Best Alternatives to Hamed Al-Ghamdi

Playing Style Analysis

Al-Ghamdi is the rare midfielder who wins the ball on the ground better than almost anyone in the Pro League, yet barely bothers to press when it isn't his. That duel win rate—top 5% in the division—tells you he picks his battles with surgical precision rather than frantic energy, which explains why his press intensity sits in the bottom 10%: this isn't a high-octane press machine, it's a chess player. His 75.3 passes per 90 places him among the league's most involved distributors, though the counterintuitive sting is that his progressive passing lags badly—he touches the ball constantly but rarely advances it vertically, suggesting a sideways-first mentality. The three closest DNA matches to Hamed Al-Ghamdi:

• Nicolás Domínguez(81% match) — A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as an aggressive ball-winner (4.3 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (85% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (56% duel success), wins the ball cleanly (2.3 successful tackles/90), heavily involved in play (56 touches/90), active off the ball (2.5 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 10% tackler in the league.
• Neil El Aynaoui(81% match) — El Aynaoui is the kind of midfielder Serie A clubs build defensive structures around without the wider world quite noticing yet. Operating in one of Europe's most tactically demanding leagues, his interception rate places him in the top 5% among midfielders—meaning he's not just pressing hard, he's pressing intelligently, anticipating rather than reacting.
• Beñat Prados(80% match) — A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as an aggressive ball-winner (3.0 tackles/90), heavily involved in play (55 touches/90) and top 10% tackler in the league.

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