Best Alternatives to Dion Cools

Playing Style Analysis

A Active Full-Back. Statistically, he stands out as a regular goalscorer (0.20 goals/90), an aggressive ball-winner (2.6 tackles/90), commanding in the air (4.4 clearances/90), wins the physical battle (59% duel success), penetrates with forward passing (8.5 final-third passes/90), wins the ball cleanly (2.0 successful tackles/90), central to possession (76 touches/90), uses long balls frequently (7.8/90), active off the ball (2.2 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 10% tackler in the league. The three closest DNA matches to Dion Cools:

• Yukinari Sugawara(80% match) — A Active Full-Back. Statistically, he stands out as a reliable supplier (0.22 assists/90) and uses long balls frequently (5.8/90).
• Rasmus Kristensen(80% match) — A Active Full-Back. Statistically, he stands out as an aggressive ball-winner (2.7 tackles/90), wins the physical battle (56% duel success), penetrates with forward passing (10.1 final-third passes/90), wins the ball cleanly (1.9 successful tackles/90), central to possession (87 touches/90), uses long balls frequently (6.1/90), active off the ball (3.0 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 10% tackler in the league.
• Alberto Costa(80% match) — A Active Full-Back. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.2 key passes/90), a prolific assist provider (0.32 assists/90), active in the tackle (2.5 tackles/90) and active off the ball (2.5 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.

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