FIFA – 2018 PLAYER DATA

❖ POWER BI

JANUARY 19, 2024

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Contents

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

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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 skill, 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 kind of information and decisions a football
manager goes through. Explore the data and attempt all the below asked 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 number of footballers that plays at this level?

Fig 1 : Count of name by Nationality. Fig 2: List of Nationality

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

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

Fig 3: Average of Overall by Age.

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: Average of wages by Preferred Positions 1

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Fig 4.1 Max of Wage by preferred Positions 1

Fig 5: Average of Wage by preferred Positions / Max of Wage by preferred Positions

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

Fig 6 Top 5 players for every preferred position in terms of Average and Overall.

The above fig 6 shows the top 5 players for every preferred position in terms of Average and
Overall, the player like Yu Jun Soo have top best. Overall in multiple preferred positions like LW,

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RM and RW. These kinds of players were the best in 2018 and were destined to be the future
superstars in that year.5 players for every preferred position in terms of potential points.

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Fig 7: Top 5 players for every preferred position in terms of potential points.

The above figure 7 shows Top 5 players for each preferred position in terms of potential points.
The players like Yeray, Yu Jun Soo, Zaho Xuri, Zhen Zhi etc have top points in overall as well as
potential points, so. These kind 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: Count of Name and first Nationality by club.

The above figure 8 is a tree map which shows the club 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: list for Club with Nationality

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

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Fig 10: Count of Name and first Nationality by Club.

The above figure 10 is a tree map which shows the club in Which most shares of the players and
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: List for Count of name and First Nationality by club.

The above figure 11 shows the top 12 club which contains maximum share of player from Spain.

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Fig 11: Count of Name and First Nationality by Club.

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: List for Count of Name and First Nationality by Club.

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 player? Check it out for players
with age between 16 to 28?

Fig:14 Average of wage by Potential

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Fig. 15 Potential and Wage

The wages of a player is influenced by the potential of a player, the above figure 14 & 15 shows
the potential vs Wages of the player between the age group of 16 to 24 the wages of the player
increased with potential of the player.

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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 (player with an overall
score of 80 to 90)?

Fig 16: Average Aggression.

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 cross defenders scored higher on aggression after overall crossed 83.2.

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).

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8. How based on the positional data, players are profiled for different role / 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.

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Fig. 18 Average of Aggression , Acceleration, Agility, Balance and Ball Control by preferred
position ST, GK

Base on the positional data the players are profiled for different role / Classes.

The Aggression, Acceleration, Agility, Balance and Ball control are plotted for Strikers and Goal
Keeper in 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, Agility and Ball control are little greater for Strikers than Goal Keepers.

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

Fig 19: Count of Name by Club

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

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