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Best goalkeepers: Donnarumma leads the way

The 499th Weekly Post presents the 100 best performing goalkeepers in the world over the past year.
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Research
09 April 2025

Territorial anchorage: Envigado on the world’s roof

The 498th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post ranks more than 900 clubs in 55 leagues worldwide according to a territorial anchorage.
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Research
02 April 2025

Fouls and penalty cards: global analysis

In this Weekly Post, the CIES Football Observatory analyses the differences observed over the last year between 63 leagues worldwide.
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Research
26 March 2025

Planned-for-the-future squads: Chelsea at the top

The 496th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post ranks the teams of 37 leagues around the world according to the percentage of minutes secured.
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Research
19 March 2025

Best allrounder attackers: Olise at the top

The 495th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the world’s 100 best performing players from an attacking perspective.
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Research
12 March 2025

Rising values: non-big-5 league players

TOP 100 players from outside the big-5 European leagues whose transfer value has risen the most over the last six months.
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Research
05 March 2025

Twenty years of the Observatory: tribute studies on training clubs

The CIES Football Observatory presents a study of the teams that have trained the most players fielded in Europe’s big-5 over the last two decades.
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Research
26 February 2025

Ground defence: best U23 midfielders worldwide

The 492nd CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the hundred U23 midfielders from 46 leagues around the world with the highest values.
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Research
19 February 2025

Just published: Inventing the Boston Game: Football, Soccer, and the Origins of a National Myth

In less than eighteen months, the FIFA men’s World Cup will come to the USA and one of the host cities is Boston. The history of soccer and football…


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14 February 2025
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