Best Alternatives to Jhon Lucumí

Playing Style Analysis

Lucumí has quietly built one of the most underrated defensive profiles in Serie A — a Colombian ball-playing centre-back who wins the fight before it starts rather than after. His interception numbers sit in the top 10% of the league, which tells the real story: this isn't a defender who reacts, he anticipates. Paired with elite press intensity — also top 10% — he functions less like a last line and more like an aggressive first trigger. The three closest DNA matches to Jhon Lucumí:

• Yann Bisseck(80% match) — Bisseck is the rare centre-back who threatens to embarrass your striker and your midfielder in the same passage of play. Playing in Serie A's top tier, the German-Ivorian defender sits in the top 5% for pass accuracy at 92.9% — a number that reflects genuine composure in tight spaces, not just sideways recycling.
• Bremer(80% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as meticulous in distribution (90% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (56% duel success), uses long balls frequently (5.3/90) and active off the ball (2.5 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Evan Ndicka(80% match) — Ndicka has quietly become one of Serie A's most complete left-sided centre-backs — a defender who wins headers, reads danger early, and still finds time to score goals that matter. His 91.1% pass accuracy places him in the top fifth of defenders in the league, yet he's no mere recycler; his pressing intensity ranking tells the real story of a man who hunts possession rather than waits for it.

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