SASDataScout - Data-Driven Soccer Player Scouting Solution

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Team Name	SASDataScout
Track	Health care & Life Sciences
Use Case	Data-Driven Soccer Player Scouting Solution In modern soccer, talent identification and recruitment require accurate player comparison. Our solution integrates event data and advanced analytics to objectively evaluate performance and uncover similarities between players. Using SAS Viya and its data visualization and machine learning capabilities, it identifies tactical profiles that match specific team needs and enables clubs to explore player similarity and make faster, more reliable, data-driven recruitment decisions.
Technology	SAS Viya, SAS Visual Analytics, SAS Studio, SAS Model Studio
Region	EMEA (Italy, Europe)
Team lead	Paolo Curatolo
Team members	Paolo Curatolo Selene Gerali Filippo Giuliani Virginia Nucci
Social media handles	Paolo Curatolo https://www.linkedin.com/in/paolo-curatolo/
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[LGroves]

Who doesn't love a good project about football?  Very cool project - and application of interactive dashboards and advanced analytics!

[k_kwiecien]

Awesome work by the SASDataScout team! Such a smart and creative way to bring data-driven decision-making into player scouting ⚽ Using SAS Viya for this kind of real-world use case is seriously impressive - great job!