Best Alternatives to Eren Elmalı

Playing Style Analysis

A Active Full-Back. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, an elite creator (1.6 key passes/90), active in the tackle (1.9 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (89% pass accuracy) and active off the ball (2.3 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions. The three closest DNA matches to Eren Elmalı:

• Rıdvan Yılmaz(85% match) — A Active Full-Back. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, active in the tackle (1.9 tackles/90), wins the physical battle (60% duel success) and active off the ball (2.0 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Mustafa Eskihellaç(84% match) — A Active Full-Back. Statistically, he stands out as a reliable supplier (0.16 assists/90), meticulous in distribution (87% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (59% duel success), draws fouls effectively (2.3/90) and active off the ball (2.7 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Ismail Jakobs(84% match) — Jakobs is the kind of left-sided defender who wins the ball like a midfielder and then reminds you, painfully, that he's not one. His duel win rate sits in the top 10% of the Super Lig—a genuinely elite number that masks a more complicated truth: he's winning ground battles at a premium rate while losing aerial contests below the league average, meaning his positioning invites exactly the type of challenge he handles worst.

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