Glavčić in demand: Ex-Partizan hot prospect having a breakout season in Croatia – scout report

Nemanja Glavcic is a Serbian central midfielder who plays for 1.HNL side NK Slaven Belupo. This scout report will contain a tactical analysis of Glavčić attributes and his playing style. He has collected a total of 59 caps for the Serbian U16, U17, U18 and U19 national teams, and could well be in line for a senior call-up soon if he can continue his performances. 

Glavčić has captained the Serbian U19 team, which included the likes of Luka Jović, the Real Madrid forward who is now on loan at Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt, as well as Nikola Milenković who now plays for Serie A side Fiorentina. However, after a very successful youth career, he faced difficulties when trying to break into the Partizan senior team where he never got a real opportunity and was therefore loaned out to Spartak Subotica where he played for three seasons before moving to Slaven Belupo. In this analysis, we will look at his qualities and why he is having a breakout season. 

Player overview

Nemanja Glavčić is a 24-year-old who plays as a central midfielder. Transfermarkt values him at €850k. He is 583 tall and is predominantly left-footed. Slaven Belupo usually play in a 3-5-2 formation where Glavčić plays as the left-sided central midfielder. He is an attacking midfielder, playing as a number 8, and is therefore responsible for creating attacking opportunities from midfield in that system.  Glavčić has been a key player for his team this season and has been a consistent performer thus far. He is a dead ball specialist and often delivers dangerous crosses into the penalty area, but also can threaten the goal directly from free-kicks.

In the image above we can see how Glavčić looks compared to the other midfielders in 1.HNL who played at least 600 minutes. We can see on his heatmap how he occupies a lot of the left half-space and that he often drifts wide.  Based on data it is clear that Glavčić is one of the most creative players in the league. His xA per 90 is the best amongst the midfielders. Glavčić is a very good progressor of the ball, especially through passing. Not only that he is very creative but also he shows he is dangerous with 0.16 xG per 90 which is among the best compared to the midfielders and also he shoots 1.83 times per 90. Even though he isn’t the fastest player he is technically very good and he shows very good dribbling skills with 63.24% of his dribbling attempts being successful. He could improve his touches in the box which could lead to more chances for him to score goals. 

After a quick overview of his profile and looking at his qualities from a data perspective, in the next sections we will make a detailed analysis of his playing style and his strengths.

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