Best Alternatives to Claudio Baeza

Top 3 Alternatives to Claudio Baeza

1. 1.Aleix Febas83% DNA match·Elche€5.0M
2. 2.Federico Redondo83% DNA match·Elche€4.0M
3. 3.Mikel Jauregizar82% DNA match·Athletic Club€30.0M

Ranked by AI DNA similarity — 768 dimensions across playing style, pressing intensity, and tactical fit.

Playing Style Analysis

A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as an aggressive ball-winner (3.0 tackles/90), reads the game exceptionally (1.7 interceptions/90), wins the physical battle (58% duel success), wins the ball cleanly (1.9 successful tackles/90), central to possession (72 touches/90), uses long balls frequently (5.8/90) and a high-intensity presser (press score 3.8/90), constantly disrupting opposition build-up. The three most similar players to Claudio Baeza by playing style are:

• Aleix Febas(83% match) — A Metronome. Statistically, he stands out as active in the tackle (2.1 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (90% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (61% duel success), central to possession (73 touches/90), draws fouls effectively (3.1/90) and active off the ball (2.4 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions. However, he loses possession under pressure (1.6 dispossessed/90).
• Federico Redondo(83% match) — Redondo is the quintessential "volume controller" whose surgical distribution and relentless defensive work rate suggest a player far more physically imposing than his duel success rate implies. Operating at a Tier C club, he is effectively the entire engine room, ranking in the top 5% for both passes per 90 (84.3) and tackles won (1.91), a rare statistical profile that combines the elegance of a deep-lying playmaker with the grit of a ball-winner. The counterintuitive insight lies in his goalscoring; despite sitting in the bottom 10% for shot volume, his 0.27 goals per 90 (top 5%) reveals a lethal efficiency when he does arrive late in the box.
• Mikel Jauregizar(82% match) — A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.1 key passes/90), active in the tackle (2.2 tackles/90), heavily involved in play (58 touches/90) and a high-intensity presser (press score 3.0/90), constantly disrupting opposition build-up.

Similarity is calculated using per-90 performance data across multiple playing style dimensions. How Player DNA matching works →