Dear Subscriber, the CIES Football Observatory is pleased to inform you that the latest issue of the Big-5 Weekly Post is now available to download for free on our website. This issue presents the most productive players in the big-5 leagues during November.

Thanks to the data provided by Opta Pro, our analysis concerns five key areas of the game: shooting, chance creation, take on, distribution, and recovery. The general index is the weighted sum of all these specific indicators. In November, the most productive players overall were:

• Theo Walcott (Arsenal FC) in England
• Andrés Iniesta (FC Barcelona) in Spain
• Foued Kadir (Valenciennes FC) in France
• Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund) in Germany
• Stephan El Shaarawy (AC Milan) in Italy

Some players from middle or bottom ranked clubs also performed particularly well in specific areas of the game. For example, Adel Taarabt (Queens Park Rangers) was the most productive player in take on for England and Marco Estrada (Montpellier HSC) is at the top of the table in distribution in France.

The CIES Football Observatory academic team is at your disposal for more information.

Kind regards

Raffaele Poli, head of CIES Football Observatory

The CIES Football Observatory is pleased to inform you that a new edition of the Big-5 Weekly Post is available to download for free on our website. The latest issue considers the subject of expatriate players (footballers who play outside of the national association in which they grew up, from where they departed following recruitment by a foreign club).

Leagues with the most / least expatriates (percentage of minutes played by expatriates during last week-end)

English Premier League 61.4% / French Ligue 1 27.0%

Clubs with the most / least expatriates (last week-end)

Fulham FC 91.9% / Athletic Bilbao (ESP) 0.0%

We are also pleased to present you the most productive players for each of the big-5 European leagues in last week-end matches.

Most productive players, general index (last week-end)

ENG: J. Gómez (Wigan) / ESP: A. Iniesta (Barcelona) / FRA: W. Ben Yedder (Toulouse) / GER: J. Rosenthal (Freiburg) / ITA: F. Brienza (Palermo)

The most productive players per area of the game also available on our website. Enjoy the read!

The CIES Football Observatory is pleased to inform you that a new edition of the Big-5 Weekly Post is available to download for free on our website. The latest issue considers the subject of the players changed in the starting eleven (compared to the previous championship match).

Leagues with the most / least players changed (percentage of players changed in the starting eleven compared to the previous championship match)

Spanish Liga 30.0% / GermanBundesliga 19.7%

Club with the most changes (last week-end)

Bayern München (GER) 6 players

We are also pleased to present you the most productive players for each of the big-5 European leagues in last week-end matches.

Most productive players, general index (last week-end)

ENG: L. Suárez (Liverpool) / ESP: J. Reyes (Sevilla) / FRA: Y. Mollo (Nancy) / GER: M. Götze (Dortmund) / ITA: A. Cassano (Internazionale)

The most productive players per area of the game also available on our website. Enjoy the read!

The CIES Football Observatory is pleased to inform you that a new edition of the Big-5 Weekly Post is available to download for free on our website. The latest issue considers the subject of club-trained players (footballers having played during at least three seasons between the ages of 15 and 21 for their current club).

Leagues with the most / least club-trained players (percentage of minutes played by club-trained players during last week-end)

Spanish Liga 24.5% / Italian Serie A 6.4%

Clubs with the most club-trained players (last week-end)

Athletic Bilbao (ESP) 65.9%, Real Sociedad (ESP) 64.6%

We are also pleased to present you the most productive players for each of the big-5 European leagues in last week-end matches.

Most productive players, general index (last week-end)

ENG: M. Fellaini (Everton) / ESP: V. Rodríguez (Zaragoza) / FRA: S. Diarra (Ajaccio) / GER: H. Kiyotake (Nürnberg) / ITA: F. Quagliarella (Juventus)

The most productive players per area of the game also available on our website. Enjoy the read!

The CIES Football Observatory is pleased to inform you that a new edition of the Big-5 Weekly Post is available to download for free on our website. The latest issue considers the subject of full internationals (percentage of footballers who played at least one national A-team match during their career).

Leagues with the most / least full internationals (percentage of minutes played by full internationals during last week-end)

English Premier League 74.1% / French Ligue 1 42.2%

Clubs with the most / least full internationals (last week-end)

Internazionale FC & Juventus FC (ITA) 100% / CA Osasuna (ESP) 1.8%

We are also pleased to present you the most productive players for each of the big-5 European leagues in last week-end matches.

Most productive players, general index (last week-end)

ENG: L. Suárez (Liverpool) / ESP: D. Villa (Barcelona) / FRA: F. Kadir (Valenciennes) / GER: T. Kroos (Bayern) / ITA: A. Gómez (Catania)

The most productive players per area of the game also available on our website. Enjoy the read!

Dear Subscriber, the CIES Football Observatory is pleased to inform you that the latest issue of the Big-5 Weekly Post is now available to download for free on our website. This issue presents the most productive players in the big-5 leagues during October.

Thanks to the data provided by Opta Pro, our analysis concerns five key areas of the game: shooting, chance creation, take on, distribution, and recovery. The general index is the weighted sum of all these specific indicators. In October, the most productive players overall were:

• Juan Mata (Chelsea FC) in England
• Cesc Fàbregas (FC Barcelona) in Spain
• Alain Traoré (FC Lorient) in France
• Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich) in Germany
• Eric Lamela (AS Roma) in Italy

Some players from middle or bottom ranked clubs also performed particularly well in specific areas of the game. For example, Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City) was the most productive player in take on for England and Papakouli Diop (Levante) is at the top of the table in recovery in Spain.

The CIES Football Observatory academic team is at your disposal for more information.

Kind regards

Raffaele Poli, head of CIES Football Observatory