Best Alternatives to Fredrik Aursnes

Top 3 Alternatives to Fredrik Aursnes

1. 1.Morten Hjulmand86% DNA match·Sporting CP€45.0M
2. 2.Victor Froholdt84% DNA match·Porto€30.0M
3. 3.Leandro Barreiro84% DNA match·Benfica€15.0M

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 an elite creator (2.1 key passes/90), a reliable supplier (0.17 assists/90), active in the tackle (2.2 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (86% pass accuracy), heavily involved in play (67 touches/90), active off the ball (2.7 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 10% creator in the league. The three most similar players to Fredrik Aursnes by playing style are:

• Morten Hjulmand(86% match) — Hjulmand is the kind of midfielder who wins football matches without ever appearing on a highlight reel—a defensive engine wrapped inside a genuine ball-progressor. Operating in Liga Portugal, he ranks in the top 5% for both duel win rate and press intensity, which tells you something important: this isn't selective aggression, it's sustained, systemic dominance across ninety minutes. His 89% pass accuracy and 8.11 progressive passes per ninety further expose the counterintuitive truth—the man built like a destroyer actually drives play forward more consistently than most creative midfielders in the division.
• Victor Froholdt(84% match) — A Balanced Midfielder. Statistically, he stands out as a reliable supplier (0.23 assists/90), meticulous in distribution (86% pass accuracy) and active off the ball (2.2 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Leandro Barreiro(84% match) — Barreiro is the rare midfielder who wins headers like a centre-back but still finds pockets to create like a number ten. His aerial win rate sits in the top 5% of Liga Portugal midfielders—a genuinely freakish number for someone operating in central midfield rather than set-piece territory—and it quietly underpins his value in transition, winning second balls that never show up in highlight reels. His 0.22 assists per 90 and near-1 key pass per 90 suggest a player with real creative intent, not just a recycler.

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