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News

Wed. 22 March 2023

Age structure of men’s national A-teams

Issue 414 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post ranks 126 associations worldwide according to the average age of their senior men’s national team line-ups fielded in the last year. The maximum was recorded for Kuwait...[more]

Mon. 20 March 2023

Global analysis of player loans

The loan of players is a practice much in vogue in professional football. The 83rd edition of the CIES Football Observatory Monthly Report analyses the characteristics of 3,178 players currently on loan in 75 leagues from 57...[more]

Wed. 15 March 2023

Publication: "Football Fandom in Europe and Latin America" Culture, Politics, and Violence in the 21st Century

This book combines pieces of work on Europe and Latin America, the two continents where football arouses the most ardent passions among its spectators. Curiously, an undertaking to compare on a large scale the forms extreme...[more]

Wed. 15 March 2023

Player transfer rights: Manchester City at the top

Issue number 413 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the top 100 clubs in the world according to the estimated value of transfer rights held on players in the squad, on loan to other teams or sold with a sell-on...[more]

Tue. 14 March 2023

Where is the time going!? The 23rd edition FIFA Master class is almost out of Milano!

Our time in Milano is flying! Days go by so fast here that it seems like only yesterday that words about our arrival to Italy were being written. In just three more weeks our proud FIFA Master 23rd edition class will end its...[more]

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