Léo Ceará

Following his move to Kashima, Ceará's current-season form is down 5% on last season (Season 60→57), while his Rating eased 41→31. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 60).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Kashima · 1st	34	21	0	7.31	31	57
2024/25	Cerezo Osaka · 10th	38	21	1	7.04	41	60
2023/24	Cerezo Osaka · 9th	33	11	3	6.83	42	47
2022/23	Yokohama F. Marinos · 1st	31	11	3	6.92	45	38
2021/22	Yokohama F. Marinos · 2nd	27	10	5	7.18	48	35

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.

Scout report

Experienced headGoal-getting Centre-forward

Léo Ceará is a 31-year-old centre-forward at Kashima, rated 31.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 226th of 377 in the J1 League. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (72.1% of available minutes). He brings 0.77 goal contributions per 90 (0.77 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Ceará.

Judged on this season alone, Ceará graded 57 — a standout campaign that ranks top 5% of the 43 centre-forwards in the J1 League, on 21 goals and 0 assists in 34 appearances (0.766 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 60 → 57). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 31, 29th of 43 of the 43 centre-forwards in the J1 League. At 31 Ceará is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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A career still climbing — Ceará is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2024/25Trending up

Current potential29th of 43 centre-forwards · J1 League Current seasonTop 5% centre-forwards · J1 League2nd-best centre-forward in the J1 League226th in the J1 League · potential29th-highest potential centre-forward in the J1 League

31.1

Ratingi

29th of 43 centre-forwards

56.7

Seasoni

a solid contributor and squad regular

72.1%

Minutes

a regular starter

0.77

Goal contrib / 90

strong end product

Output in context · Kashima finished 1st of 20 · a title-challenging side

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.62

Goals / app

21 goals in 34 appearances (0.62 per game) — a 20-goal season playing for a title-challenging side (1st of 20).

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 72.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Final-third output. 0.77 goal contributions per 90 (0.77 goals, 0 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 31.1, Ceará carries the 29th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the J1 League of 43. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.77 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %72.1%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.766

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.766

Defensive actions / 901.277

Player flow

Goal involvements21

Shot conversion %53.8

Shot accuracy %60

Dribble success %48.2

Cards / 900.146

Foul involvement / 903.064

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 31, Ceará sits on 6.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Ceará's projected Rating — 31.1 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.