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Léo Santos

Solid contributorNacional · 27 yrsStarter

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 20 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameLeonardo Rodrigues dos Santos
PositionFull-back
NationalityBrazil
Age27
Date of birth9 Dec 1998
BirthplaceSão Paulo
Height186 cm
Shirt number#34
ClubNacional
Full-back
3
Appearances
1
Goals
1
Assists
270
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Nacional.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Primeira Liga100906.7

Scout report

Solid contributorFull-back

Léo Santos is a 27-year-old full-back at Nacional, rated 51.9 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been an ever-present this season (88.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.85 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Santos.

On the season, Santos graded 32 for current form (age-blind), on 7 clean sheets and 2.847 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 32 → 32). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 52. At 27 Santos is in his prime years, and a market index of 20 reflects that trajectory.

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

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26
51.9
Ratingi
a solid contributor and squad regular
31.5
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
88.9%
Minutes
near ever-present
2.85
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Nacional finished 14th of 18 · a lower-table side

31
Apps
2.85
Def. / 90
26
Tackles
33
Interceptions
7
Clean sheets

2.85 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 31 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th of 18) 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 3 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 88.9% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.17 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

Rated 51.9 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.85 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. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.

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

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Primeira Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3

Passing

Assists2

Defending

Tackles26
Interceptions33
Blocks27

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards12
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.