Best Alternatives to Claudio Baeza

Playing Style Analysis

A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as an aggressive ball-winner (3.0 tackles/90), reads the game exceptionally (1.6 interceptions/90), wins the physical battle (59% duel success), penetrates with forward passing (9.0 final-third passes/90), wins the ball cleanly (1.9 successful tackles/90), central to possession (73 touches/90), switches play with precision (6.1 long balls/90, 63% accuracy) and a high-intensity presser (press score 3.7/90), constantly disrupting opposition build-up. The three closest DNA matches to Claudio Baeza:

• 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.
• Marc Aguado(81% match) — A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as active in the tackle (1.8 tackles/90), reads the game exceptionally (1.6 interceptions/90), meticulous in distribution (91% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (60% duel success), heavily involved in play (57 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.2 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Urko González de Zárate(81% match) — A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as active in the tackle (1.9 tackles/90) and active off the ball (2.7 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.

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