Best Alternatives to Ilia Gruev

Playing Style Analysis

A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, a reliable supplier (0.20 assists/90), meticulous in distribution (90% pass accuracy) and heavily involved in play (51 touches/90). The three closest DNA matches to Ilia Gruev:

• Moisés Caicedo(80% match) — A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as an aggressive ball-winner (2.8 tackles/90), reads the game exceptionally (1.9 interceptions/90), meticulous in distribution (92% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (56% duel success), heavily involved in possession (66 passes/90), central to possession (80 touches/90) and a high-intensity presser (press score 3.3/90), constantly disrupting opposition build-up.
• Rodri(80% match) — A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.5 key passes/90), an aggressive ball-winner (2.5 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (90% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (67% duel success), heavily involved in possession (96 passes/90), penetrates with forward passing (10.5 final-third passes/90), central to possession (111 touches/90), switches play with precision (7.8 long balls/90, 70% accuracy) and a high-intensity presser (press score 3.2/90), constantly disrupting opposition build-up.
• Carlos Baleba(80% match) — A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, active in the tackle (2.0 tackles/90), reads the game exceptionally (1.6 interceptions/90), meticulous in distribution (86% pass accuracy), heavily involved in play (56 touches/90) and a high-intensity presser (press score 3.1/90), constantly disrupting opposition build-up.

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