Best Alternatives to Issa Diop

Playing Style Analysis

Issa Diop is a Ball-Playing CB. Progressive defender comfortable on the ball. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (4.7 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (88% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (63% duel success) and uses long balls frequently (5.7/90). The three closest DNA matches to Issa Diop:

• Ibrahima Konaté(91% match) — Ibrahima Konaté is a Ball-Playing CB. Progressive defender comfortable on the ball.
• William Saliba(80% match) — Saliba has quietly become the most complete ball-playing centre-back in the Premier League—a defender who makes the game look administrative. His 92.7% pass accuracy and 76 passes per 90 place him in the top 5% of defenders in the division, yet the more revealing figure is his 6.81 passes into the final third per 90, putting him in the top 20%—this isn't a man simply recycling possession, he's actively driving attacks from deep.
• Gabriel Magalhães(80% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, commanding in the air (6.0 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (88% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (65% duel success), central to possession (71 touches/90), strong in aerial duels (3.2 aerials won/90) and uses long balls frequently (5.7/90).

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