Best Alternatives to Dimitrios Kourbelis

Top 3 Alternatives to Dimitrios Kourbelis

1. 1.Sotiris Alexandropoulos83% DNA match·Fortuna Düsseldorf€4.5M
2. 2.Remo Freuler82% DNA match·Bologna€4.0M
3. 3.Jerdy Schouten81% DNA match·PSV€22.0M

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

Playing Style Analysis

A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as active in the tackle (2.5 tackles/90), reads the game exceptionally (1.6 interceptions/90), meticulous in distribution (89% pass accuracy), heavily involved in play (61 touches/90) and a high-intensity presser (press score 3.2/90), constantly disrupting opposition build-up. The three most similar players to Dimitrios Kourbelis by playing style are:

• Sotiris Alexandropoulos(83% match) — A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as an aggressive ball-winner (2.5 tackles/90), wins the ball cleanly (1.9 successful tackles/90), heavily involved in play (56 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.2 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions. Note: this profile is based on 783 minutes of playing time this season.
• Remo Freuler(82% match) — Freuler is the metronomic heartbeat of a Serie A engine room, a player whose relentless efficiency transforms a Tier C squad into a ball-dominant unit. Ranking in the top 10% for passes into the final third (8.87/90), he is not merely a sideways recycler but a progressive catalyst who dictates tempo with elite precision. While his low interception rate might suggest a passive defensive stance, the reality is far grittier; he is a specialist in the physical confrontation, winning ground duels and tackles at a rate that places him in the league's top 20%.
• Jerdy Schouten(81% match) — Schouten is the kind of midfielder who makes a team's possession game feel inevitable rather than effortful—a metronome who rarely wastes a touch and almost never wastes a pass. His 92.3% pass accuracy and 75.3 passes per 90 both sit in the Eredivisie's top five percent, meaning he isn't just accurate, he's relentlessly active with the ball. The 10.32 passes into the final third per 90 is the counterintuitive number here: for a player who reads as a deep-lying anchor, he's consistently threading the needle forward, ranking top ten in the league.

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