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Replace Javi Rueda

Statistically similar 2025/26 players based on per-90 output, defensive activity, role group and tactical fit. Estimated fees are not official market values — model-derived estimates from public football data.

What Celta Vigo would lose

Profile being replaced — public football data, model-derived role scores.

Goals

2

Assists

6

G+A

8

Shots

11

SoT

3

Crosses

27

Fouls won

21

Tackles won

12

Interceptions

20

Attack

73

Creation

75

Progression

57

Role score

66

Transfer fit

62

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Roma · Serie A · Central Midfielder · Age 23

Strong stylistic match (82.09154439596236%); tactical fit is good; 1 years younger.

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Giuliano Simeone

Atlético Madrid · La Liga · Attacking Midfielder · Age 23

Strong stylistic match (76.09530554184991%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+10); 1 years younger.

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Maxence Caqueret

Como · Serie A · Central Midfielder · Age 26

Strong stylistic match (76.55601821402414%); tactical fit is good.

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Alexis Saelemaekers

Milan · Serie A · Central Midfielder · Age 26

Strong stylistic match (75.8525972604839%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+8).

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Monaco · Ligue 1 · Central Midfielder · Age 22

Reasonable profile overlap (73.91358960406417%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+18); 2 years younger.

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Espanyol · La Liga · Central Midfielder · Age 26

Strong stylistic match (78.82915723178053%); tactical fit is good; weaker role score (-17).

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Gladbach · Bundesliga · Central Midfielder · Age 23

Reasonable profile overlap (74.31319211631775%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+8); 1 years younger.

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Lille · Ligue 1 · Central Midfielder · Age 31

Strong stylistic match (78.62274160571141%); tactical fit is good.

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Atlético Madrid · La Liga · Central Midfielder · Age 22

Strong stylistic match (75.87548308954914%); tactical fit is good; 2 years younger.

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Elche · La Liga · Central Midfielder · Age 24

Reasonable profile overlap (71.68062824780083%); tactical fit is good.

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Sergio Carreira

Celta Vigo · La Liga · Central Midfielder · Age 25

Strong stylistic match (76.25069930909814%); tactical fit is good; weaker role score (-19).

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Aleksandar Pavlovic

Bayern Munich · Bundesliga · Central Midfielder · Age 22

Strong stylistic match (75.6971890361857%); tactical fit is good; weaker role score (-14); 2 years younger.

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Valentín Barco

Strasbourg · Ligue 1 · Central Midfielder · Age 21

Reasonable profile overlap (71.59324619603062%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+13); 3 years younger.

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Stuttgart · Bundesliga · Central Midfielder · Age 25

Reasonable profile overlap (72.1683211995585%); tactical fit is good.

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Espanyol · La Liga · Central Midfielder · Age 25

Reasonable profile overlap (73.06536261775594%); tactical fit is good; cheaper by ~€900K.

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Crystal Palace · Premier League · Central Midfielder · Age 22

Reasonable profile overlap (72.61966005573508%); tactical fit is good; 2 years younger.

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Arkadiusz Pyrka

St Pauli · Bundesliga · Central Midfielder · Age 23

Strong stylistic match (75.32464866887004%); tactical fit is good; weaker role score (-18); cheaper by ~€1.2M; 1 years younger.

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Carlos Álvarez

Levante · La Liga · Central Midfielder · Age 22

Reasonable profile overlap (72.44033942988371%); tactical fit is good; 2 years younger.

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