Eric Smith
Sweden · 
St. Pauli · Centre Back
Players similar to Eric Smith
Eric Smith is a centre back for St. Pauli (Bundesliga), aged 29. Over the 2025/2026 season, Eric Smith's standout numbers are Ball Recovery (82nd percentile), Clearances (82nd percentile), Blocked Shots (80th percentile) when measured against players in a comparable role across Europe's top five leagues.
The most statistically similar player is Marcos Alonso of Celta de Vigo in the La Liga, a 99.51% match, followed by Tanner Tessmann and Marc Domènech. These comparisons weigh 9 defensive metrics on a per-90 basis and rank every candidate by percentile-vector similarity, so a match reflects a shared statistical profile rather than raw totals.
| # | Player | Team | League | Pos | Age | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Marcos Alonso | Celta de Vigo | La Liga | CB | 35 | 99.5% |
| 2 |  Tanner Tessmann | Olympique Lyonnais | Ligue 1 | DM | 24 | 99.3% |
| 3 |  Marc Domènech | Ceuta | La Liga | RM | 19 | 99.1% |
| 4 |  Kevin Diks | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bundesliga | CB | 29 | 98.9% |
| 5 |  Nabil Bentaleb | LOSC Lille | Ligue 1 | DM | 31 | 98.8% |
| 6 |  Jhon Lucumí | Bologna | Serie A | CB | 28 | 98.8% |
| 7 |  Finn Jeltsch | VfB Stuttgart | Bundesliga | CB | 20 | 98.6% |
| 8 |  Granit Xhaka | Sunderland | Premier League | DM | 33 | 98.5% |
| 9 |  Loïc Badé | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Bundesliga | CB | 26 | 98.5% |
| 10 |  Nayef Aguerd | Olympique Marseille | Ligue 1 | CB | 30 | 98.4% |
| 11 |  Moustapha Mbow | Paris | Ligue 1 | CB | 26 | 98.4% |
| 12 |  Josip Stanisic | FC Bayern München | Bundesliga | RB | 26 | 98.3% |
| 13 |  Soumaïla Coulibaly | Brest | Ligue 1 | CB | 22 | 98.3% |
| 14 |  Lisandro Martínez | Manchester United | Premier League | CB | 28 | 98.2% |
| 15 |  Dimitrios Giannoulis | FC Augsburg | Bundesliga | LB | 30 | 98.2% |
| 16 |  Jesper Karlström | Udinese | Serie A | DM | 31 | 98.2% |
| 17 |  Max Rosenfelder | SC Freiburg | Bundesliga | CB | 23 | 98.2% |
| 18 |  Daley Blind | Girona | La Liga | CB | 36 | 98.1% |
| 19 |  Danny da Costa | FSV Mainz 05 | Bundesliga | CB | 33 | 98.1% |
| 20 |  Jones El-Abdellaoui | Celta de Vigo | La Liga | RW | 20 | 98.1% |