Gabriel Magalhaes World Cup 2026 player profile
Gabriel Magalhaes is listed for Brazil as a Defender. Kickoff Lens uses caps, goals, career context, role, and team strength to explain how this player can affect fixture reads.
Deep player read
Gabriel Magalhaes is currently classified as a squad-support defender: regular squad option, defensive role profile, and strong aerial frame. This is a derived Kickoff Lens profile built from the public squad fields, not a private scouting report.
- regular squad option; 17 caps and 1 international goals are used as stable public career context.
- squad-support player in this data package, ranked 14 by impact inside the Brazil squad and 4 among defender entries.
- defensive role profile; strong aerial frame.
- The match model uses this profile through role, experience, impact score, and team context rather than treating the player as a standalone model context.
Player signal
| Team | Brazil |
|---|---|
| Role | Defender · DF |
| Caps | 17 |
| International goals | 1 |
| Impact score | 68 |
| Squad impact rank | 14 |
| Role impact rank | 4 |
| Role profile | squad-support · defensive role profile |
Model context
The player impact score is not a standalone rating. It is one input inside the contextual match model, alongside squad depth, team radar, venue adaptation, travel/rest load, and group pressure.
Match questions
- Can the player protect the box when the opponent's attack signal rises?
- Does the player improve the rotation floor without becoming the central dependency?
- Does aerial size matter against the next opponent's set-piece and crossing profile?
Archive context
| Team power score | 80 |
|---|---|
| Team FIFA rank | 6 |
| Group path | C |
| Squad size in archive | 26 |
| Squad average caps | 35 |
Brazil fixtures
- Brazil vs MoroccoFinished 1-1 · Jun 14, 06:00 · New York/New Jersey (East Rutherford)
- Brazil vs HaitiScheduled · Jun 20, 09:00 · Philadelphia
- Scotland vs BrazilScheduled · Jun 25, 06:00 · Miami (Miami Gardens)
Related teammates
- MarquinhosDefender · impact 96
- CasemiroMidfielder · impact 96
- Neymar JrForward · impact 96
- Lucas PaquetaMidfielder · impact 90
- RaphinhaForward · impact 90
- Vinicius JuniorForward · impact 90
- AlissonGoalkeeper · impact 82
- Bruno GuimaraesMidfielder · impact 81
Related pages
- World Cup 2026 data libraryTeams, players, matches, venues, and model explainers in one crawlable archive.
- Brazil team radarFull squad, team strengths, and fixture list.
- All player profilesBrowse the World Cup 2026 player library.
- Discovery hubEvery team, match, venue, and tournament page.