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News

Mon. 26 February 2018

Best dribblers: Hazard ahead of Neymar and Messi

Issue number 216 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post uses OptaPro data to analyse the dribbling skills of big-5 league players. The dribbling index is calculated by multiplying the average number of dribbles achieved per...[more]

Fri. 23 February 2018

FIFA/CIES Executive Programme: an alumna is now working for Egyptian football

Safia Abdel Dayem, an alumna of the FIFA/CIES Executive Programme in Sports Management organised with Cairo University (CU) and also a graduate from the FIFA Master (14th Edition), has just been appointed to the Board of the...[more]

Mon. 19 February 2018

Most promising prospects: the CIES Football Observatory top 50 list

The CIES Football Observatory has analysed the domestic league experience cumulated during the last two years by U20 players from 22 European competitions to identify those with the best career prospects. Minutes played by each...[more]

Thu. 15 February 2018

Is there an optimum squad age to win in football?

The demographic analysis of squads is a key research area of the CIES Football Observatory. The 32nd edition of the Monthly Report analyses the age structure of teams from 31 top division European leagues. This allows us to show...[more]

Wed. 14 February 2018

What’s new at the CIES? Discover the International Centre for Sports Studies Weekly Media Review!

The International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) is pleased to offer to our website users a new Weekly Media Review displaying information and news content related to our global activities. Each week discover a selection of...[more]

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