Lopes's current-season form is level with last season (Season 27→27), while his Rating climbed 43→46. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 35).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Gent · 6th	2	0	0	6.7	46	27
2025/26	Gent · 5th	37	1	1	6.83	43	27
2024/25	Gent · 6th	17	0	1	6.8	45	13
2023/24	Cercle Brugge · 2nd	17	0	1	6.8	50	13
2022/23	Cercle Brugge	30	1	3	6.72	—	—
2022/23	Gent · 2nd	31	1	3	6.72	58	34

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerDefensive midfielder

Leonardo Lopes is a 27-year-old defensive midfielder at Gent, rated 45.6 overall by Field Insider's model. 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.

On the season, Lopes graded 26 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal, 1 assist and 3.214 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 27 → 27). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 46. At 27 Lopes is in his prime years, and a market index of 14.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2021/22Trending upBreakout: 2021/22

45.6

Ratingi

developing / rotation level

25.8

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

66.8%

Minutes

a regular starter

3.21

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Gent finished 6th of 18 · an upper-table side

Apps

3.21

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.21 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 37 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (6th of 18) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. 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

Rated 45.6 overall — developing / rotation level. 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %66.8%

Available fixtures41 of 41

Goals / 900.037

Assists / 900.037

Goal contribution / 900.073

Defensive actions / 903.214

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Cards / 900.11

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~14), then tapers with age. At 27, Lopes sits on 14.4, at or near its peak. The blue line is Lopes's projected Rating — 45.6 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1—

Passing

Assists1—

Defending

Tackles37—

Interceptions36—

Blocks15—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

Hull CityAug 2019 – now

Wigan(back from loan)Jul 2019 – Aug 2019

Gillingham(on loan)Jan 2019 – Jul 2019

WiganJun 2018 – Jan 2019

Peterboroughuntil Jun 2018

About Leonardo Lopes

Leonardo Adelino da Silva Lopes is a 27-year-old defensive midfielder who plays for Gent, born on November 30, 1998 in Lisboa, standing 168 cm tall. He is from Portugal. Gent currently sit 6th of 18 in the Jupiler Pro League.

This season

In the current season, Leonardo Lopes has made 2 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 167 minutes, averaging a 6.7 match rating over his last 2 rated games.

Recent matches

August 16, 2026: 2-1 win away at RAAL La Louvière (77 minutes, 6.2 rating)
August 9, 2026: 2-0 win at home vs KV Mechelen (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)

Leonardo Lopes's next match is on August 30, 2026, when Gent face Club Brugge KV at home in the Jupiler Pro League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Leonardo Lopes at 45.6 with a Season form score of 25.8. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, Leonardo Lopes has totalled 326 club appearances with 10 goals and 12 assists for 6 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2019/20, with 40 appearances for Hull City.

Leonardo Lopes's career has also included time at Hull City, Wigan, Gillingham and Peterborough.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.