Player Careers
Professional playing careers take many different paths, increasingly international in nature, and the Intelligence Centre monitors these trends and creates insights. In addition the profile and use of playing squads differ significantly between clubs, countries and over time. The Intelligence Centre also tracks player development and use of locally trained players.
In recent years the UEFA Intelligence Centre has been entrusted by key stakeholders such as the ECA and FIFPRO to analyse player careers,
Supporting Data
The Intelligence Centre Players’ Career and Profile database knits together full player histories using different public sources (OPTA, SoccerWay, Transfermarkt) and player registration data submitted directly to UEFA. The database links numerous data sets including:
Player history (passport)
Trends player usage/ recruitment
Squad size analysis
Player demographics
Usage locally trained players and youth players
Club development index
Example Questions We Can Answer
By combining our network of databases together with professional industry experience, the Intelligence Centre can provide answers to a range of strategic off-pitch football questions.
