Football Analytics
Become a Football Analyst at Rs 8,999/- only (Early-bird offer available now)
Advance Football Analytics with Nikhil Gupta
20+ hours LIVE Course
Learn Python and Tableau from scratch
Two Months assured Internship & Six Months Mentorship
Nikhil Gupta
Football Analyst, ex Velez FC, Spain
India’s First Ever Full-fledged Sports Analytics course
16+ hours live classroom sessions
Six months of mentorship
Instructor signed Certificates endorsed by CoLLearn
Pre-placement interview opportunities
Who is this workshop for?
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All aspiring Football Analysts
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Students who want to pursue a career in Football Analytics
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Working professionals who desire to transition into Football Analytics roles
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All adults who want to impress their circle in intelligent discussions on Football or Analytics
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Anyone and everyone who want to perform their own individual analytics in Football
What will you learn?
Module 1: Analytical Approach in Football
What are the fundamental characteristics of a professional analyst in football? In this introductory lecture, we will go over
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The ecosystem of the football club
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The most common practices and visualizations at the office
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Telling a story with your data
Module 2: Comparing Players with Radar Charts
Who has a higher ceiling - Mbappe or Haaland? In this Python lecture, we will learn how to:
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Create Different types of radar charts
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Create a tactical mould and connect the style of a team to the output of a player
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Compare the player’s output to their league average by delving into percentiles
Module 3: Visualizing Actions on the Pitch
How does an analyst visualize various actions of a player on the pitch? In this Python lecture, we will learn how to:
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Record KPIs from video footage
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Create Pass Maps
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Create Shot Maps
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Plot your own specialized observations
Module 4: Underperformance and Overperformance
How does an analyst responsibly use Expected Goals (xG) in their analysis? In this Python + Tableau lecture, we will learn how to:
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Derive an xG model from scratch
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Study various applications of xG
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Use Tableau to create a live xG Running Total of teams
Module 5: Video Analysis
Where does a Video Analyst fit into the football system? In this Nacsport lecture, we will explore the software by:
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Annotating tactical clips
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Creating specialized templates for event coding
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Create a clip database of player and team actions
Module 6: Scraping
How does a football analyst acquire data from various sources on the web? In this Python lecture, we will learn how to:
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Scrape rare performance metrics using Beautiful Soup
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Create a live database from open source websites
Module 7: Team and Player Dashboards
How does a football analyst summarize and process large datasets of players and teams? In this Tableau lecture, we will:
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Create a variety of dashboards customized to specific players and teams
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Conduct a game-state analysis based on when teams score
Module 8: Advanced AnalyticsÂ
How does an analyst delve deeper into the fundamental techniques learned so far? In this Python lecture, we will go over :
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Voronoi Graphs and applying them into tactical solutions
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Expected Threat (xT) - the popular metric that tends to the drawbacks of xG
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Applications of tracking data - Pitch Control
Module 9: Tactical Theory
What are the fundamental tactical ideas that an analyst must know before interacting with coaches? In this lecture, we will cover:
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Stylistic matchups in football
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Shape and Player Roles
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Use of Space
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Offensive and Defensive objectives
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An Overview into Futsal
Module 10: Application
In the final lecture we delve into:
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The final project
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Getting Started with the Internship
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Opposition Analysis
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Player Development
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Scouting
Get Certified
How our Certification would help you?
Verifiable
Certification
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Yes! You will be certified by a Football Analyst of a Spanish club which will bring a lot of credibility to your profile.
Enhance your Visibility
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Share your certificate and work on different social media platforms to enhance your social capital. Make your own brand.
Catapult your Football Analytics journey
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Apply the skills learned in the course in the Internship following the course and make a wonderful portfolio to attract potential recruitment.
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About the Instructor
Nikhil Gupta
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Nikhil is an Analyst for Velez C.F Spain and Ronnie Dog Media. He also runs his own consultancy, Footy Analytica
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He has over 5 years of experience as a professional writer and has published over 50 data-driven analysis pieces on a wide variety of topics in football
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Among his individual projects, he works as a data consultant for grassroot organizations in the UK, Sweden and India
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He has worked across the stages of the data lifecycle in football and plays chess at a semi-professional level
He worked as a Football Analyst for:
About the Instructor
Nikhil Gupta
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Nikhil is a data analyst for Velez C.F Spain and Ronnie Dog Media
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He has over 5 years of experience as a professional writer and has published over 50 data-driven analysis pieces on a wide variety of topics in football
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Among his individual projects, he works as a data consultant for grassroot organizations in the UK, Sweden and India
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He has worked across the stages of the data lifecycle in football and plays chess at a semi-professional level
Frequently Asked Questions
Date: Next batch starts soon!
Days: Saturdays and SundaysÂ
Timings: 5pm to 7pm IST [LIVE]
It is a completely live online Course.
Yes, the recording of the class will be provided in case if you miss the class (non-downloadable).
Passion for football is a must, and then a smart device (tablet/laptop/desktop) with internet would be enough.
Yes, all your doubts would be addressed in the class and through the community group post the class.
Yes, you will be getting the Certificate of Completion signed by the trainer after attending the complete course. Also, you will be getting the internship certificate after successful completion of it.
No worries, please WhatsApp us your query at +91-9108981949 or email us at learn@thecollearn.com/Â and we will get in touch with you.