Best Alternatives to Roger Ibañez

Top 3 Alternatives to Roger Ibañez

1. 1.Yann Bisseck87% DNA match·Inter€35.0M
2. 2.Bremer86% DNA match·Juventus€35.0M
3. 3.Jacobo Ramón85% DNA match·Como€18.0M

Ranked by AI DNA similarity — 768 dimensions across playing style, pressing intensity, and tactical fit.

Playing Style Analysis

Ibañez is the rare centre-back who makes opposing coaches nervous about set-pieces at both ends of the pitch. Playing in a B-tier Pro League side, he's carved out a profile that sits comfortably in the top 10% for passes into the final third and assists—numbers that belong to a ball-playing libero, not a journeyman defender. His duel win rate (top 20%) and aerial volume tell a story of physical dominance, but the genuinely counterintuitive detail is his shots per 90, which ranks in the top 5% of all defenders in the league—this man is actively hunting goals, not stumbling into them. The three most similar players to Roger Ibañez by playing style are:

• Yann Bisseck(87% match) — Bisseck is the rare centre-back who threatens to embarrass your striker and your midfielder in the same passage of play. Playing in Serie A's top tier, the German-Ivorian defender sits in the top 5% for pass accuracy at 92.9% — a number that reflects genuine composure in tight spaces, not just sideways recycling. His 62.2 passes per 90 place him in the top 10%, meaning he's actively driving possession rather than hiding from it.
• Bremer(86% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as a regular goalscorer (0.21 goals/90), meticulous in distribution (89% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (61% duel success), dominant in the air (3.3 aerials won/90, 60%), uses long balls frequently (5.9/90) and active off the ball (2.2 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions. Note: this profile is based on 875 minutes of playing time this season.
• Jacobo Ramón(85% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as active in the tackle (1.9 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (91% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (63% duel success), heavily involved in possession (73 passes/90), central to possession (87 touches/90), dominant in the air (3.7 aerials won/90, 70%) and active off the ball (2.4 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.

Similarity is calculated using per-90 performance data across multiple playing style dimensions. How Player DNA matching works →