Welcome to Opposition Scouting & Analysis by The Association of Professional Football Analysis!
James-Clarke-Reed
Head of Business Development at Twenty3
Carlon Carpenter
Video & Tactical Analyst at StatsBomb
Gary Curneen
Tactical Performance Analyst at Lou City & Founder of Modern Soccer Coach
Carl Edwards
Head of Analysis at Rotherham United
Oliver Gage
CEO of The APFA
Jeremy Steele
Managing Director of Analytics FC
Tim Keech
Co-Founder of MRKT Insights
Sophie Bone
Head of Analysis at London City Lionesses
James-Clarke-Reed
Head of Business Development at Twenty3
Carlon Carpenter
Video & Tactical Analyst at StatsBomb
Gary Curneen
Tactical Performance Analyst at Lou City & Founder of Modern Soccer Coach
Carl Edwards
Head of Analysis at Rotherham United
Oliver Gage
CEO of The APFA
Jeremy Steele
Managing Director of Analytics FC
Tim Keech
Co-Founder of MRKT Insights
Sophie Bone
Head of Analysis at London City Lionesses
The first task for this module is to create a post in the comments section at the bottom of this page. The comments are used throughout the course to voice thoughts and opinions on different aspects of opposition analysis, and to interact with others taking the course.
Please write a short introduction which includes the following:
Details about yourself
The club you currently work for (if applicable)
Your aspirations in the football industry
The reason you decided to enroll in Opposition Scouting & Analysis
What you aim to take away from this course
The second task is to research what computer software you’re going to use to produce an opposition report in full. Common formats are:
Microsoft Power Point
Keynote
Pages
Microsoft Word
A professional looking report will need to include pictures, diagrams, graphs and possibly other visualizations. Please consider this when performing some research. Remember, nothing’s final, and the opposition report to hand in for evaluation will be the final task for the course.
Hello all, my name is Nestor Rodriguez and I am currently based in California. I work with a local youth club and high school as well as on the women’s side in the collegiate level. I aspire to work in a professional club in the performance analysis department. With taking this course I wish to further my knowledge in analysis and be able to create my own observational structure with the references that the course will give.
Hi All, My Name is Paige Forster, I am from Liverpool, England but have been based in the states for the past 10 years. I have just gained my USSF A License. I have worked both in the collegiate soccer world and youth soccer as a head coach, assistant coach and a Director of Coaching. This course will further my knowledge and understanding within scouting opposition and analysis both of my teams and others, which in turn prepares me to be a better all round coach/manager and to gain the edge. Thank you!
Hello,
My name is Tomislav, I am croatian living in Germany. I have just gotten my UEFA C Licence and my goal is to continue learning and improving my coaching skills. This course will help me gain needed skills to recognise oppositions weakness and how to make the difference using that information. My aspiration is to keep improving until I am able to coach professional Teams.
Hello,
My name is Glenn I am originally from Scunthorpe and am currently a 1st team analyst at a professional football club. My aspiration in the industry is to work my way up to International football and hopefully become a head of analysis. I hope to take away any areas I can improve my understanding of opposition analysis, ultimately I would also like to just grow my knowledge of the game as a whole as well.
Hello,
My name is Glenn I am originally from Scunthorpe and am currently a 1st team analyst at a professional football club. My aspiration in the industry is to work my way up to International football and hopefully become a head of analysis. I hope to take away any areas I can improve my understanding of opposition analysis, ultimately I would also like to just grow my knowledge of the game as a whole as well.
Hello,
My name is Ewan I am originally from Colorado and am currently a coach at a local youth club. My aspirations in the industry is to work my way up to an MLS team and hopefully become a set piece coach. I decided to enroll to further enhance my knowledge about scouting and to hopefully gain some knowledge in analysis as well. I really hope to take away a basic understanding of opposition analysis and what it takes to write an analysis report, ultimately I would also like to just grow my knowledge of the game as a whole as well.
