Football Data Insights ANALYST at FIFA - Rob Suddaby #61
Rob Suddaby is currently football data insights analyst at FIFA. Before this, he spent time working in the analytics departments at both Norwich City and Leicester City.
Rob's background is actually in accounting. After working as an accountant and financial analyst, he made the decision to pursue something that he found much more interesting. Football Analytics.
In this conversation, Rob shares his journey, talks about some of the tools he uses, and what the analytics department at FIFA looks like. Really interesting stuff.
0:00 - Introduction
1:53 - Rob joins and gives background
11:29 - Transferrable skills
14:37 - What does a data analyst do at a football club?
18:37 - Which roles make up a data department?
23:10 - Too much data?
27:51 - Working at Leicester City and Norwich
36:04 - Tableau, Power BI and Alteryx
43:19 - Databases (why important?)
46:16 - Rob's current role at FIFA
52:52 - 15,000 data points per game
56:26 - The FIFA Training Centre
59:09 - How FIFA hired football analysts
1:01:56 - How Rob has been learning Python
1:05:36 - Book recommendations, where to find Rob, wrap up
FIFA Training Centre: https://www.fifatrainingcentre.com/en/
Other Episodes we mentioned:
Sam Radford: https://youtu.be/vPk8juQW-uo
Chris Loxton: https://youtu.be/dTqT-PeuDYk
Liam Henshaw: https://youtu.be/Wbd_BmceRJs
McKay Johns: https://youtu.be/sCXLxNI7b0g
Books Mentioned:
Daily Stoic: https://amzn.to/3ZUqokB
The Numbers Game: https://amzn.to/3YiuqlB
Sports Analytics: https://amzn.to/3zRqgYp#fifa
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