Léo Ceará

Ceará's current-season form is level with last season (Season 57→57), while his Rating held around 31. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 60).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2027/28	Kashima · 3rd	3	4	0	7.9	31	57
2026/27	Kashima	20	10	3	7.3	—	—
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
2023/24	Kashima	32	10	3	6.83	—	—

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

Experienced headGoal-getting Centre-forward

Léo Ceará is a 31-year-old centre-forward at Kashima, enjoying a standout season — 21 goals and 0 assists in 34 appearances, a Season grade of 57. On long-term scout potential he's rated 31.1. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter (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.

On the season, Ceará graded 57 for current form (age-blind), 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 57 → 57). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 31. 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

31.1

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

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

Apps

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

Rated 31.1 overall — below regular-starter level. 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

Cards / 900.146

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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-forwards in the J1 League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals21

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles28

Interceptions5

Blocks2

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4

Red cards0

Transfer history

KashimaJan 2025 – now

Cerezo OsakaJan 2023 – Jan 2025

Yokohama F. MarinosJan 2021 – Jan 2023

Vitoria(back from loan)Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

CCRB(on loan)May 2019 – Jan 2020

Vitoria(back from loan)Aug 2018 – May 2019

CConfiança(on loan)May 2017 – Aug 2018

CCampinense(on loan)Feb 2017 – May 2017

Vitoriauntil Feb 2017

About Léo Ceará

Leonardo de Sousa Pereira is a 31-year-old centre-forward who plays for Kashima, born on February 3, 1995 in Fortaleza, standing 178 cm tall. He is from Brazil. Kashima currently sit 3rd of 20 in the J1 League.

This season

In the current season, Léo Ceará has made 3 appearances with 4 goals and 0 assists across 249 minutes, with 1 yellow card.

Léo Ceará's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Kashima face Tokyo Verdy away in the J1 League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Léo Ceará at 31.1 with a Season form score of 56.7. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 4 career titles — among them the J1 League and the Baiano 1. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, Léo Ceará has totalled 344 club appearances with 146 goals and 20 assists for 7 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2024/25, with 38 appearances for Cerezo Osaka.

Léo Ceará's career has also included time at Cerezo Osaka, Yokohama F. Marinos, Vitoria, CCRB, CConfiança and CCampinense.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.