Best Alternatives to Brayan Medina

Playing Style Analysis

A Physical Stopper. Statistically, he stands out as an aggressive ball-winner (2.5 tackles/90), commanding in the air (6.2 clearances/90), wins the physical battle (61% duel success), active off the ball (2.1 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 10% tackler in the league. The three closest DNA matches to Brayan Medina:

• Aderllan Leandro de Jesus Santos(87% match) — Santos is the kind of defender who wins the fight before the ball even arrives—a physical enforcer whose aerial dominance places him in Liga Portugal's top 5%, a league not short of physical centre-backs. His duel win rate of 73.3% ranks top 10%, and his pressing intensity sits in the top 20%, painting a picture of a defender who hunts rather than waits.
• Adrian Leon Barisic(86% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as meticulous in distribution (88% pass accuracy) and wins the physical battle (67% duel success).
• Gustaf Lagerbielke(85% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (4.2 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (90% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (60% duel success), heavily involved in possession (78 passes/90), penetrates with forward passing (10.4 final-third passes/90), central to possession (90 touches/90), dominant in the air (3.5 aerials won/90, 66%) and uses long balls frequently (6.7/90).

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