Football Analyst - First Team (Game Model)

by Arsenal FC in Analysts, Recruitment & Scouting

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Date posted

July 21, 2023

Closing date

July 20, 2023

Hiring location

England, London

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Description

Who we are

We are one of the most famous clubs in world football, with a rich heritage and history of success.

Beyond that, we are passionate about our local community and, behind the scenes, we have a wide variety of opportunities and career paths for all. We have a very defined purpose: to act for a winning team, culture and community. We achieve this by ensuring we are courageous in the pursuit of progress, we champion our community and each other, and that we do the right thing (even when no one is looking).

Your day-to-day 

  • Leading the generation and maintenance of video databases and statistical data for the team with a view to enhancing team and player development.

  • Providing feedback to coaches and players around team performance and areas of development.

  • Working alongside the wider analytics team to produce short, medium and long term reviews around team development and the evolution of our game model.

  • Supporting with the profiling of opposition team focusing on adding a more specific level to our pre-match processes through the application of video and analytics.

  • Supporting with the preparation of all pre-match opposition analysis content.

  • Supporting with the collection and maintenance of video databases relating to our individual players.

  • Attending all home matches and travelling with the team to away matches when required.

  • Assisting with the troubleshooting of match-day networks and liaising with external data providers.

  • Providing support for the ad-hoc individual analysis of first team players. This would include both the preparation of material and presentation to coaches and players.

  • Supporting with the generation and maintenance of video and statistical training databases.

  • Assisting with generating and maintaining short, medium and long term training reports.

  • Collaborating with the analytics team to automate working processes.


What we are looking for

  • Experience working as an analyst at the elite level of football.

  • Undergraduate degree relating to the field of sports science, data science or performance analysis.

  • Post-graduate qualification in a related discipline (Desirable).

  • UEFA B coaching licence (Desirable).

  • Experience in accurately analysing multiple and often complex data streams in order to understand performance.

  • Ability to profile elite football players.

  • Experience in delivering and communicating performance insights to key stakeholders in the organisation.

  • Understanding of varying working methodologies and best practice within elite sports analysis.

  • Deep technical and tactical understanding of football (players, strategies, systems, philosophies, game models).

  • Exceptional inter-personal skills that facilitate the effective delivery of performance insights, build connections and support a strong team cohesion.

  • Competencies in the following software/hardware (Desirable): GameOn, SBG Match Tracker, HUDL Sportscode Elite and HUDL Studio and HUDL Platforms, SBG Focus.


Why choose us 

At Arsenal, we want everyone to feel a sense of trust and belonging, so we are proud of both our club values and also what we offer to our employees. As one of our Gunners, you will receive:

  • An exciting reward and recognition scheme

  • Generous holiday allowance which increases with your length of service

  • Great internal learning and development programmes

  • Priority access to apply for match tickets

  • A competitive health and wellbeing benefits package

  • A leading Employee Assistance Programme

  • Great discounts with some of our Partners


Arsenal for Everyone

Arsenal for Everyone is our commitment to promoting and embracing equality, diversity and inclusion, so that everyone connected to the club feels like they belong to the same Arsenal family. We believe that diversity of background, skills and experience drives our success on and off the pitch.

Skills

  • Analysis
  • Computing

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Football Analyst - First Team (Game Model)

by Arsenal FC in Analysts, Recruitment & Scouting