Best Alternatives to Luciano Valente

Top 3 Alternatives to Luciano Valente

1. 1.Ramiz Zerrouki86% DNA match·FC Twente€7.2M
2. 2.Jerdy Schouten85% DNA match·PSV€22.0M
3. 3.Sem Steijn86% DNA match·Feyenoord€14.0M

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

Playing Style Analysis

A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (1.7 key passes/90), a reliable supplier (0.22 assists/90), penetrates with forward passing (8.4 final-third passes/90), heavily involved in play (68 touches/90) and a high-intensity presser (press score 3.2/90), constantly disrupting opposition build-up. The three most similar players to Luciano Valente by playing style are:

• Ramiz Zerrouki(86% match) — A Metronome. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (1.6 key passes/90), active in the tackle (2.3 tackles/90), penetrates with forward passing (11.6 final-third passes/90), central to possession (73 touches/90), switches play with precision (7.7 long balls/90, 63% accuracy) and active off the ball (2.8 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Jerdy Schouten(85% match) — Schouten is the kind of midfielder who makes a team's possession game feel inevitable rather than effortful—a metronome who rarely wastes a touch and almost never wastes a pass. His 92.3% pass accuracy and 75.3 passes per 90 both sit in the Eredivisie's top five percent, meaning he isn't just accurate, he's relentlessly active with the ball. The 10.32 passes into the final third per 90 is the counterintuitive number here: for a player who reads as a deep-lying anchor, he's consistently threading the needle forward, ranking top ten in the league.
• Sem Steijn(86% match) — A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (2.6 key passes/90), a constant goal threat (3.1 shots/90), a proven goalscorer (0.58 goals/90), a reliable supplier (0.17 assists/90), creates high-quality scoring opportunities (0.66 big chances/90) and top 10% creator in the league.

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