Best Alternatives to Dani Ceballos

Playing Style Analysis

A Metronome. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (1.6 key passes/90), an aggressive ball-winner (3.3 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (93% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (65% duel success), heavily involved in possession (82 passes/90), penetrates with forward passing (12.2 final-third passes/90), wins the ball cleanly (1.8 successful tackles/90), central to possession (99 touches/90), draws fouls effectively (2.7/90), a high-intensity presser (press score 3.6/90), constantly disrupting opposition build-up and top 10% tackler in the league. Note: this profile is based on 496 minutes of playing time this season. The three closest DNA matches to Dani Ceballos:

• Aleix Febas(85% 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 (62% duel success), central to possession (73 touches/90), draws fouls effectively (3.4/90) and active off the ball (2.5 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Iván Martín(85% match) — A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, active in the tackle (2.1 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (89% pass accuracy), heavily involved in play (63 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.6 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Pablo Fornals(85% match) — A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (2.8 key passes/90), a regular goalscorer (0.28 goals/90), a reliable supplier (0.19 assists/90), meticulous in distribution (87% pass accuracy), penetrates with forward passing (8.0 final-third passes/90), central to possession (74 touches/90), active off the ball (2.6 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 10% creator in the league.

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