Best Alternatives to Veljko Milosavljevic

Playing Style Analysis

Milosavljevic is the kind of defender who wins games through the pass rather than the tackle—a ball-playing centre-back whose value lives in the build-up phase, not the trenches. His passes into the final third rank in the top 20% of Premier League defenders, and his volume of 46.6 passes per 90 places him above most peers in possession-based systems. Here's the counterintuitive part: his aerial win *rate* sits below average, yet his aerial *volume* lands in the top 30%—he's contesting more duels than most, just not winning them cleanly. The three closest DNA matches to Veljko Milosavljevic:

• Ibrahima Konaté(80% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (5.5 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (90% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (69% duel success), heavily involved in possession (63 passes/90), central to possession (77 touches/90) and dominant in the air (3.6 aerials won/90, 67%).
• Nikola Milenković(87% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as commanding in the air (5.8 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (87% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (67% duel success) and uses long balls frequently (5.4/90).
• Yerson Mosquera(86% match) — A Physical Stopper. Statistically, he stands out as an aggressive ball-winner (2.6 tackles/90), commanding in the air (4.8 clearances/90), wins the physical battle (56% duel success) and active off the ball (2.4 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.

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