Best Alternatives to Leonardo Lopes

Playing Style Analysis

A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as wins the physical battle (55% duel success), heavily involved in play (61 touches/90), switches play with precision (5.3 long balls/90, 61% accuracy) and a high-intensity presser (press score 3.0/90), constantly disrupting opposition build-up. The three closest DNA matches to Leonardo Lopes:

• Beñat Prados(83% match) — A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as an aggressive ball-winner (3.0 tackles/90), heavily involved in play (55 touches/90) and top 10% tackler in the league.
• João Simões(84% match) — A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as meticulous in distribution (88% pass accuracy), heavily involved in play (63 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.6 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Leandro Barreiro(84% match) — Barreiro is the rare midfielder who wins headers like a centre-back but still finds pockets to create like a number ten. His aerial win rate sits in the top 5% of Liga Portugal midfielders—a genuinely freakish number for someone operating in central midfield rather than set-piece territory—and it quietly underpins his value in transition, winning second balls that never show up in highlight reels.

Similarity uses per-90 performance across playing-style dimensions. How Player DNA matching works →