Hi I’m Wally and I’m currently working with George Brown College’s women soccer team as statistician/analyst. I want to improve my knowledge and skills in opposition analysis which is what I aim to take away from this course. This was referred by our coach Dave Kelly who comes from UK. Excited about the journey from here. 🙂
I am Cyril Mthembu, a Football Performance Manager, i want to learn more about opposition analysis as this will help with monitoring analyst in my role as a performance manager. i believe the course will add value to my accumulated knowledge.
Hi I am Evangelos. I am a computer science student ij Greece and I am going to start my journey in football industry next season as a Data and Performance Analyst via Erasmus+ internship program
Hello, I’m Aprille. Currently I am a national team head coach for Canada Basketball (3×3), as well as a post-secondary and prep school basketball coach. I do not actually have any current aspirations in the football industry, but came across this platform during a time when APFA was acquiring other modules, onto it’s platform. For all of the courses I have enrolled in, I look at it from a lens of how Analytics can be produced and the different ways to look at how to marry video and statistics together.
Hello, I’m Moses, a dedicated community coach currently working with Premier Skills Coaching in Kenya. While my professional background lies in project management, my true passion lies in football. Aspiring to transition into a coaching role, I find immense joy in the intricacies of analysis and player development within the sport. Currently, my focus is on the Kenya Premier League, and I am eager to enhance my skills in opposition scouting and analysis to contribute significantly to player development and strategic game-winning approaches. Enrolling in this course is a strategic move to acquire the latest techniques and methodologies in the field, with the ultimate goal of making a positive impact on football in Kenya, both at the Premier League level and beyond. I aim to utilize the knowledge gained to elevate the standards of coaching, foster player growth, and contribute to the overall success of football in my community and country.
My name is Sheldon. I am FA Level 2 certified & I am pursuing an M.Sc. in Football Coaching and Analysis. I hope to become an expert in Opposition Scouting & Analysis, Performance Analysis & Football Coaching & would like to join a Professional football club or national football association or major football organization. I would also like to gain experience & proficiency in growing one of these organizations.
I enrolled in this course to increase my knowledge in Opposition Scouting & Analysis. I would like to be able to generate detailed and comprehensive Opposition Analysis Report. I can use either Microsoft Word or Power Point to generate Opposition Reports in full.
Details about yourself
SAMUEL TUSINGWIRE HEAD COACH LUZIRA FC
The club you currently work for (if applicable)
HEAD COACH LUZIRA FC
Your aspirations in the football industry
Be the best coach in the world
The reason you decided to enroll in Opposition Scouting & Analysis
a field I need to learn
What you aim to take away from this course
get knowledge on how to analyze opponents
Hi, my name is Rami. I live in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. I’m a coach at the semi-pro level and currently in between jobs. My goal is to coach primarily in the MLS and elsewhere after that. I am always looking to learn and grow and I believe this course will offer me the opportunity to do exactly that. My aim is to learn a different perspective of what to look for in analyzing an opponent and how to make this information useful to my team.
i am Sindile Majiyezi from South Africa,i have a Natitional Diploma in Sport Science,CAF D License and Advance Periodization in Football.i am currently working for government an i am an aspiring performance analyst, i want to gain as much knowledge as possible in this field.
Hi ,my name is Aman muhammed.I Live in Kerala India and I am currently studying..My real ambition was to have a crack at football and play top level football.but unfortunately it didnt happen beacuase of my health condition.So I decided to make a carrier in football anlysis and i have just started.I Expect to get real info from this course
Hi, my name is Michael. I live in Colorado USA but am originally from London. I am a FA Level 2 coach, as well as Goalkeeper Level 1, Talent Scout Levels 1 & 2, FA Youth module’s 1,2 & 3. Football Agent level 1 & 2 plus completed S4 Scouting & recruiting levels 1 – 6. I have coached grassroots football in the Newcastle Upon Tyne area before moving state side, helped coach at the local team U12’s and their girls U9-12 PDP.
