Best Alternatives to William

Top 3 Alternatives to William

1. 1.Wesley86% DNA match·Roma€35.0M
2. 2.Marco Palestra86% DNA match·Cagliari€25.0M
3. 3.Neco Williams85% DNA match·Nottingham Forest€25.0M

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

Playing Style Analysis

William is a Serie A defender who defies simple categorization, a chaos agent masquerading as a back-line player. While his 74.9% pass accuracy sits in the league's bottom 10%, a damning indictment on the surface, his 4.98 passes into the final third and 1.38 key passes per 90 minutes both place him in the top 20%, suggesting a willingness to take risks others shy away from. He couples this surprising creativity with defensive steel: his 2.21 tackles won per 90 put him in the top 5%, and his 1.52 interceptions/90 in the top 20% league-wide. The three most similar players to William by playing style are:

• Wesley(86% match) — Wesley is the rare defender in Serie A who looks more dangerous going forward than most midfielders, yet earns his place through relentless ball-winning. His 0.17 goals per 90 ranks in the top 10% among defenders in the league—a number that belongs on a striker's report, not a backline profile. His tackles won rate sits in the same elite tier, meaning this isn't an attacking defender who neglects his defensive duties; he genuinely does both.
• Marco Palestra(86% match) — A Active Full-Back. Statistically, he stands out as a dynamic dribbler (2.1/90), wins the physical battle (61% duel success) and draws fouls effectively (3.2/90).
• Neco Williams(85% match) — A Active Full-Back. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.1 key passes/90), an aggressive ball-winner (2.7 tackles/90), wins the physical battle (57% duel success), active off the ball (2.7 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions and top 10% tackler in the league.

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