Best Alternatives to Thiago Silva
Players most similar to Thiago Silva (Defender, €600K) — ranked by AI DNA similarity score across playing style, pressing intensity, and tactical fit.
Top 3 Alternatives to Thiago Silva
- 1.António Silva87% DNA match·Benfica€28.0M
- 2.José Fontán87% DNA match·Arouca
- 3.Jóbson de Brito Gonzaga87% DNA match·Moreirense
Ranked by AI DNA similarity — 768 dimensions across playing style, pressing intensity, and tactical fit.
Intelligence Verdict
“Thiago Emiliano da Silva is a Ball-Playing CB....”
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Thiago Emiliano da Silva is a Ball-Playing CB. Progressive defender comfortable on the ball. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (5.8 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (92% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (61% duel success), heavily involved in possession (64 passes/90), central to possession (74 touches/90) and uses long balls frequently (6.8/90). The three most similar players to Thiago Silva by playing style are:
- António Silva(87% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (4.3 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (89% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (58% duel success), heavily involved in possession (66 passes/90), penetrates with forward passing (11.2 final-third passes/90), central to possession (79 touches/90) and uses long balls frequently (7.8/90).
- José Fontán(87% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (5.8 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (88% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (56% duel success), heavily involved in possession (66 passes/90), central to possession (80 touches/90), uses long balls frequently (7.4/90) and active off the ball (2.1 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
- Jóbson de Brito Gonzaga(87% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (6.6 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (90% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (60% duel success), central to possession (71 touches/90), uses long balls frequently (6.3/90) and active off the ball (2.1 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
Transfer Intelligence
António Silva delivers 87% of the same playing style, at a 4567% premium over Thiago Silva, with 1.50 tackles won per 90 at age 22.
Similarity is calculated using per-90 performance data across multiple playing style dimensions. How Player DNA matching works →
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