Best Alternatives to Vanja Milinković-Savić 

Top 3 Alternatives to Vanja Milinković-Savić 

1. 1.Arijanet Murić88% DNA match·Sassuolo€7.5M
2. 2.Ivan Provedel87% DNA match·Lazio€3.0M
3. 3.Alex Meret87% DNA match·Napoli€14.0M

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

Playing Style Analysis

Milinković-Savić has quietly become one of Serie A's most progressive distributors from behind—a goalkeeper who functions less like a last line of defence and more like an extra midfielder in possession. His passing volume sits in the top 5% of Serie A goalkeepers, and crucially, nearly a fifth of those passes penetrate the final third, a figure that elite pressing teams would covet. The counterintuitive detail: his 69.8% pass accuracy sounds modest, but it reflects ambition—he's attempting the difficult ball, not the safe one. The three most similar players to Vanja Milinković-Savić  by playing style are:

• Arijanet Murić(88% match) — A Sweeper-Keeper. Statistically, he stands out as dominant in aerial duels (89% success) and exceptionally busy shot-stopper (4.3 saves/90).
• Ivan Provedel(87% match) — A Sweeper-Keeper. Statistically, he stands out as dominant in aerial duels (100% success) and reliable in goal (3.7 saves/90).
• Alex Meret(87% match) — A Sweeper-Keeper. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed and dominant in aerial duels (100% success). Note: this profile is based on 720 minutes of playing time this season.

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