Best Alternatives to Luka Milivojevic

Playing Style Analysis

Milivojevic has reinvented himself in the UAE as the quintessential deep-lying conductor—a 30-something veteran who no longer chases the game but instead dictates its tempo from the base of midfield. His 92.5% pass accuracy and 63.3 passes per 90 both sit in the top 5% of the league, and crucially, over 10 of those passes per 90 penetrate the final third—a figure that places him in the top 10%. Here's the counterintuitive part: his below-average key passes suggest a player who doesn't create directly, yet his progressive passing volume quietly unlocks attacks before the final ball even happens. The three closest DNA matches to Luka Milivojevic:

• Ilia Gruev(84% match) — A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, a reliable supplier (0.20 assists/90), meticulous in distribution (90% pass accuracy) and heavily involved in play (51 touches/90).
• Moatasem Al-Musrati(83% match) — A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as penetrates with forward passing (8.5 final-third passes/90), heavily involved in play (64 touches/90), uses long balls frequently (6.9/90) and active off the ball (2.7 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Saša Lukić(83% match) — A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.4 key passes/90), an aggressive ball-winner (2.5 tackles/90), meticulous in distribution (86% pass accuracy), heavily involved in play (55 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.2 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.

Similarity uses per-90 performance across playing-style dimensions. How Player DNA matching works →