Best Alternatives to Fábio Carvalho

Playing Style Analysis

Carvalho is the rare attacking midfielder who can win a physical duel in a Premier League midfield and then punish you in the final third before you've recovered. His duel win rate sits in the top 5% of league midfielders—a figure that would feel more at home in a defensive profile, yet here it coexists with top-5% goalscoring and assist rates that mark him as a genuine creative threat. His 1.50 key passes per 90 places him in the elite tier for chance creation, and his shot volume is relentless. The three closest DNA matches to Fábio Carvalho:

• Harvey Elliott(84% match) — Elliott occupies a rare space in English football: a teenager-turned-senior operator who creates danger at an almost embarrassing rate while barely breaking sweat defensively. His assist numbers sit in the top 5% of Premier League midfielders, and his key passes per 90 land in the top 10%—this is a player who finds pockets and unlocks defences by instinct rather than accident.
• Phil Foden(80% match) — A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, an elite creator (2.4 key passes/90), a regular goalscorer (0.30 goals/90), a reliable supplier (0.22 assists/90), meticulous in distribution (88% pass accuracy), central to possession (72 touches/90), active off the ball (2.1 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 10% creator in the league.
• Morgan Rogers(80% match) — A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.3 key passes/90), a regular goalscorer (0.27 goals/90) and a reliable supplier (0.16 assists/90).

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