Best Alternatives to Nicolò Fagioli

Playing Style Analysis

Fagioli is the kind of midfielder who makes a possession system hum without ever demanding the spotlight. His 90.7% pass accuracy and 2.51 key passes per 90 both rank in Serie A's top 5% among midfielders—numbers that suggest not just tidiness, but genuine creative authority in the final third. His 8.91 passes into the final third per 90 puts him comfortably in the top 10%, which is where the real story lives: the assists figure looks modest, but Fagioli is consistently threading the needle before the last action, not after it. The three closest DNA matches to Nicolò Fagioli:

• Petar Sučić(80% match) — Sučić has quietly built a case as one of Serie A's more quietly effective midfield operators — a Croatian with a continental pedigree who does more with the ball than his modest goal contributions suggest. His 52.2 passes per 90 places him in the league's top 20%, and that volume carries real quality: 87.9% accuracy, 6.36 progressive passes into the final third, and 1.50 key passes per 90 all land in the top tier.
• Kenneth Taylor(80% match) — A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, an elite creator (1.7 key passes/90), a prolific assist provider (0.28 assists/90), meticulous in distribution (86% pass accuracy), heavily involved in play (56 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.1 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Davide Frattesi(80% match) — A Balanced Midfielder. Statistically, he stands out as a constant goal threat (2.6 shots/90), an aggressive ball-winner (2.6 tackles/90), wins the physical battle (56% duel success) and top 10% tackler in the league.

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