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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Gent.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jupiler Pro League | 37 | 1 | 1 | 2464 | 6.83 |
Scout report
Leonardo Lopes is a 27-year-old defensive midfielder at Gent, rated 43.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 227th of 311 on scout potential in the Jupiler Pro League. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (66.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.21 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Lopes.
Judged on this season alone, Lopes graded 26 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 35th of 58 of the 58 defensive midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League, on 1 goal, 1 assist and 3.214 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 13 → 26). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 43, 47th of 58 of the 58 defensive midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League. At 27 Lopes is in his prime years, and a market index of 13.7 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Gent finished 5th of 6 · a relegation-threatened side
3.21 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 37 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (5th of 6) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 66.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Watch points
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 43.2, Lopes carries the 47th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League of 58, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Gent finished 5th of 6) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.21 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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