Best Alternatives to Mario Hermoso

Top 3 Alternatives to Mario Hermoso

1. 1.Jacobo Ramón85% DNA match·Como€18.0M
2. 2.Carlos Romero84% DNA match·Espanyol€25.0M
3. 3.Gianluca Mancini84% DNA match·Roma€15.0M

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

Playing Style Analysis

Hermoso arrives at Roma as a defender who has quietly rebuilt his reputation after the Atlético years—older, more calculated, and arguably more complete than he was at his peak. His pass volume (top 10% in Serie A) and passes into the final third (also top 10%) tell the real story: this isn't a stopper, it's a ball-playing centre-back who genuinely drives attacks from deep. His interception numbers rank elite among Serie A defenders, suggesting exceptional positional reading rather than reactive defending. The three most similar players to Mario Hermoso by playing style are:

• Jacobo Ramón(85% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as active in the tackle (1.9 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (91% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (63% duel success), heavily involved in possession (73 passes/90), central to possession (87 touches/90), dominant in the air (3.7 aerials won/90, 70%) and active off the ball (2.4 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Carlos Romero(84% match) — A Defender. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, an aggressive ball-winner (3.1 tackles/90), wins the ball cleanly (1.8 successful tackles/90), active off the ball (2.8 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 10% tackler in the league.
• Gianluca Mancini(84% match) — Mancini has quietly built one of the most complete defensive profiles in Serie A — a centre-back whose football intelligence does the heavy lifting before his legs ever need to. His interception rate lands in the top 10% of the league, which tells the real story: this isn't a defender who relies on last-ditch tackles — average by league standards — but one who simply isn't there when danger arrives because he read it two seconds earlier. His progressive passing output places him in the top 20%, and with 6.68 passes into the final third per 90, he's functioning closer to a deep-lying playmaker than a pure stopper.

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