I’m a recruitment analyst and I like to know the different analysis techniques
I’m Andrew Richardson from the US, and am currently an assistant at a collegiate women’s program after previously being a youth club technical director, and high school head coach. I work full-time in my Digital Media & Marketing company, but coaching is my true passion. This course is exactly what I’m looking for as I try to progress professionally as a performance and video analyst, with goals to continue growing as a coach/analyst in a larger university or working with a federation or professional side.
I am Iovani Rodriguez from the United States. I am an assistant coach for a NCAA Division 2 men’s football team and a senior data analyst at an insurance company. I am looking to improve my soccer specific analysis in order to become a better coach and produce more effective opposition analysis.
I’m Scott with Eastern Florida.
I’m looking to improve my tactical analysis and game prep.
I hope to learn more ideas on the presentation side as well.
Most likely using power point.
I am Ilham Agus Pratama from Indonesia and an IT student who also working freelance as a Football player’s highlight maker, Graphic Designer, and Freelance Scouts. i am always learning to improve my knowledge in football technical and non-technical. my goals is to work for Professional football club as a Analyst, Scout, and at the end as a Sporting Director.
Enrolling in the course would give me a chance to build capacity and gain knowledge about the game. I’m good at working mostly with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Canva.
I am a video analyst and data analyst, I am currently in the youth academy of a team in my city doing an internship in Uefa C. My intention is to work in the youth academy or the first team of a professional club as a video and data analyst. I enrolled in this course because I saw it as an opportunity to learn aspects that I don’t know about the exploratory analysis of rivals and I intend to learn aspects that will improve my work methodology.
I am currently a tactical analyst but not yet attached to any club, I am always looking to learn and expand my knowledge so that I can be able to help transform the players I get in touch with even an ordinary football lover to an extent. Constantly learning and improving is important especially considering how th egame has evolved, I love football analysis for the problem solving that it offers.
Hello Everyone, my name is Muhammad Sufyan Razali, from Singapore. Currently in the transport industry as an assistant engineer. My goal is to join a professional organization. I would like to learn more about analyzing I want to be a very good analyst to help clubs and players and also share knowledge with aspiring analysts. Enrolling in the course would give me a chance to build capacity and gain knowledge about the game
Hi everyone, my name is Bernardo Schlemper and I’m an statistician and data analyst from Brasília, Brazil. I’m not yet working for any clubs or oganizations, but I just finished my MBA in Big Data Applied to Football and I’m looking forward for any opportunities in the football industry. I aspire to work as a data analyst or data scientist anywhere related to football, and I decided to enroll in this course so I can learn about various aspects of the game and be a more complete professional.
Hello Everyone, my name is Matthieu Monteiro, I’m working for a football analyst for a youth team at a club in the Paris area. My goal is to join a professional organisation. Knowing the quality of the trainers, this course seems to be a right place to keep developing my skills.
Hi everyone, I’m Hugo Castro first team analyst in Portugal’s 1st division at Estrela Amadora since 2022.
I was previously a scout at the same club since 2020.
I’m always looking for ways to improve and maximize my performance and this course seems the right move
Rudie Imran Masih here, from Singapore. Working in my country’s association. I would like to learn more about analysing, recently just graduated from Barca Inno Hub with the Football Tactical Analysis course. Continuous learning and upgrading my skills as much as possible so i can value add to the association.
Hello everyone,
My name is Emanuele. Even though I am originally from Italy, I am currently located in the United States (specifically, Washington DC area). I have played and watched soccer all my life, and it is a great joy to be able to be involved with the game professionally. I currently work for the Juventus Academy DC Metro (professional youth soccer academy).
My aspiration in the football industry is to keep evolving in my knowledge, craft, and expertise. In the long term, I plan to take additional steps in my coaching career and move from youth to the professional level. I have decided to enroll in this course mostly because I love tactical analysis. Dissecting the game bit by bit has always intrigued me, and it has helped my coaching career tremendously. Here, I hope to gather new skills in this area so that I might use them in my current environment and future ones.
I am especially looking forward to observe how the format, presentation, and style of professional opposition reports will be unpacked in the modules. I can’t wait to get started!
