Best Alternatives to Jonathan Rowe

Playing Style Analysis

Rowe has carved out a quietly disruptive identity in Serie A—a wide attacker who terrorises defenders with the ball at his feet yet rarely punishes them on the scoresheet. His dribbling numbers sit in the top 5% of the league, which tells you everything about his ability to manufacture chaos in tight spaces. What the goals column hides, though, is how effectively he functions as a connective threat: his key passes, passes into the final third, and press intensity all rank comfortably above average, suggesting a player whose influence travels through teammates rather than the net. The three closest DNA matches to Jonathan Rowe:

• Assane Diao (80% match) — A Inside Forward. Statistically, he stands out as a constant goal threat (2.5 shots/90), a dynamic dribbler (2.3/90) and draws fouls effectively (3.2/90).
• Manor Solomon(86% match) — A Dynamic Forward. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (2.5 key passes/90), a regular goalscorer (0.20 goals/90), a dynamic dribbler (2.5/90), meticulous in distribution (90% pass accuracy) and wins the physical battle (63% duel success).
• Mattia Zaccagni (85% match) — A Forward. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.5 key passes/90) and draws fouls effectively (3.5/90).

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