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BRS means Best Role Score: our assessment of a player in their best role.
DM
Converted from recorded positions. Positional familiarity has not been assessed.
A way to understand the player’s game.
Current Analogue
Stuttgart
DM
Both offer a short outlet ahead of the centre-backs, keep the ball circulating and change the attack with diagonal or line-breaking passes.
Stiller's movement and tempo belong to a different team structure; this does not claim identical defending or passing volume.
Historical Analogue
Real Madrid 2009-2014
Xhaka's habit of receiving deep and redirecting possession across or through midfield recalls Alonso's Real Madrid role, helping teammates progress without requiring a dribble.
Jul 2025 — Present
Jan 2023 — Jan 2025
Jan 2016 — Jan 2023
Jan 2012 — Jan 2016
Jan 2011 — End unknown
Jan 2010 — Jan 2012
Alonso was right-footed and offered a different passing disguise; the comparison concerns the organising mechanism rather than equal execution.
A style reference for this phase, not a prediction of Granit Xhaka’s ceiling.
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Jan 2010 — Jan 2011
Jan 2010 — Jan 2011
Jan 2009 — Jan 2010
Jan 2008 — Jan 2009
Summer 2025
Source: Wikipedia transfer lists · Historical reference
A way to understand the player’s game.
Current Analogue
Stuttgart
DM
Both offer a short outlet ahead of the centre-backs, keep the ball circulating and change the attack with diagonal or line-breaking passes.
Stiller's movement and tempo belong to a different team structure; this does not claim identical defending or passing volume.
Historical Analogue
Real Madrid 2009-2014
Xhaka's habit of receiving deep and redirecting possession across or through midfield recalls Alonso's Real Madrid role, helping teammates progress without requiring a dribble.
Alonso was right-footed and offered a different passing disguise; the comparison concerns the organising mechanism rather than equal execution.
A style reference for this phase, not a prediction of Granit Xhaka’s ceiling.
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