Nikhil Gupta
Football Analyst, ex Velez FC, Spain
Module 1: Analytical Approach in Football
The ecosystem of the football club
The most common practices and visualizations at the office
Telling a story with your data
Module 2: Comparing Players with Radar Charts
Create Different types of radar charts
Create a tactical mould and connect the style of a team to the output of a player
Compare the player’s output to their league average by delving into percentiles
Module 3: Visualizing Actions on the Pitch
Record KPIs from video footage
Create Pass Maps
Create Shot Maps
Plot your own specialized observations
Module 4: Underperformance and Overperformance
Derive an xG model from scratch
Study various applications of xG
Use Tableau to create a live xG Running Total of teams
Module 5: Video Analysis
Annotating tactical clips
Creating specialized templates for event coding
Create a clip database of player and team actions
Module 6: Scraping
Scrape rare performance metrics using Beautiful Soup
Create a live database from open source websites
Module 7: Team and Player Dashboards
Create a variety of dashboards customized to specific players and teams
Conduct a game-state analysis based on when teams score
Module 8: Advanced AnalyticsÂ
Voronoi Graphs and applying them into tactical solutions
Expected Threat (xT) - the popular metric that tends to the drawbacks of xG
Applications of tracking data - Pitch Control
Module 9: Tactical Theory
Stylistic matchups in football
Shape and Player Roles
Use of Space
Offensive and Defensive objectives
An Overview into Futsal
Module 10: Application
The final project
Getting Started with the Internship
Opposition Analysis
Player Development
Scouting
Yes! You will be certified by a Football Analyst of a Spanish club which will bring a lot of credibility to your profile.
Share your certificate and work on different social media platforms to enhance your social capital. Make your own brand.
Apply the skills learned in the course in the Internship following the course and make a wonderful portfolio to attract potential recruitment.
Testimonials
Nikhil is a data analyst for Velez C.F Spain and Ronnie Dog Media
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
Among his individual projects, he works as a data consultant for grassroot organizations in the UK, Sweden and India
He has worked across the stages of the data lifecycle in football and plays chess at a semi-professional level
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.