Best Alternatives to Willian Arão

Playing Style Analysis

A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as an aggressive ball-winner (2.7 tackles/90), wins the physical battle (60% duel success), penetrates with forward passing (8.4 final-third passes/90), heavily involved in play (56 touches/90), switches play with precision (5.1 long balls/90, 72% accuracy) and active off the ball (2.9 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions. Note: this profile is based on 703 minutes of playing time this season. The three closest DNA matches to Willian Arão:

• Guido Rodríguez(98% match) — A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as a regular goalscorer (0.28 goals/90), an aggressive ball-winner (2.8 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (87% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (55% duel success), wins the ball cleanly (1.9 successful tackles/90), heavily involved in play (65 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.9 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• 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.
• Teun Koopmeiners(80% match) — Koopmeiners is the rare midfielder who makes a team's build-up feel inevitable rather than effortful—a conductor who turns possession into progression with surgical consistency. His 91.1% pass accuracy places him in the top 10% of Serie A midfielders, but the more telling number is his 8.79 passes into the final third per 90, also top 10%—this isn't a recycler, it's a penetrator.

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