Best Alternatives to Filip Kostić

Top 3 Alternatives to Filip Kostić

1. 1.Lazar Samardžić86% DNA match·Atalanta€15.0M
2. 2.Ivan Ilić85% DNA match·Torino€10.0M
3. 3.Saša Lukić85% DNA match·Fulham€12.0M

Ranked by AI DNA similarity — 768 dimensions across playing style, pressing intensity, and tactical fit.

Playing Style Analysis

A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, an elite creator (1.9 key passes/90), a proven goalscorer (0.59 goals/90), a reliable supplier (0.20 assists/90), an aggressive ball-winner (3.3 tackles/90), wins the physical battle (58% duel success), wins the ball cleanly (1.9 successful tackles/90), central to possession (77 touches/90), active off the ball (3.0 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions, top 10% creator in the league and top 10% tackler in the league. Note: this profile is based on 461 minutes of playing time this season. The three most similar players to Filip Kostić by playing style are:

• Lazar Samardžić(86% match) — A Creator. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, an elite creator (2.5 key passes/90), a reliable supplier (0.23 assists/90), central to possession (71 touches/90), switches play with precision (6.1 long balls/90, 80% accuracy) and top 10% creator in the league. However, he loses possession under pressure (2.0 dispossessed/90).
• Ivan Ilić(85% match) — Ilić is the kind of midfielder who makes the game look slower than it is—not because he's languid, but because he's almost always in the right place before the problem arrives. His interceptions and key passes both sit in the top 20% of Serie A midfielders, a rare pairing that signals genuine two-way intelligence rather than a specialist's one-trick value. Here's the counterintuitive part: his duel win rate sits in the bottom 10%, which looks damning until you realize that a midfielder winning this many interceptions rarely needs to win duels—he's already cut the pass off.
• Saša Lukić(85% match) — A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.5 key passes/90), active in the tackle (2.4 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (85% pass accuracy), heavily involved in play (54 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.1 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions. However, he prone to committing fouls (2.7/90).

Similarity is calculated using per-90 performance data across multiple playing style dimensions. How Player DNA matching works →