Best Alternatives to Mario Dorgeles

Top 3 Alternatives to Mario Dorgeles

1. 1.Pablo Rosario85% DNA match·Porto€8.0M
2. 2.Gorby85% DNA match·Sporting Braga€7.0M
3. 3.João Simões86% DNA match·Sporting CP€15.0M

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

Playing Style Analysis

A Metronome. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, an elite creator (1.6 key passes/90), meticulous in distribution (89% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (57% duel success), central to possession (78 touches/90) and top 20% creator in the league. The three most similar players to Mario Dorgeles by playing style are:

• Pablo Rosario(85% match) — Rosario is the kind of midfielder who quietly wins games with a clipboard rather than a highlight reel—a metronomic distributor whose 92.5% pass accuracy places him in Liga Portugal's top 10%, yet who rarely demands your attention doing it. His 7.58 passes into the final third per 90 puts him in the top 20% for progression, meaning the ball consistently moves forward through him, not around him. Here's the counterintuitive part: his 0.16 goals per 90 ranks top 20% in the league—quietly clinical for a player whose profile screams deep-lying organiser.
• Gorby(85% match) — A Metronome. Statistically, he stands out as meticulous in distribution (93% pass accuracy), heavily involved in possession (71 passes/90), penetrates with forward passing (8.1 final-third passes/90), central to possession (81 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.6 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• João Simões(86% match) — A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as meticulous in distribution (88% pass accuracy), heavily involved in play (63 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.6 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions. However, he loses possession under pressure (1.7 dispossessed/90) and prone to committing fouls (3.0/90).

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