Best Alternatives to Juan Miranda

Playing Style Analysis

Miranda is the rare left-sided defender in Serie A who functions more like a deep-lying playmaker wearing a centre-back's shirt. His key passes per 90 and passes into the final third both rank in the top 5% among defenders in the division—numbers that belong to a creative midfielder, not someone nominally tasked with stopping attacks. That progressive passing output is the counterintuitive story here: his pass accuracy sits at a league-average 82.7%, which sounds modest until you realise he's consistently attempting higher-risk, higher-reward vertical deliveries that most defenders simply don't attempt. The three closest DNA matches to Juan Miranda:

• Andrea Cambiaso(80% match) — Cambiaso has quietly become one of Serie A's most complete midfield operators — a player who wins the ball back and immediately does something intelligent with it. His tackles won rate sits in the top 20% of league midfielders, yet he's not a destroyer; pair that with top-20% key passes per 90, and you have a rare two-phase threat.
• Davide Bartesaghi(80% match) — A Active Full-Back. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, an elite creator (1.6 key passes/90), active in the tackle (1.8 tackles/90) and meticulous in distribution (86% pass accuracy).
• Miguel Gutiérrez(80% match) — A Active Full-Back. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.3 key passes/90), active in the tackle (2.0 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (88% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (57% duel success), central to possession (71 touches/90) and active off the ball (3.0 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.

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