My name is alson . I am currently student of civil engineering and now question arise why is he enrolling this course. While studying engineering i also try to create online content like match analysis , transfers etc. I started to make video on match analysis since 1 year and now i feel blank in the sense that how can i describe game better than i did before. Online i have found people just saying formation like 3-2-5 (on ball) and ohh look fullback inverted and all but what i feel is thats not why that game was lost or won. There must be deeper things like the 1 vs 1 situation that happens in midfield , pinning of backline giving enough space to arrive late. So reason why i joined this course is i wanna know why exactly the team lost or won and understand what could have been better solution. And for analysis i use powerpoint sometimes metrica (free version).
Meu nome é Leonardo Calixto, sou Analista de Desempenho Individual no Brasil. Tenho como objetivo trabalhar com a captação de jovens talentos para grandes equipes do futebol mundial. O motivo pelo qual me inscrevi no curso tem a ver com meu objetivo, e nesse curso posso aumentar meu conhecimento, meu network e quem sabe abrir portas em outros mercados do futebol. Acredito que o curso me dará ferramentas para que possa desenvolver meu trabalho de coleta, leitura e seleção e exportação dos dados dos atletas acompanhados.
My name is ELI VORGBE. I am a performance analyst from Ghana. I’m currently unattached having previously worked in voluntary roles at 1st division women’s team and an academy. I want to be a very good analyst to help clubs and players and also share knowledge with aspiring analysts. Enrolling in the course would give me a chance to build capacity and gain knowledge about the game. I’m good at working mostly with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
I am Ryan Nugraha, and working with youth team in Indonesia. I want to improve my knowledge and understanding to help my team doing his best in every games.
My Names are Edwin Nandwa having worked in South East Asia, Kenya and currently in Tanzania with youth academies. Have also had the opportunity to be ab assistant coach with the Kenya National team U15 (Boys) team. Opposition scouting and analysis is an area I want to build my capacity to better understand the game and be a better coach. Am proficient with working with Word and PPT but also open to learn how to work with keynote. I will look into it and embark on learning it asap. Tank you very much for the opportunity to learn and greatly appreciated, Ahsante.
Hello folks,
My name is Sinead McSharry and I am a head coach of a women’s DIII NCAA program in the New York. I work for St. Lawrence University and my lifelong ambition has been to work at the professional level of women’s football somewhere in the world.
I decided to enroll in the APFA opposition analysis course because I had completed a trial through Beyond Pulse and have always enjoyed learning from a lot of the people involved in this organization such as Olly, Ewan amongst many others. Gary Curneen speaks highly of this program as well. From an intentionality stand point, I’d like to better prepare my knowledge, analysis and critically examine my habits and bias when it comes to analysis in general. I also wish to be a better person and coach and help my team move in a positive direction. Microsoft PPT and Word are my comfort zones although I’ve heard great things about Keynote. Albeit, I haven’t had the time to explore it much in depth. Appreciate the opportunity! Thanks, Sinead
I coach currently grassroots team in Nigeria. Just taking every opportunity where I can learn and grow within the game
I am Tebogo Brendan Modise, I am a performance analyst from South Africa, I’ve been involved in coaching for the past 5 years, and 2 of those as an analyst. I’ve been working in the 3rd division for the past two years, as a video analyst at north west university in SA, currently I am an intern at SK Football club in the 3rd division. I aspire to work at the highest level of any top 6 teams in Africa and hopefully win local and international championships. The reason I enrolled for this course is for me to upskill myself and keeps up with the latest football trends and information and I aim to acquire new knowledge to help my team get +3 points on match days.
I am Mohamed
I would like to learn this course in order to become a senior analyst and one day fulfill my dream of becoming a coach or performance analyst in one of the major international clubs.
Currently working in the MLS for the academy. Looking to improve in other areas as a coach.
I am a player who plays in one of the top clubs in India. I wanted to learn this course to analyse my opponents and gain an upper hand on them when the match begins.
