Research News

2025 2024 2023

Most experienced young players

Thirteen years after the first issue, the CIES Football Observatory research team is very proud to present its 500th Weekly Post !
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Research
16 April 2025

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
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