Football data (recruitment, player rankings & league comparisons) - Aurel Nazmiu #56

Football data (recruitment, player rankings & league comparisons) - Aurel Nazmiu #56 Todays guest is Aurel Nazmiu, a senior data scientist at The Twenty First Group. I ask Aurel about his journey into sports analytics but then we dive into some of the interesting projects that he and the rest of his team have been working on. We speak about recruitment, league rankings and models, player ratings and much more.Timestamps below, have you subscribed yet? 0:00 - Introduction 2:19 - Aurel joins and gives background 5:02 - Starting out with blogging 7:34 - The Twenty First Group 12:13 - What does Aurel do as a data scientist? 16:42 - Performance intelligence, recruitment, player rankings 24:53 - Head coach recruitment 29:29 - Working with Team Europe for the Ryder Cup 32:41 - Using data in a commercial setting 36:00 - Ranking and comparing leagues/teams 43:36 - Live league projection models 47:13 - Some data around Euro 2024 54:52 - How the data landscape has changed, what does the future look like? 58:47 - Some advice for Aurel 1:02:01 - Podcast & book recommendations, PL predictions, wrap up Find Aurel on Twitter/X: https://x.com/AurelNz Check out The 21st Group: https://www.twentyfirstgroup.com/ Other episodes mentioned Tom Worville: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9z-V4g3dh8 Sam Gregory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-aDJXkYOOE James Wilson (Golf Analyst): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHw1X-8JIhg Books mentioned The Signal and the Noise: https://amzn.to/3YjbFyO Soccernomics: https://amzn.to/3LJqwLd The Numbers Game: https://amzn.to/4fqtTVe Done Deal: https://amzn.to/3y8e6cZ ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ 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