Best Alternatives to Matías Soulé

Top 3 Alternatives to Matías Soulé

1. 1.Manor Solomon87% DNA match·Fiorentina€9.0M
2. 2.Riccardo Orsolini86% DNA match·Bologna€25.0M
3. 3.Federico Bonazzoli85% DNA match·Cremonese€18.0M

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

Playing Style Analysis

Soulé has quietly become one of Serie A's most complete attacking connectors—a winger who passes like a midfielder and presses like a striker. His 39.5 passes per 90 ranks in the top 5% among attackers in the league, which sounds counterintuitive until you watch him: he's not a hoarder of possession, he's a circuit board. His 6.33 passes into the final third per 90 is the genuinely elite number here, placing him again in the top 5%—meaning defences don't just track his runs, they track his decisions. The three most similar players to Matías Soulé by playing style are:

• Manor Solomon(87% match) — A Inside Forward. Statistically, he stands out as an elite creator (2.2 key passes/90), a regular goalscorer (0.36 goals/90), a dynamic dribbler (3.1/90), meticulous in distribution (89% pass accuracy) and wins the physical battle (63% duel success). However, he loses possession under pressure (1.8 dispossessed/90).
• Riccardo Orsolini(86% match) — Orsolini is the kind of wide attacker who wins the ball like a midfielder and uses it like a forward—a combination rarer in Serie A than his modest reputation suggests. His duel win rate sits in the top 5% of attackers in the league, which means defenders simply cannot brush him off the ball in transition. He generates shots at a top-20% clip and carries the ball into dangerous areas with similar frequency, making him a genuine threat rather than a peripheral one.
• Federico Bonazzoli(85% match) — A Complete Forward. Statistically, he stands out as a regular goalscorer (0.28 goals/90), meticulous in distribution (86% pass accuracy) and draws fouls effectively (2.5/90).

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