Luka Sučić

Real Sociedad · Midfielder · Croatia · 1,432 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · high

Luka Sučić covers both boxes. He is not a specialist who only protects or only arrives late — he is the midfielder who can win it, carry it, and still show up in the final third. That two-way presence is what makes him hard to replace in Real Sociedad's structure.

Beyond the headline job, Sučić remains plausible as box crasher and creator. The secondary roles matter for how a coach can reorganise without changing the XI entirely.

On the pitch he has actually been used as CM (#8) / AM (#10). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Sučić's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.

There are no major weakness flags screaming from the current profile — which does not mean he is complete, only that the main story is the strength of what he already does.

Why Ballity says this

  • Midfield / role totality: carrier, box crasher, creator
  • Shown minutes: CM (#8) / AM (#10)
  • No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
  • · Player Profile
  • · Role Breadth
  • · Deployment authenticity
  • · Sample · featured

Position

Midfielder

Appearances

17

Great+ roles

1

Age

23

Preferred foot

Left

Height

185 cm

Ballity insights

Peer context vs midfielders — how often they get the ball and what they do with it. Separate from role tiers above.

Usage rate

Share of team touches (non-GK) among midfielders with match data.

16.4% team touches

Peer band · Low

Pool percentile

27.4%

Also 57.8 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for midfielders.

62 score

Peer band · Average

Pool percentile

47.4%

Press resistance 0.8Pass accuracy 84.5xA per key pass 0.082

Balance & structural weaknesses

How complete this player is on the position's job board — strengths and holes.

How we define this

Two-way = Great+ on ≥2 complementary axes. One-way = every other route Limited/closed. Weak routes = Average holes on complementary axes.

No Great+ primaryMidfielder

No Elite/Great axis on this position's job board, so no weakness flag.

Stat profile

Within Midfielder peers — percentile shape (not role scores).

Box threat 87Creation 74Finishing 54Underperforming XG
Creation74
Ball Progressor32
Carrying40
Finishing54
Defending46
Duels35
Tempo47
Box threat87

Versatility Index

Precise 0–100 score — cross-group breadth (67%) plus within-group depth (33%), quality-scaled by tier. Distinct from the shape card below.

3 groups · 6 roles
37/ 100

Index

36.9

Breadth 23.5 · Depth 13.4

Fullbacks · GoodCentre-backsMidfielders · GreatWingersForwards · Good
  • ·Fullbacks: Playmaking FB (Good)
  • ·Midfielders: Carrier (Great), Box Crasher (Good), Creator (Good), Deep-Lying Playmaker (Good)
  • ·Forwards: Target Man (Good)

Versatility shape

Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.

Great

Specialist

Great Specialist
1

Distinct Great+

1 Great+ roles total

Where he plays

Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.

Natural

AMAMCarrier
CMCMCarrier

Role translations

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NaturalValidatedSupportedStrongPlausibleExploratory

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Role-by-role detail

How each role is scored. Expand a row for a radar of role-shaped stats.

Similar players

Shape match across midfielder roles — cosine similarity of role scores (domestic leagues only). Slot 1 is the best same-league match; the rest are the next closest from the full pool.

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