Best Alternatives to Joelinton
Players most similar to Joelinton (Midfielder, €30.0M) — ranked by AI DNA similarity score across playing style, pressing intensity, and tactical fit.
Top 3 Alternatives to Joelinton
- 1.Bruno Guimarães88% DNA match·Newcastle United€75.0M
- 2.Sandro Tonali88% DNA match·Newcastle United€80.0M
- 3.Sean Longstaff86% DNA match·Leeds United€18.0M
Ranked by AI DNA similarity — 768 dimensions across playing style, pressing intensity, and tactical fit.
Intelligence Verdict
“A Box-to-Box....”
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A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as active in the tackle (2.0 tackles/90), heavily involved in play (55 touches/90) and a high-intensity presser (press score 3.0/90), constantly disrupting opposition build-up. The three most similar players to Joelinton by playing style are:
- Bruno Guimarães(88% match) — A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (1.8 key passes/90), a regular goalscorer (0.35 goals/90), a reliable supplier (0.20 assists/90), active in the tackle (2.2 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (86% pass accuracy), central to possession (73 touches/90), draws fouls effectively (2.6/90), active off the ball (2.6 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 20% creator in the league. However, he loses possession under pressure (1.7 dispossessed/90).
- Sandro Tonali(88% match) — A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.1 key passes/90), penetrates with forward passing (9.0 final-third passes/90), central to possession (71 touches/90), uses long balls frequently (5.3/90) and active off the ball (2.7 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
- Sean Longstaff(86% match) — A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (2.3 key passes/90), a reliable supplier (0.18 assists/90), an aggressive ball-winner (3.5 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (85% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (58% duel success), wins the ball cleanly (2.0 successful tackles/90), heavily involved in play (59 touches/90), active off the ball (2.4 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions, top 10% creator in the league and top 10% tackler in the league. However, he can be exposed in 1v1 situations.
Transfer Intelligence
Bruno Guimarães delivers 88% of the same playing style, at a 150% premium over Joelinton, with 1.80 key passes per 90 at age 28.
Similarity is calculated using per-90 performance data across multiple playing style dimensions. How Player DNA matching works →
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