Best Alternatives to Noham Kamara

Playing Style Analysis

Kamara is a technical outlier trapped in a physical profile that currently lacks the bite required for elite-level Ligue 1 defending. While his 88.5% pass accuracy suggests a composure that ranks him well above the league average for ball-playing center-halves, that silkiness is undermined by a glaring lack of steel in one-on-one scenarios. To put it bluntly, he is a turnstile in the air, languishing in the bottom 10% for aerial duels won, and his ground duel success rate is equally concerning. The three closest DNA matches to Noham Kamara:

• Ilya Zabarnyi(80% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as meticulous in distribution (94% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (58% duel success), heavily involved in possession (83 passes/90), penetrates with forward passing (8.3 final-third passes/90), central to possession (93 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.3 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Marquinhos(80% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as meticulous in distribution (95% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (60% duel success), heavily involved in possession (80 passes/90), penetrates with forward passing (11.1 final-third passes/90), central to possession (89 touches/90) and switches play with precision (7.1 long balls/90, 70% accuracy).
• Leonardo Balerdi(80% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as active in the tackle (2.2 tackles/90), commanding in the air (4.5 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (92% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (58% duel success), heavily involved in possession (67 passes/90), central to possession (82 touches/90), uses long balls frequently (6.0/90) and active off the ball (2.9 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.

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