Best Alternatives to Lassana Coulibaly

Playing Style Analysis

A Balanced Midfielder. Statistically, he stands out as active off the ball (2.2 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions. The three closest DNA matches to Lassana Coulibaly:

• Cher Ndour(85% match) — Ndour is the kind of midfielder Serie A quietly relies on — not the one who makes the highlights, but the one who makes the machine run. His aerial numbers tell the most interesting story: winning 50% of his duels in the air while ranking in the top 20% for aerials won per 90 suggests a player who picks his battles intelligently rather than throwing himself at everything.
• Antoine Bernede(84% match) — A Balanced Midfielder. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.2 key passes/90), an aggressive ball-winner (2.7 tackles/90), heavily involved in play (51 touches/90), active off the ball (2.9 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 10% tackler in the league.
• Nicolò Barella(80% match) — Barella is the engine that makes Inter's midfield breathe—a box-to-box dynamo whose footballing intelligence operates at a frequency most teammates can only follow, not match. His key pass rate sits in Serie A's top 5%, and his assist numbers land in the top 10%, meaning the creativity isn't accidental—it's systematic.

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