Best Alternatives to Dennis Man

Playing Style Analysis

Man is the rare wide attacker who makes the team tick with the ball as much as he does without it—a creator disguised as a scorer. His assist rate sits in the top 5% of Eredivisie forwards, and his 39.3 passes per 90 minutes—also top 5%—reveal something counterintuitive: this isn't a dribbler who ignores teammates, it's a dribbler who combines. Those 2.45 dribble attempts per 90 rank elite, yet the passing accuracy behind them hits 86.1%, suggesting Man uses his runs to open space for others as much as for himself. The three closest DNA matches to Dennis Man:

• Anis Hadj Moussa(85% match) — A Inside Forward. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, an elite creator (2.5 key passes/90), a constant goal threat (2.7 shots/90), a regular goalscorer (0.39 goals/90), a reliable supplier (0.21 assists/90), a dynamic dribbler (2.7/90) and creates high-quality scoring opportunities (0.60 big chances/90).
• Esmir Bajraktarevic(84% match) — A Inside Forward. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (1.9 key passes/90), a constant goal threat (3.1 shots/90), a regular goalscorer (0.34 goals/90), a prolific assist provider (0.34 assists/90), meticulous in distribution (88% pass accuracy) and creates high-quality scoring opportunities (0.51 big chances/90).
• Weslley Patati(83% match) — A Inside Forward. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (1.6 key passes/90), a constant goal threat (2.9 shots/90), a reliable supplier (0.19 assists/90) and draws fouls effectively (2.2/90).

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