Best Alternatives to Raúl Bobadilla

Playing Style Analysis

Bobadilla is the ultimate high-volume predator trapped in a midfielder’s designation, a player who exists solely to turn half-chances into scoreboard changes. While his 24.1 passes per match suggest a peripheral figure, his output is anything but quiet; he sits in the top 5% of the league for both goals per 90 (0.49) and shots per 90 (4.07), operating with a "shoot on sight" mentality that borders on the obsessive. The counterintuitive reality of his data is that despite a middling 41.6% duel win rate, his above-average dribbling allows him to manufacture space in congested zones where others would recycle possession. The three closest DNA matches to Raúl Bobadilla:

• Pablo Durán(84% match) — A Forward.
• Ante Budimir(83% match) — A Target Man. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, a constant goal threat (3.2 shots/90), a proven goalscorer (0.53 goals/90), strong in aerial duels (3.6 aerials won/90) and top 20% scorer in the league.
• Yassir Zabiri(82% match) — A Poacher. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.2 key passes/90), a constant goal threat (3.4 shots/90), a proven goalscorer (0.55 goals/90) and top 20% scorer in the league.

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