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2025 2024 2023

Most seasoned U20 players: world’s top 100

The 461st CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the 100 players in the world who have not yet celebrated their 20th birthday ...
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Research
25 April 2024

Fast runs index: England shows the way

Issue number 460 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post ranks 30 leagues around the world according to a 'fast runs' index ...
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Research
17 April 2024

Best players per game area: new report

The CIES Football Observatory’s April report presents the exclusive approach developed on the basis of Wyscout data to identify the best performing…
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Research
15 April 2024

Rising stars: Yamal crushes the competition

Issue number 459 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the world’s top 100 players who have not yet turned 23 ...
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Research
10 April 2024

Youth employment: world rankings

The 458th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post highlights the teams in 61 leagues around the world having fielded U21 footballers* ...
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Research
03 April 2024

Recruiting young: Red Bull in the lead

Issue number 457 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post ranks almost 800 clubs from 48 leagues around the world according to the average age of…
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Research
27 March 2024

Non-big-5 transfer values: top 10s for 66 leagues

The Weekly Post number 456 of the CIES Football Observatory presents the ten players with the highest estimated transfer values across 66 leagues…
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Research
21 March 2024

Game intelligence data: new report

The 93rd CIES Football Observatory Monthly Report analyses the high-pressure data produced exclusively by the French company SkillCorner ...
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Research
18 March 2024

Shooting efficiency: 900 clubs compared

The 455th CIES Football Observatory ranks teams from 54 leagues around the world according to their shooting efficiency ...
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Research
14 March 2024
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