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Top midfielders for ball retention under high pressure
The 450th issue of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post analyses the game intelligence data produced exclusively by our partners SkillCorner to…
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Use of underage players in the big-5 (2009-2023)
The 449th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the 402 footballers who played in the big-5 before turning 18 during the 15-year period from…
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Player trading: from LOSC Lille to Barcelona
The 448th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the 50 clubs in the world with the most positive and negative transfer balances for…
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Aerial play: van Dijk tops the world rankings
The 447th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the 100 centre backs in the world with the best aerial play statistics* according to an index…
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Most profitable club academies worldwide
The 446th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the 100 clubs with the most profitable academies in the world in terms of revenues ...
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Most expensive players: Bellingham’s price soars
The 445th issue of the Weekly Post presents the 100 players in the world with the highest estimated transfer values according to the CIES Football…
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Best finishers: world’s top 100
The 441st CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post crunches data from our partners Wyscout on shots attempted and goals scored during the current season…
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Global rankings of club-trained players’ employment
The 440th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post ranks teams from 60 leagues around the world according to the percentage of domestic league minutes…
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