Winning With Data

Hadi Sotudeh - Precision on the Pitch: The Role of Tracking Data in Soccer

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Hadi Sotudeh ⚽📈 is a doctoral student at ETH Zurich studying team tactical formations such as 4-4-2 and 3-5-2 using tracking data.
He has previously worked as a football data science consultant for the Performance & Technology department of KNVB (Royal Dutch Football Association) and placed in the top 1% of contestants at the Paris Saint-Germain’s sports analytics challenge.

In this episode, Hadi discusses the specifics of his work at ETH Zürich, when it makes sense to buy rather than build data solutions, the biggest problems teams can solve using tracking data, and his football championship predictions.