolina FC	32	28	5	5	8	0	0	2,495
2024	US Open Cup	North Carolina FC	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	57
2023	USL League 1	North Carolina FC	33	30	13	–	6	–	0	2,524
2022	USL League 1	Chattanooga Red Wolves	33	26	8	–	5	–	0	2,428
2022	US Open Cup	Chattanooga Red Wolves	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	23
2021	USL League 1	Chattanooga Red Wolves	17	9	1	–	3	–	0	881
2020	USL Championship	Memphis 901	13	8	3	1	1	0	0	714
2019	USL League 1	Lansing Ignite	22	15	6	–	4	–	0	1,456
2019	US Open Cup	Lansing Ignite	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	156
2018	US Open Cup	Detroit City	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	120

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			190	146	42	8^*	30	0^*	0	13,230

By competition	Apps	G	A
USL League 1	105	28	–
USL Championship	71	12	8
US Open Cup	7	1	–
USL Jagermeister Cup	7	1	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Apr 2026 Apr 2026 · Unknown – Detroit City Unknown
Dec 2022 Dec 2022 · Transfer Chattanooga Red Wolves North Carolina FC Transfer
Feb 2021 Feb 2021 · Transfer Memphis 901 Chattanooga Red Wolves Transfer
Jan 2020 Jan 2020 · Transfer Lansing Ignite Memphis 901 Transfer
Jan 2019 Jan 2019 · Transfer Detroit City Lansing Ignite Transfer
May 2018 May 2018 · Free Transfer – Detroit City Free Transfer Free

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