Best Alternatives to João Pedro Mendes Santos

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 closest DNA matches to João Pedro Mendes Santos:

• Baptiste Santamaria(84% match) — A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as wins the physical battle (59% duel success), heavily involved in play (65 touches/90), uses long balls frequently (5.1/90) and active off the ball (2.5 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Federico Redondo(83% match) — Redondo is the quintessential "volume controller" whose surgical distribution and relentless defensive work rate suggest a player far more physically imposing than his duel success rate implies. Operating at a Tier C club, he is effectively the entire engine room, ranking in the top 5% for both passes per 90 (84.3) and tackles won (1.91), a rare statistical profile that combines the elegance of a deep-lying playmaker with the grit of a ball-winner.
• Nicolás Fonseca(83% match) — A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as an aggressive ball-winner (3.6 tackles/90), reads the game exceptionally (1.5 interceptions/90), meticulous in distribution (85% pass accuracy), wins the ball cleanly (2.2 successful tackles/90), heavily involved in play (65 touches/90), switches play with precision (7.2 long balls/90, 68% accuracy), active off the ball (2.9 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 10% tackler in the league.

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