Best Alternatives to Roger Ibañez

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 closest DNA matches to Roger Ibañez:

• 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.
• Bremer(86% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as meticulous in distribution (90% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (56% duel success), uses long balls frequently (5.3/90) and active off the ball (2.5 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Jacobo Ramón(85% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (4.0 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (91% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (61% duel success), heavily involved in possession (70 passes/90), central to possession (83 touches/90), dominant in the air (3.8 aerials won/90, 70%) and active off the ball (2.2 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.

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