
Based on 613 min · 2025/2026 · UAE Pro League · PARTIAL
Ranked by AI DNA similarity — playing style, pressing, and tactical fit. Below: the closest replacements with per-90 stats and form.
Valencia · La Liga · €6.0M
Lens · Ligue 1 · €5.0M
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Make Banza's card →Build XI with shortlist →Share cards ↓Banza is the kind of striker who makes UAE Pro League defenders feel the game is fundamentally unfair—a finishing machine operating at a rate that puts him in the top 5% of attackers in the division. That goals-per-90 figure of 0.79 isn't a small-sample fluke; it's a statement. The counterintuitive detail here is his low dribble and pass volume, which might read as passivity, but actually signals something more dangerous: Banza conserves energy for the moments that matter, arriving in the right places rather than manufacturing touches. The three closest DNA matches to Simon Banza:
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St. Pauli · Bundesliga · €5.0M
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Source · Simon Banza
Alt · Largie Ramazani
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