Best Alternatives to Artem Dovbyk

Playing Style Analysis

Dovbyk arrived in Serie A and immediately reminded everyone why Roma paid serious money for a striker who makes the unglamorous look ruthless. His 0.70 goals per 90 and 2.58 key passes per 90 both land in the top 5% of Serie A forwards—a rare double that separates genuine attacking weapons from volume merchants. The counterintuitive detail: his below-average dribbling and ground duel numbers (bottom half of the league) suggest a player who looks limited in tight spaces, yet his aerial dominance—top 10% for aerials won—and smart positional instincts mean he rarely needs to beat men to be dangerous. The three closest DNA matches to Artem Dovbyk:

• Ange-Yoan Bonny(80% match) — A Complete Forward. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.4 key passes/90), a proven goalscorer (0.40 goals/90), a prolific assist provider (0.32 assists/90) and top 20% scorer in the league.
• Santiago Castro(80% match) — Castro arrived in Serie A as a teenager and has quietly built a profile that rewards closer inspection than his modest surface numbers suggest. His 0.37 goals per 90 places him above average among Serie A forwards, and his shot volume backs that up — 2.49 attempts per 90 puts him in elite attacking territory.
• Anastasios Douvikas (88% match) — A Poacher. Statistically, he stands out as a constant goal threat (2.6 shots/90), a proven goalscorer (0.55 goals/90) and top 10% scorer in the league.

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