Best Alternatives to Matte Smets

Playing Style Analysis

A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (7.0 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (91% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (58% duel success), heavily involved in possession (75 passes/90), central to possession (90 touches/90), uses long balls frequently (9.9/90) and active off the ball (2.1 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions. The three closest DNA matches to Matte Smets:

• Jozhua Vertrouwd(82% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as active in the tackle (1.8 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (91% pass accuracy), heavily involved in possession (63 passes/90), central to possession (75 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.0 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Joël Schmied(82% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (4.1 clearances/90) and meticulous in distribution (88% pass accuracy).
• Víctor Chust(82% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as comfortable with both feet, an aggressive ball-winner (2.6 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (90% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (56% duel success), heavily involved in possession (63 passes/90), penetrates with forward passing (9.0 final-third passes/90), central to possession (79 touches/90), uses long balls frequently (5.9/90), active off the ball (2.1 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 10% tackler in the league.

Similarity uses per-90 performance across playing-style dimensions. How Player DNA matching works →