Wyscout Talks: Leeds United’s Director of Football, Victor Orta
A few months ago, while we were in the beautiful Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam for the 2019 edition of Wyscout Forum, we had the chance to spend some time with one of our conference speakers: Leeds United Director of Football, Victor Orta. During his…
The ‘Speed-dating of Football’ is back in Amsterdam
We’re thrilled to announce that the next edition of Wyscout Forum – the world’s leading event for football transfer negotiations and global scouting of players – will be held at the Johan Cruijff ArenA, in Amsterdam (NL), on November 13-14, 2019. Strategically settled during the…
Andrea Maldera – the match analysis evolution and working with ‘Sheva’ in Ukraine
Have you noticed one emerging national team in the European landscape recently? Of course, we’re talking about Ukraine, that has won the U20 FIFA World Cup last June and that is currently leading the European qualifiers’ Group B. A few months ago, we had the…
A message from Matteo Campodonico
With the largest database of global football video and data now connected to Hudl’s end-to-end analysis platform, it’s easier than ever to find talent, share content and collaborate. Following yesterday’s announcement that Wyscout would be joining Hudl, the industry-leading performance analysis platform, I wanted…
Wyscout Talks: Andoni Zubizarreta & Albert Valentin
Through the Wyscout blog, in the last few months, we have taken a look at the inner workings of the football world, showing you some of the things that take place away from the TV cameras. We have heard what the head scout of a…
Wyscout Talks: ProEleven
Among all type of professionals working in the football world, one of the less known, more misunderstood and less described – if not from a very superficial point of view – is the football agent. We are talking about a critical role of the Beautiful…
Interview with Columbus Morfaw, Player Relations & Competition at MLS
In the last few years, the Major League Soccer has made some massive steps ahead in the mission of achieving the goal it has set for itself: to be ranked among the world’s best leagues by 2022. Thanks to the development of the academies to…
Wyscout Talks: Fabio Papagni, Scouting Coordinator at UC Sampdoria
It’s not a mystery how in football attention is focused on what happens on the “main stage”: the football pitch. Results, performances, tactics, everything is analyzed with maniacal meticulousness, taking up the first pages of newspapers, sports channels and even the bar talks. Only a…
Stats Corner: Expected Goals
In a football world stuffed with technology and big data, it can be hard to untangle from the impressive amount of stats, indexes, and algorithms that nowadays represent the basis for the study and analysis of games, training, and players. In fact, in the last…
Wyscout on ZDF: the work of a talent scout explained
Among the many aspects that are part of life in the world of football, the talent scout profession is certainly one of the less well-defined for most people. Of course, any enthusiast or insider could perfectly explain what a scout does in details, but not…
Discover the brand new Wyscout App
Wyscout is the world leading football scouting company with thousands of player profiles, hundreds of matches analyzed every weekend and a multitude of tools dedicated to the game’s professionals. These tools will be now available on mobile phones and tablets thanks to the new-look Wyscout…
Wyscout’s Teams of the Season so far
In every self-respecting season in history, the last days of the year are always the best time to sum up what has happened so far, even if several leagues – historically the Premier League and from this year Serie A as well – won’t even…
Wyscout Forum 2018, another record-breaking edition
They say records are made to be broken, and that’s probably why, for the second year in a row, Wyscout Forum has made history. The 2018 edition of the “Speed-date of Football” has once again been a record-breaking one, outdoing last year’s event at Stamford…
Wyscout Forum 2018 Conferences: the schedule
In less than two weeks, hundreds of football professionals will meet once again, this time for the 2018 edition of Wyscout Forum. This year’s event, held at the beautiful Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam on November 19-20, will provide two days of networking and transfer negotiations…
Wyscout Forum 2018 to be held at Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam
In less than twenty days, hundreds of clubs representatives, agents, scouts, media, guests, and VIPs will fill the beautiful areas of the Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam, for the 2018 edition of the Wyscout Forum. Since its very first edition in 2011, Wyscout Forum has…
Stats, videos and ‘Sheva’: Wyscout meets Ukraine’s Taras Stepanenko
We are in the lobby of the Savoia Hotel in Genoa, Italy. We are a few hours ahead of the friendly match between the Azzurri and Ukraine (ended with a 1-1 draw) and we’re waiting to meet Shakhtar Donetsk’s central midfielder Taras Stepanenko. When he meets us in…
Wyscout officially announces the partnership with Liga MX
An important cooperation, with one of the most prestigious and passionate leagues in the world. Wyscout is happy to officially announce the partnership with Liga MX, that will bring the sports technology world leading platform to all the clubs of the Mexican championship, Liga de Ascenso…
Penalties aren’t a lottery anymore
If there’s an aspect of football that has always had a feature of unpredictability, that has to be the penalty kick. Whether is kicked during a World Cup final or a youth tournament, penalties have always been considered some sort of random lotto and that’s why…
Wyscout meets Stephen Constantine, the most travelled coach in the world
We’ve talked to Stephen Constantine, India National Team Head Coach, to find out more on his amazing experience and trade secrets.
How to become Sports Director? Wyscout meets Marseille’s Albert Valentin
Albert Valentin, Deputy Sports Manager at Olympique de Marseille and FC Barcelona‘s former Technical Secretary, talks with Wyscout to explain how he started his career and how he has become one of the most influential personality in the football environment. Valentin gives us a rich…
3 reasons why you should discover the potential of the new Wyscout stats
Studying stats has never been so easy with Wyscout. Here you have 3 good reasons why you should discover the potential of the new Wyscout stats. They are accessible, intuitive and clear. With this new setup, you can study each match or the entire season, just a…
Wyscout intervista mister Gasperini
Siamo andati a Zingonia, nel centro sportivo dell’Atalanta, per parlare di calcio con Gian Piero Gasperini. Con il tecnico nerazzurro abbiamo parlato di temi cari alla figura dell’allenatore: dalla formazione, passando per la preparazione e la gestione di un gruppo. Per trasmettere ai lettori del…
Wyscout meets coach Gasperini
An open conversation with the Serie A coach Gian Piero Gasperini on coaching, training and team management in order to share invaluable advice with Wyscout Blog readers. – CLICCA QUI PER LEGGERE L’INTERVISTA IN ITALIANO – Let’s start with beginning a career as a coach. How…
Mourinho’s excellent match preparation in Europa League Final
The challenge between Josè Mourinho’s pragmatism and Peter Bosz’s offensive idealism followed a basic script to the letter: Mourinho gave the ball to Ajax (31% total possession, the lowest percentage in a European final along with Simeone’s Atletico in 2012 and his own Inter in 2010), leaving Bosz’s team dealing with the question of what to do with it.
Unique new experience on training and match analysis with Wyscout – Spiideo partnership
Wyscout, the leading professional digital platform for football clubs, together with Spiideo, provider of state of the art sports video recording and analysis solutions, today announced the signing of a global partnership agreement