Best Alternatives to Mads Roerslev

Top 3 Alternatives to Mads Roerslev

1. 1.Oliver Provstgaard84% DNA match·Lazio€4.5M
2. 2.Veljko Milosavljevic83% DNA match·AFC Bournemouth€20.0M
3. 3.Chadi Riad83% DNA match·Crystal Palace€12.0M

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

Playing Style Analysis

Roerslev occupies an interesting middle ground in the Championship's defensive landscape — technically tidy enough to progress the ball, but not yet the complete package his reputation sometimes suggests. With 471 minutes of partial data, the picture is incomplete, yet telling. His passes into the final third land in the top 30% of Championship defenders, revealing an attacking instinct that most pure defenders at this level simply don't possess — that's the hidden value beneath an otherwise unremarkable passing profile. The three most similar players to Mads Roerslev by playing style are:

• Oliver Provstgaard(84% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, commanding in the air (5.4 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (91% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (57% duel success), heavily involved in possession (60 passes/90), central to possession (72 touches/90), dominant in the air (3.3 aerials won/90, 60%) and uses long balls frequently (5.1/90). Note: this profile is based on 652 minutes of playing time this season.
• Veljko Milosavljevic(83% match) — Milosavljevic is the kind of defender who wins games through the pass rather than the tackle—a ball-playing centre-back whose value lives in the build-up phase, not the trenches. His passes into the final third rank in the top 20% of Premier League defenders, and his volume of 46.6 passes per 90 places him above most peers in possession-based systems. Here's the counterintuitive part: his aerial win *rate* sits below average, yet his aerial *volume* lands in the top 30%—he's contesting more duels than most, just not winning them cleanly.
• Chadi Riad(83% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, commanding in the air (4.4 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (90% pass accuracy) and wins the physical battle (58% duel success).

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