Best Alternatives to João Pedro Mendes Santos

Top 3 Alternatives to João Pedro Mendes Santos

1. 1.Ayoni Santos90% DNA match·Sparta Rotterdam€40.0M
2. 2.Kaishu Sano84% DNA match·Japan€25.0M
3. 3.Baptiste Santamaria84% DNA match·Valencia€4.5M

Ranked by AI DNA similarity — 768 dimensions across playing style, pressing intensity, and tactical fit.

Playing Style Analysis

A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as an aggressive ball-winner (3.8 tackles/90), wins the ball cleanly (2.4 successful tackles/90), heavily involved in play (63 touches/90), a high-intensity presser (press score 3.1/90), constantly disrupting opposition build-up and top 10% tackler in the league. However, he prone to committing fouls (3.7/90). The three most similar players to João Pedro Mendes Santos by playing style are:

• Ayoni Santos(90% match) — A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.0 key passes/90), an aggressive ball-winner (3.5 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (86% pass accuracy), wins the ball cleanly (2.2 successful tackles/90), heavily involved in play (53 touches/90), active off the ball (2.9 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 10% tackler in the league.
• Kaishu Sano(84% match) — A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as reads the game exceptionally (2.4 interceptions/90), wins the physical battle (64% duel success), heavily involved in play (56 touches/90) and a high-intensity presser (press score 3.6/90), constantly disrupting opposition build-up.
• Baptiste Santamaria(84% match) — A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as wins the physical battle (57% duel success), heavily involved in play (65 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.6 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions. Note: this profile is based on 653 minutes of playing time this season.

Similarity is calculated using per-90 performance data across multiple playing style dimensions. How Player DNA matching works →