Data Scientist at Norwich City FC - Sam Radford #58

Data Scientist at Norwich City FC - Sam Radford #58 Sam is entering his 4th season working in professional football. The first, an internship with Sunderland whilst completing his Masters, the second a spell within the recruitment team at Rotherham Utd, and now, he is a data scientist at Norwich City. Sam's background is actually in engineering, but that wasn't what he really wanted to apply his knowledge to. Norwich City are well known for having a great analysis department and in this conversation Sam shares what he gets up to, and what his journey has been like so far. We chat recruitment, data, advice and plenty more. 0:00 - Introduction 1:37 - Sam joins and gives background 4:45 - Sam's masters degree, video or data? 11:20 - Did Sam have a portfolio of work? 13:02 - Sam's Masters thesis (predicted transfer values) 14:52 - Sunderland AFC and then recruitment analyst at Rotherham 20:12 - The process of getting the Norwich job, who Sam works with 23:12 - Skills required to be a data scientist, & presenting data 27:05 - Focussing on recruitment 30:33 - Building out a data department (when starting out) 32:56 - An average week for Sam, working with scouts 38:56 - How Sam keeps up with trends and new skills 41:46 - What to do without access to big data providers 44:02 - Podcasts, summary, wrap up Check out this video with Craig Innes showing how tracking data is being used in the recruitment process: https://youtu.be/fKnSMJdOBto ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ USEFUL LINKS 💻 Video Analysis Software - https://www.in-playsports.com/software/individuals ⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Use code Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://mckay-s-site.thinkific.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5c FREE RESOURCES 📋 CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download 📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download MY OTHER SOCIALS 🌍 My Website – https://www.chris-gill.com 🆇 X/Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/chrisgill_UK 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk