Assessing the market values of soccer players – a robust analysis of data from German 1. and 2. Bundesliga

DOI10.1080/02664763.2018.1540689MaRDI QIDQ5036587zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Thomas Kirschstein, Steffen Liebscher

Publication date 23 February 2022

Published in Journal of Applied Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/02664763.2018.1540689

zbMATH Keywords

robust regressionmultivariate analysismarket valuesoccer datasoccer player performance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics (62Pxx)

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(10)

• Estimating transfer fees of professional footballers using advanced performance metrics and machine learning
• The wisdom of crowds and transfer market values
• Plus-minus player ratings for soccer
• Measuring the values of cricket players
• Observed heterogeneity in players' football performance analysis using PLS-PM
• Clustering of variables methods and measurement models for soccer players' performances
• Elite players' perceptions of football playing surfaces: a mixed effects ordinal logistic regression model of players' perceptions
• Beyond crowd judgments: data-driven estimation of market value in association football
• The higher-order PLS-SEM confirmatory approach for composite indicators of football performance quality
• Maximizing performance with an eye on the finances: a chance-constrained model for football transfer market decisions

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Uses Software

• ROBPCA
• rrcov
• robustbase

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