FIFA - Player Data

Insights Decisions

POWER BI

Name: Ankam Sriharshini

ANKAM SRIHARSHINI
03/06/2021
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Table of Contents

Contents
Table of Contents
Business context ...............................................................................................4
steps .................................................................................................................. 4
1. Prepare a rank ordered list of top 10 countries with most players ............4
2. Plot the distribution of overall rating vs. age of players. .......................... 5
3. Paid the most (striker, RW, LW)............................................................... 6
4. Top 5 players for every preferred position .............................................. 7
5. Clubs with maximum shares (England, Spain & Germany) ....................... 10
6. Wages vs potential of players .................................................................. 13
7. Strikers and defenders vs “Aggression” ................................................... 14
8. Positional data vs roles/classes................................................................ 15
9. Top 10 clubs with best future players ..................................................... 16
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List of Figures

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BUSINESS CONTEXT:

In this project, we will be looking at the player data provided by FIFA which contains
information such as personal details, wages, physical attributes, technical skills,
potential and their positional strengths. This is primarily data of FIFA 2018.Through
this project, you will get a glimpse of insights behind the beautiful game and the kind
of information and decisions a football manager goes through. Explore the data and
attempt all the below asked questions in a step-by-step manner:

STEPS:

1. Prepare a rank ordered list of top 10 countries with most players.

Which countries are producing the most numbers of footballers that
plays at this level?

Fig : 1
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Fig :2

From the above figure 1, the bar graphs show the top countries which produce
a greater number of footballers, we see from the fig 1 and 2 that the England
produces 1631 number of footballers which is being followed by Germany and
Spain with little difference.

2. Plot the distribution of overall rating vs. age of players. Interpret what
is the age after which a player stops improving?

Fig :3
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The above Fig 3 show the average of overall vs age of players, according this
graph, a player stops improving after at an age of 44 and the average of overall
starts decreasing from 70.5.

3. Which type of offensive players tends to get paid the most: the striker,
the right-winger, or the left-winger? Visualize through a scatter plot

Fig :4

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From the above figures 4 and 5, on an average, the left-winger and the right-
winger are paid the most i.e., around 14k dollars but whereas striker is paid
only 12k.
The maximum amount paid to striker and right-winger is almost equal to 565k
dollars whereas left-winger is paid only 295k dollars.
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4. Top 5 players for every preferred position in terms of overall as well as

potential points. Who were the best in 2018? Who were destined to be
the future superstars in that year?
Top 5 players for every preferred position in terms of overall
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Fig : 6

The above figure 6 shows the Top 5 players for every preferred position
in terms of average overall, the players like Yu Jun Soo have top best
overall in multiple preferred positions like LW, RM and RW. These kinds
of players were the best in 2018 and were destined to be the future
superstars in that year.

Top 5 players for every preferred position in terms of Potential points

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Fig : 7
The above figure 7 shows the top 5 players for every preferred position
in terms of Potential points. The players like Yeray, Yu Jun Soo, Zhao
Xuri, Zhen Zhi etc have top points in overall as well as potential points,
so. These kinds of players were the best in 2018 and were destined to
be the future superstars in that year.
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5. Which club(s) have the maximum share of players from England? Which
club(s) have the maximum share of players from Spain? Which club(s)
have the maximum share of players from Germany?

Fig :8
The above figure 8 is a Tree Map which shows the clubs in which most shares
of the players are from England.
The clubs such as Bolton Wanderers, Shrewsbury contains maximum share of
players from England.
These are followed by Mansfield and Portsmouth club.

Fig :9
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The above figure 9 shows the top 12 clubs which contains maximum share of
players from England.

Fig : 10
The above figure 10 is a Tree Map which shows the clubs in which most shares
of the players are from Spain.
The club Athletic Club de Bilbao contains maximum share of players from
Spain.
These are followed by CA Osasuna and Lorca Deportivo CF club.

Fig : 11
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The above figure 11 shows the top 12 clubs which contains maximum share of
players from Spain.

Fig : 12
The above figure 12 is a Tree Map which shows the clubs in which most shares
of the players are from Germany.
The club Holstein Kiel contains maximum share of players from Germany.
These are followed by Karlsruhe SC and SSV Jahn Regensburg club.

Fig : 13
The above figure 13 shows the top 12 clubs which contains maximum share of
players from Germany.
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6. Are the wages of a player influenced by the potential of a player?

Check it out for players with age Between 16 to 28?

Fig : 14

Fig: 15
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The wages of a player is influenced by the potential of a player, the above

figures 14 and 15 shows the potential vs wages of the player between the age
groups of 16 to 24 the wages of the player increased with potential of the
player.

7. Do Strikers score higher on "Aggression" than defenders do? Group both

the set of players (from an overall score of 80 to 85) and compare their
average aggression levels. Which particular position has the highest
aggression as a given (players with an overall score of 80 to 90)?

Fig :16

From the above figure 16 we can see that the strikers score higher that
defenders (LB, RB, CB, RWB, LWB) do up to an overall of 83.2 but later on the
defenders scored higher on aggression after overall crossed 83.2.
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Fig :17

From the above figure 17, position CB- cornerback has the highest aggression
as a given (players with an overall score of 80 to 90).

8. How based on the positional data, players are profiled for different
roles/classes. Plot Aggression, Acceleration, Agility, Balance and Ball
Control for strikers and Goal Keepers in a single line/Bar plot to
understand the positional difference

Fig : 18
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Based on the positional data, the players are profiled for different
roles/classes.
The Aggression, Acceleration, Agility, Balance and Ball Control are plotted for
strikers and Goal Keepers in a single Bar plot to understand the positional
difference (fig :18).
From the figure, the average of balance is equal for both the preferred
positions, and average of Aggression, Acceleration, Agility and Ball Control are
little greater for strikers than goal keepers.

9. Which clubs consists of the best future players? Consider only the
players with Overall <86 and Potential >= 86, plot a graph to show
which are the top 10 clubs with most number of best future players

Fig : 19
By considering only the players with Overall <86 and Potential >= 86, the figure 19
shows the top 10 clubs with the greatest number of best future players.