based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Leganes.
Scout report
M. Leiva is a 20-year-old defensive midfielder at Leganes, rated 56.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 37th of 128 on scout potential in the Segunda División and 124th of 653 U-21 players tracked. A young player, he has been a fringe squad member this season (19.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.91 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Leiva.
Judged on this season alone, Leiva graded 7 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 10th of 12 of the 12 defensive midfielders in the Segunda División, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 4.913 defensive actions per 90.
We hold a single season for Leiva, so there's no year-on-year comparison to draw yet — the read above is this campaign only.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 57, top 34% of the 12 defensive midfielders in the Segunda División. At 20 Leiva is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 20.5 reflects that trajectory.
Output in context · Leganes finished 16th of 22 · a lower-table side
4.91 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 12 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (16th of 22) 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.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 4.91 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
- Ceiling. High potential at just 20 — room to grow into a bigger role.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 19.9% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 56.9, Leiva carries the 4th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Segunda División of 12 — though on just 12 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.91 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 20 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (98/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 20, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the Segunda División with 600+ minutes this season.
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