
Based on 2,938 min · 2025 · Major League Soccer · FULL
Ranked by AI DNA similarity — playing style, pressing, and tactical fit. Below: the closest replacements with per-90 stats and form.
Elche · La Liga · €4.0M
Real Oviedo · La Liga · €3.0M
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See Full Verdict + Share Card →A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, an aggressive ball-winner (3.0 tackles/90), reads the game exceptionally (1.6 interceptions/90), meticulous in distribution (88% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (63% duel success), heavily involved in possession (61 passes/90), penetrates with forward passing (8.8 final-third passes/90), wins the ball cleanly (1.9 successful tackles/90), central to possession (76 touches/90), switches play with precision (7.8 long balls/90, 70% accuracy), a high-intensity presser (press score 3.5/90), constantly disrupting opposition build-up and top 10% tackler in the league. The three closest DNA matches to David Ayala:
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Strasbourg · Ligue 1 · €4.0M
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