Best Alternatives to Alessio Romagnoli

Playing Style Analysis

A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, commanding in the air (4.8 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (92% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (57% duel success), heavily involved in possession (66 passes/90) and central to possession (76 touches/90). The three closest DNA matches to Alessio Romagnoli:

• Gianluca Mancini(86% match) — Mancini has quietly built one of the most complete defensive profiles in Serie A — a centre-back whose football intelligence does the heavy lifting before his legs ever need to. His interception rate lands in the top 10% of the league, which tells the real story: this isn't a defender who relies on last-ditch tackles — average by league standards — but one who simply isn't there when danger arrives because he read it two seconds earlier.
• Amir Rrahmani (86% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as meticulous in distribution (92% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (66% duel success), heavily involved in possession (84 passes/90), central to possession (94 touches/90), dominant in the air (3.4 aerials won/90, 66%), uses long balls frequently (5.0/90) and active off the ball (2.3 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Thomas Kristensen(85% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (7.2 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (86% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (57% duel success) and uses long balls frequently (5.5/90).

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