Best Alternatives to Souza

Playing Style Analysis

Souza is the kind of midfielder who wins you the ball and then makes you nervous about what happens next. Operating in Serie A's congested midfield battles, his 61.1% duel win rate and 1.71 interceptions per 90 both land in the top 10% of the league—this is a player who reads passing lanes before they open and competes on the ground with genuine authority. The counterintuitive detail: his 0.29 assists per 90 also sits top 10%, meaning the defensive engine quietly carries creative output that most holding profiles never generate. The three closest DNA matches to Souza:

• Andrea Cambiaso(80% match) — Cambiaso has quietly become one of Serie A's most complete midfield operators — a player who wins the ball back and immediately does something intelligent with it. His tackles won rate sits in the top 20% of league midfielders, yet he's not a destroyer; pair that with top-20% key passes per 90, and you have a rare two-phase threat.
• Ardon Jashari(80% match) — A Metronome. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.2 key passes/90), active in the tackle (1.8 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (91% pass accuracy), central to possession (71 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.6 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Luis Henrique(85% match) — A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.2 key passes/90), meticulous in distribution (87% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (69% duel success), heavily involved in play (57 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.5 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.

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