Best Alternatives to Nahuel Ferraresi

Playing Style Analysis

Ferraresi is a defender who wins his aerial duels at an elite rate, but don't mistake him for a purely defensive stopper. While his 85% pass accuracy is par for the course in Serie A, he contributes meaningfully to the attack, demonstrated by his surprising 0.14 assists per 90, putting him in the top 20% of defenders in the league. He also attempts a significant number of dribbles for a center back. The three closest DNA matches to Nahuel Ferraresi:

• Simone Canestrelli(85% match) — A Physical Stopper. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (5.2 clearances/90) and wins the physical battle (57% duel success).
• Nicolò Casale(84% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (8.0 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (87% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (56% duel success), dominant in the air (4.1 aerials won/90, 63%) and switches play with precision (7.6 long balls/90, 67% accuracy).
• Alessandro Bastoni(80% match) — Bastoni has quietly become the most dangerous defender in Serie A that no one talks about in those terms—a left-sided centre-back who functions, in practice, as a deep-lying playmaker wearing the wrong shirt number. His passing volume sits in the top 5% of defenders in the league, and his passes into the final third rank similarly elite, meaning Inter's attacking phases are frequently being *authored* from the back.

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