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2025 2024 2023

Readiest for the next step U23 players

The 487th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the best U23 players not yet playing in Europe’s big-5.
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Research
15 January 2025

Biggest transfer values: top 100

Issue number 486 of the Weekly Post presents the 100 best-valued footballers in the world today...
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Research
08 January 2025

Scouting report: best performing young players

Thanks to the collaboration with Wyscout, the CIES Football Observatory has developed a robust and innovative method for comparing player performance.…


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22 December 2024

Most in-demand players: Koundé at the top

The 485th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the 20 outfield footballers in 66 leagues around the world who played the most official game…


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18 December 2024

Player trading: results per club

The 484th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post ranks clubs worldwide according to the monetary balance of transfer transactions...
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Research
11 December 2024

Age of men’s national teams: global analysis

Issue number 483 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post compares 144 men’s senior national teams in terms of the average age of line-ups…
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Research
04 December 2024

Young revelation player of the year

The 482nd CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the 100 players under the age of 20 with the most playing experience* in 2024...
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Research
27 November 2024

Transfer system and the Premier League

The 481st CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the financial statements of the transfer operations carried out over the last decade...
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Research
20 November 2024

Shots from danger zone and results

The 480th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the Wyscout data on shots taken and conceded from the danger zone...
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Research
13 November 2024
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