MILAN RISTOVSKI

Report Date: 17/11/21

​INFORMATIONS
​Name: Milan
Surename: Ristovski
Date of birth: 08/04/1998
Nationality: Macedonian
​Lenguages spoken:  Macedonian, English, Croatian, Slovakian
Height: 188cm
Weight: 75kg
Foot: Right
Position: Central forward
Club: Spartak Trnava
​Scout: Simone Marchini

CAREER
Milan Ristovski starts playing in the youth academy of Rabotnicki, a team from his country of birth and with whom, at just 16 years, 7 months and 14 days, he made his debut in Prva Makedonska Liga in the 4-0 victory against Bregalnica. Until the end of the 2014/2015 season he will take the field 5 more times, while the next one begins by making his debut in the Europa League preliminaries against Rubin Kazan, on 20/08/2015. He will collect 18 league appearances and will also score his first goal among the greats not yet of age, on 28/02/2016 in the away win for 1-2 against Metalurg. In the 2016/2017 season he played 5 games and then in February 2017 he went on loan to Rijeka, Croatia. For a season and a half he was part of the U-19 squad but also managed to make his debut in the Croatian top league, 1.HNL, on 10/12/2017. In July 2018, Rijeka bought him definitively and sent him on loan to NK Krsko in Slovenia. Until February of the 2018/2019 season he played 19 games between Prva Liga and Pokal Slovenije scoring 2 goals and providing an assist and Rijeka made him return from the loan. He will only find space in 3 Croatian league games and will go on loan to Nitra FC in Slovakia in July. In one year he plays 29 games in Fortuna Liga and 3 in Slovnaft Cup, scoring 15 goals and 4 assists. On 20/07/2020 he returns to Croatia again but takes the field only 3 times and in January 2021 he flies on loan to Spartak Trnava, back to Slovakia. In 5 months he collected 5 goals and 1 assist in 12 games, numbers that convince Spartak Trnava to pay 300,000 for his card. He starts the current season with 4 appearances in the Qualifiers for the Conference League and scoring 6 times in the 13 games played so far in the league.
With the Macedonian youth teams, from U-17 to U-21, he has played 21 times, scoring 4 goals. With the senior national team, on the other hand, he made his debut on 04/06/2021, also finding the way of the network in the 4-0 victory against Kazakhstan. Nine days later, he enters the current match in the traveling European, a match that Macedonia will lose 3-1 against Austria. Since September of this year he has become a starter and staple of the national team: he played 6 matches valid for the World Cup qualifiers in Qatar and scored in Armenia on 11/11/2021. In March he will play the play-offs to look for a historic qualification for his country.

​STATISTICS ANALYSIS
​Player index: It is a summary index of the player created by our algorithm: it is given by the events that the player has carried out during the match, which are represented by variables, which have a positive or negative weight. Each technical variable (pass, shot, interception, etc.) has a score that has been assigned by the Easyscout team, both thanks to Artificial Intelligence and the advice of coaches and match analysts. The measure is between 0 and 100.
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Impact index: It is a percentage value that tells us how much the individual player has influenced during the match in relation to the overall team index. This value is obtained from the ratio between the player index and the overall team index.

Minutes index: Player index weighted based on the minutes the player has played in that particular match. The measure is between 0 and 1.
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Milan Ristovski
​Player index: 23,02
Impact: 8,1%
Minutes index: 0,43

Average Superligaen forwards index
Player index: 26,3
Impact: 8,1%
Minutes index: 0,34

Average AGF forwards index
Player index: 22,8
​Impact: 7,2%
Minutes index: 0,31

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION 
Milan Ristovski is a central striker with a good physical structure, 188 cm x 75 kg, who knows how to use correctly to win duels and protect the ball. He always knows where to position himself in order to be found by his teammates: he makes meeting movements to raise the center of gravity of the team and then has a vision of the game to understand which is the weak side to go and develop the action, offers solutions for passing at the edge of the area opponent by closing several triangulations and banks that allow his teammates to shoot or jump a man, he moves on the whole offensive front and when needed he is good at attacking the depth with the right times to avoid going offside. He has an important build, so he's not super fast, but over the years he's changing it and gaining agility, power and athletic freshness. He does not steal the eye when he shows his technique but he always manages to be effective in his plays. He mainly uses his right foot but also scores goals with the weak one and his best quality is in the shot on goal, even from outside the area: he manages to get rid of the opponent to kick, he is quick to finish, cold in front of the goalkeeper and has the instinct and the luck of the bomber on several occasions. He attacks the door with malice and when his teammates go to the bottom they find him free from marking thanks to his unmarking: in tow, on the near post or in the center of the goal. He scores goals in all ways, even with strong and precise head shots in difficult situations. He can take direct free kicks from outside the box and is a penalty shooter who usually displaces the goalkeeper. In the non-possession phase, he sacrifices himself by closing the passing lines between the defense and the opponent's midfield and shows team spirit. With the National U-21 he was also Captain and has good leadership skills. He has already accumulated various experiences due to continuous loans in Eastern Europe and international matches played with the national team. Now he seems ready to take another step and grow even more.

CHARACTERIAL DESCRIPTION
Milan comes from a very humble and sport family with a long tradition both in football and atheltics. He knows what means to be a professional and he demonstrated that especially during and after the knee injury in October 2020, showing his mental strenght. He loves to train with the teammates and alone for extra sessions. He is engaged and she would come along with him.

STATISTICS
-0.21 key pass per game 
-2.5 shoot per game (45% accurate)
-0.51 cross per game (25% accurate)
-18 challenges - 5 aerial - 13 ground (30% won)
-2.6 dribbling per game (52% succesful)
-16 passes per game (78% accurate)
-0.42 goals per game
​-16.4 expected goals ​

COMPARISON

MILAN RISTOVSKI
​-Player index: 23,02
-Minute index: 0,43
​-Impact index: 8,1%
​-0.21 key pass per game 
-2.5 shoot per game (45% accurate)
-0.51 cross per game (25% accurate)
-18 challenges - 5 aerial - 13 ground (30% won)
-2.6 dribbling per game (52% succesful)
-16 passes per game (78% accurate)
-0.42 goals per game
​-16.4 expected goals ​

PATRICK MORTENSEN
-Player index: 48,37
-Minute index: 0,51
​-Impact index: 7,9%
-0.54 key pass per game 
-1.85 shoot per game (33%)
-0.08 cross per game (18% accurate)
-22 challenges - 14 aerial - 8 ground (43% won)
-0.7 dribbling per game (10% succesful)
-15 passes per game (69% accurate)
-0.54 goals per game
-0.41 expected goals 

                           SCOUTING CONCLUSION & PREVISION
Ristovski would be a great choice to have a technical player that still has a good physical structure and that has made his steps in the national team which can be very important due to the fact that Macedonia will play the World Cup. He is the main forward of Spartak Trnava which is second in the league and top scorer of the club. His impact within AGF with be close to Mortensen level. He is very good boy also, speaks a lot of languages and won't have many problems to adapt and adjust to a new environement.