Leonardo Lopes

Lopes's current-season form is up 108% on last season (Season 13→27), while his Rating eased 45→43. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 35).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
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
2021/22	Cercle Brugge · 2nd	31	1	0	6.97	59	35

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 7 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerFull-back

Leonardo Lopes is a 27-year-old full-back at Gent, rated 43.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 216th of 294 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 27 — a strong campaign that ranks top 24% of the 42 full-backs in the Jupiler Pro League, on 7 clean sheets and 3.214 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 13 → 27). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 43, 33rd of 42 of the 42 full-backs in the Jupiler Pro League. At 27 Lopes is in his prime years, and a market index of 14 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

Current potential33rd of 42 full-backs · Jupiler Pro League Current seasonTop 24% full-backs · Jupiler Pro League10th-best full-back in the Jupiler Pro League216th in the Jupiler Pro League · potential33rd-highest potential full-back in the Jupiler Pro League

43.4

Ratingi

33rd of 42 full-backs

26.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

66.8%

Minutes

a regular starter

3.21

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Gent finished 5th of 6 · a relegation-threatened side

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. 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 43.4, Lopes carries the 33rd-highest potential of the full-backs in the Jupiler Pro League of 42, 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.

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

Shot conversion %50

Shot accuracy %12.5

Pass accuracy %85

Dribble success %51.5

Cards / 900.11

Foul involvement / 902.155

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, at or near its peak. The blue line is Lopes's projected Rating — 43.4 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 full-backs in the Jupiler Pro League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Shots on target2

Shots16

Passing

Assists1

Chances created13

Passes1,234

Pass accuracy85%

Possession

Successful dribbles17

Dribble success51.5%

Duels won131

Duels won %53.7%

Fouls won37

Defending

Tackles37

Interceptions36

Blocks15

Fouls committed22

Penalties conceded2

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

Hull City2019/20 – now

Wigan(back from loan)2019/20 – 2019/20

Gillingham(on loan)2018/19 – 2019/20

Wigan2018/19 – 2018/19

Peterboroughuntil 2018/19

About Leonardo Lopes

Leonardo Adelino da Silva Lopes is a 27-year-old full-back who plays for Gent, born on November 30, 1998 in Lisboa, standing 168 cm tall. He is from Portugal. Gent currently sit 5th of 6 in the Jupiler Pro League.

This season

In the current season, Leonardo Lopes has made 37 appearances with 1 goal and 1 assist across 2,464 minutes, averaging a 6.68 match rating over his last 10 rated games, with 3 yellow cards. Though primarily a full-back, he has also lined up in midfield this season.

When Leonardo Lopes plays, Gent's record this season is 12W-11D-14L — and his match ratings average 6.97 at home against 6.66 on the road.

Recent matches

May 31, 2026: 0-0 draw at home vs Genk (120 minutes, 6.3 rating)
May 24, 2026: 0-5 loss away at Club Brugge KV (76 minutes, 6.9 rating)
May 21, 2026: 0-0 draw at home vs Union St. Gilloise (90 minutes, 6.6 rating)
May 16, 2026: 1-1 draw away at St. Truiden (90 minutes, 7 rating)
May 10, 2026: 1-1 draw at home vs Anderlecht (90 minutes, 6.6 rating)
May 3, 2026: 0-1 loss away at KV Mechelen (90 minutes, 6.3 rating)
April 26, 2026: 0-2 loss at home vs Club Brugge KV (75 minutes, 7 rating)
April 19, 2026: 0-0 draw at home vs St. Truiden (45 minutes, 6.9 rating)
April 12, 2026: 1-3 loss away at Anderlecht (90 minutes, 6.3 rating)
April 6, 2026: 1-1 draw at home vs KV Mechelen (90 minutes, 6.9 rating)

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Leonardo Lopes at 43.4 with a Season form score of 26.6, ranking 216th of 294 full-backs in the Jupiler Pro League. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 12 recorded seasons, Leonardo Lopes has totalled 324 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.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Gent finished 5th of 6 · a relegation-threatened side

Strengths

Watch points