Best Alternatives to Emmanuel Agbadou

Playing Style Analysis

A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as an aggressive ball-winner (2.6 tackles/90), commanding in the air (5.3 clearances/90), wins the physical battle (64% duel success), penetrates with forward passing (9.7 final-third passes/90), wins the ball cleanly (1.9 successful tackles/90), central to possession (71 touches/90), uses long balls frequently (9.6/90) and a high-intensity presser (press score 3.0/90), constantly disrupting opposition build-up. The three closest DNA matches to Emmanuel Agbadou:

• Nayef Aguerd(89% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, commanding in the air (4.8 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (93% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (57% duel success), heavily involved in possession (84 passes/90), central to possession (97 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.6 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Kevin Danso(87% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (8.1 clearances/90), reads the game exceptionally (1.6 interceptions/90), meticulous in distribution (87% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (61% duel success), central to possession (78 touches/90), dominant in the air (4.7 aerials won/90, 62%) and uses long balls frequently (5.8/90).
• Malick Thiaw(87% match) — Thiaw has quietly become one of the Premier League's most complete defensive profiles — a towering centre-back who doesn't just win his battles, he wins them cleanly. His aerial win rate of 65.1% and duel success of 64.2% both sit in the league's top 20%, but the counterintuitive story is his attacking output: 0.16 goals per 90 and 0.98 shots per 90 place him in the top 10% among defenders, suggesting a genuine threat from set-pieces that opponents routinely underestimate.

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