Best Alternatives to Takehiro Tomiyasu

Top 3 Alternatives to Takehiro Tomiyasu

1. 1.Tsuyoshi Watanabe87% DNA match·Feyenoord€10.0M
2. 2.Ko Itakura86% DNA match·Ajax€10.0M
3. 3.Yarek Gasiorowski85% DNA match·PSV€16.0M

Ranked by AI DNA similarity — 768 dimensions across playing style, pressing intensity, and tactical fit.

Playing Style Analysis

A Active Full-Back. Statistically, he stands out as meticulous in distribution (86% pass accuracy). The three most similar players to Takehiro Tomiyasu by playing style are:

• Tsuyoshi Watanabe(87% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (5.0 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (89% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (61% duel success), heavily involved in possession (62 passes/90), central to possession (75 touches/90), strong in aerial duels (3.2 aerials won/90), uses long balls frequently (5.2/90) and active off the ball (2.1 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Ko Itakura(86% match) — Itakura is the kind of defender who wins games in the margins — not with last-ditch tackles, but with the quiet authority of a man who rarely puts the ball in the wrong place. His 93.3% pass accuracy sits in the top 5% of Eredivisie defenders, which tells you this isn't a player just lumping it clear; he's building from the back with genuine precision. His aerial and ground duel win rates both land in the top 20%, making him a reliably dominant physical presence.
• Yarek Gasiorowski(85% match) — Gasiorowski occupies a fascinating niche in the Eredivisie: a centre-back who quietly outscores most midfielders, registering goals at a top-10% rate while ostensibly being paid to stop them. That goalscoring output is the counterintuitive headline here — it signals genuine attacking instinct and timing in the box, not just set-piece fortune. His interception numbers (top 20%) confirm sharp positional reading, and a pass accuracy of 89.5% with 64.4 passes per 90 marks him as a composed, high-volume distributor.

Similarity is calculated using per-90 performance data across multiple playing style dimensions. How Player DNA matching works →