
Based on 1,236 min · 2025 · J-League · FULL
Ranked by AI DNA similarity — playing style, pressing, and tactical fit. Below: the closest replacements with per-90 stats and form.
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See Full Verdict + Share Card →Muto is the rare forward whose most elite numbers have nothing to do with the ball hitting the net. At 32, the former Newcastle and Mainz man has reinvented himself as something closer to a high-energy link-forward, and the data captures that transformation with uncomfortable clarity. His press intensity ranks in the top 5% of J-League attackers—a figure that explains why his goals-per-90 looks pedestrian; he's burning energy disrupting defenses, not loitering in the box. The three closest DNA matches to Yoshinori Muto:
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