I work in school-based education and football environments in Australia. With the limited on the pitch time with players, looking to develop efficiencies in how we communicate and engage players and coaches in analysis and development.
Hi .. i am Gerd from Austria, coaching a youth team near Graz/ styria.
I want to get better and learn more about analyzing the game.
It might give us an advantage when playing against other teams..
My name is Adamson. I want to build a start-up that would look to explore African football leagues data and stats and develop a strong network of scouts across the world to facilitate transfers of African players using these data.
I’m a youth Coach and wants to become a Professional Analyst
Very good
I’ve worked in the industry full-time over the past 17 years, as a coach, director of coaching, scout, and video analyst, currently working in the MLS. I’m always looking to improve my process, learn from others and connect with those in similar roles.
I am currently a student at the University of Essex (Year 1) currently studying BSC Sports Performance and Coaching. My currently job is an vounlentree role as a Assistant Coach and GK Coach ,for the performance programme at the University for Mens / Women’s 1st Team. my aspirations for the football industry is to educate myself and other so there is a better environment for players, coaches ,fans and officials , Whilst hopefully being involved with the backroom staff at West Ham United. I decided to enroll onto the course to learn and try to improve working environments.
I’m a coach and Analyst working with DX football Academy.
i want to become a professional football analyst, its my passion and dream to one day use my analysis skill and work for a big club.
A recent University graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree with a tremendous interest in data and football scouting. Not long after I graduate, I dive into data analysis and football scouting because I think both of those things can go hand in hand. After I started doing my player scouting, I feel like this course is a great path for me to take because I’m still lacking in the tactical side.
I’m a Coach and Analyst working for the New York Red Bulls on the Youth Program, as well as an Analyst for Albion Soccer Club from San Diego, California.
I recently finished a Master in Big Data applied to Soccer and I had the opportunity to learn new tools and strategies, besides to improve my skills and knowledge within the Data Analysis.
I’m pursuing a career in the Analysis field to develop and grow myself.
I am a current high school coach from Washington State. I have been in this role for four years, and am going into my fifth season. At this moment, I don’t aspire to pursue any higher roles. I have invested and built the program up from what I inherited. We now have close to 60 girls between the ages of 7th thru 12th grade. I am pursuing this course to further develop my analysis skills to be able to coach more effectively. I don’t have funds to be able to afford courses like this, and am thankful for the free option.
Recent University Of Essex coaching grad, recently worked for PFF FC and wanting to know more about analysis in football and get a role in the industry and hopefully combined with coaching knowledge could get me into different roles in clubs, and opposition analysis course could give me a good idea about how analysts would work and the key skills of the role
Lakehead University
To gain a better understanding on analysis.
I’m 32 years old, originally from Hungary but I’ve been living in the UK for about 5 years now. Currently on my UEFA C course and done several video scouting and analysis courses prior to this. I’ve been working at a SCEFL Prem team until not long ago when the whole management team was sacked even though we were top of the league. My main goal is to work full time in football, preferably in the analysis department but I’m also very passionate about coaching.
I’m a 28 years old former professional, now a semi-pro player in Hungary.
My aspiration is to get a job in football as a video analyst or a scout at professional level. I have experience as a player but I want to develop myself and learn as much as possible to become a great specialist in the game I love most. That’s why I enroll to this course too. My aim is to learn new things and see new aspects
I am a coach for the New York Red Bulls youth programs. I am looking to furthering my coaching career. I heard about soda on the modern soccer coach podcast and grew an interest for the analytical side of the game and I believe it can be a great strength to have as a coach.
My goals are to be either a performance analyst or a scout (Recruitment or opposition) for a professional football team, so I’m taking these courses to learn as much as I can and hopefully be able to apply them in practical scenarios to gain experience.
I’ve been coaching football for 4 years.
I am currently looking for a role within an Academy or Semi-Pro level.
My goal is to be an analyst or be on the coaching staff of a professional football team
I want to test myself, as well as continue learning about analysis in football.
My aim from this course is to gather knowledge and be able to put it into real world use at a football club.