Best Alternatives to Samú Costa

Playing Style Analysis

A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, a regular goalscorer (0.23 goals/90), active in the tackle (2.2 tackles/90), heavily involved in play (62 touches/90), draws fouls effectively (2.3/90) and active off the ball (2.2 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions. The three closest DNA matches to Samú Costa:

• Marc Casadó(80% match) — A Metronome. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.3 key passes/90), meticulous in distribution (91% pass accuracy), heavily involved in possession (82 passes/90) and central to possession (96 touches/90).
• Sofyan Amrabat(80% match) — A Metronome. Statistically, he stands out as active in the tackle (1.9 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (91% pass accuracy), heavily involved in possession (62 passes/90), central to possession (74 touches/90), switches play with precision (5.4 long balls/90, 71% accuracy) and a high-intensity presser (press score 3.2/90), constantly disrupting opposition build-up.
• Lucien Agoumé(80% match) — A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as active in the tackle (2.4 tackles/90), reads the game exceptionally (1.6 interceptions/90), penetrates with forward passing (8.1 final-third passes/90), heavily involved in play (57 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.8 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.

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