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InStat Index rankings: the top 10s across Europe

Issue number 336 of the CIES Football Observatory presents the index developed by the sports data company InStat to assess the performance of…
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03 May 2021

Global survey of most loyal players per team

While player mobility has increased in recent years, squad stability remains a key success factor in football. Issue number 335 of the CIES Football…
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26 April 2021

FIFA MASTER ALUMNI - WHERE ARE THEY NOW? - SAMSON ADAMU

Samson Adamu

Current Position: Director of Competitions at CAF

Year of Graduation: 2009 (9th edition)

Nationality: Nigerian

What does your current…


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FIFA Master Alumni
19 April 2021

Impressions on the CIES education programmes (part one)

In September 2020, five former students from the FIFA/CIES Executive Programme in Sport Management started the 21st edition of the FIFA Master…
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16 April 2021

How fluid are football matches? A Pan European study

The 64th CIES Football Observatory crunched InStat data to unveil the effective playing time and other indicators regarding the fluidity of matches…
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16 April 2021

CIES Sports Intelligence publishes new report on the evolution and current landscape of MLS

The ‘Spotlight on MLS’ report provides a comprehensive analysis on Major League Soccer as the North American top-tier division gets ready to kick-off…
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15 April 2021

Best clubs for young players: global rankings

Issue number 333 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the percentage of domestic league minutes by footballers who had not yet turned…
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14 April 2021

First edition of "After Office Sports LATAM" focusses on careers in football

The first edition of "After Office Sports LATAM" took place on 5th April 2021. It brought together 7 former students of the FIFA/CIES Executive…
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07 April 2021
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