Best Alternatives to Martinelli

Top 3 Alternatives to Martinelli

1. 1.Manuel Locatelli87% DNA match·Juventus€25.0M
2. 2.Iván Martín86% DNA match·Girona€6.0M
3. 3.Éderson85% DNA match·Atalanta€40.0M

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 a capable chance creator (1.1 key passes/90), meticulous in distribution (90% pass accuracy), heavily involved in possession (68 passes/90), central to possession (70 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.6 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions. Note: this profile is based on 858 minutes of playing time this season. The three most similar players to Martinelli by playing style are:

• Manuel Locatelli(87% match) — Locatelli has spent years being the midfielder that makes everything work without ever making the highlight reel—and the numbers finally prove why that matters. Operating in Serie A's congested midfield battles, he ranks in the top 5% for passes per 90, tackles won, press intensity, and passes into the final third simultaneously; finding a player who dominates all four categories at once is genuinely rare. The counterintuitive read here is his goal contribution figures, which look pedestrian until you understand he's essentially the engine redistributing possession upward—those 15-plus progressive passes per 90 are what create the chances others finish.
• Iván Martín(86% match) — A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, an aggressive ball-winner (2.5 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (88% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (55% duel success), heavily involved in play (64 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.8 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Éderson(85% match) — Éderson has quietly become one of Serie A's most complete midfield engines — a player who does the unglamorous work at an elite level while never demanding the spotlight. His 90.3% pass accuracy places him in the top 10% of league midfielders, but the more telling figure is his press intensity, also top 20% — meaning he wins the ball back as efficiently as he distributes it. That combination is rarer than it sounds.

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