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David Wood

Ambitious professional pursuing a career in the football industry

Stuttgart, Germany

Work Experience

  • Senior Analytics SpecialistFull Time

    Die Ligen GmbH

    Jul 2019 - Present -6 yrs

    Germany , Stuttgart

    • Job Details:Responsible for consulting football clubs both in Germany and across Europe in the fields of analysis and scouting Key duties: - Advising clubs on their analysis and scouting processes - Visiting clubs to demonstrate the company's analysis portfolio and offer instruction - Controlling the quality of tactical match recordings and analyses - Organising and conducting seminars/webinars explaining LIGEN.analytics' concept of contextual analysis - Filming games and enabling live analysis for the German FA and other partners at national team level - Leading in-house projects and delivering training to colleagues - Translating articles, presentations, handbooks and other content from German to English
  • Video ScoutFreelance / Project

    Brentford Football Club

    Jul 2018 - Jun 2020 -1 yr, 11 months

    United Kingdom , London

    • Job Details:Key duties: - Compiling reports on potential new signings for the Brentford 1st and B team through video and live scouting - Monitoring the Austrian and German markets in order to identify targets both for Brentford and for partner club FC Midtjylland
  • Consultant AnalystFull Time

    Smartodds

    Jul 2015 - Jun 2019 -3 yrs, 11 months

    United Kingdom , London

    • Job Details:Responsible for Austrian analysis from March 2016, providing clients with qualitative data for professional gambling purposes. The role covered the Austrian Bundesliga and 2. Liga in addition to the senior and U21 national teams. Key duties: - Providing detailed previews and reviews of all matches - Monitoring media, writing updates and confirming team news pre-match - Watching games, recording live data and communicating important information to clients - Compiling pre-season and mid-season reports on all teams Previously analyst for the German Regional League North and Swiss Challenge League, as well as the Burkina Faso, Gabon and Mali national teams.
  • TranslatorFreelance / Project

    Linguee GmbH

    Jun 2014 - Oct 2016 -2 yrs, 4 months

    Germany , Frankfurt am Main

    • Job Details:Translating between English and German for the online dictionary
  • Education

    • Bachelor's Degree in French and German

      King's College London

      Jan 2015 

    Activities

    • Venue Scout at Sportradar AG

      Student Activity

      Nov 2012 - Oct 2014 -1 yr, 11 months

    Skills

    • Football analysis
    • Football Scouting
    • Data Scouting
    • Projekt Management
    • Performance Analysis Software
    • Scouting Software

    Languages

    • English

      Fluent
    • German

      Fluent
    • French

      Advanced

    Training & Certifications

    • Introduction to Football Analytics

      StatsBomb·2023
    • Professional Match Analysis

      International Football Institute·2022
    • Football Business Fundamentals

      Johan Cruyff Institute·2021
    • FA Level 2 in Talent Identification

      The Football Association·2018
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