IN THIS ISSUE

Most expensive players: Vinícius Júnior at the top

AFC Women’s Asian Cup™ History Book unveiled

The end of 2021 and our first module in Leicester!

CIES Football Observatory’s big-5 leagues’ best XI

International Monthly Review #29 - December 2021

FIFA Master Alumni - Where are they now? - Marie Hyojung Shin

OTHER NEWS

CIES webinars: Let’s Connect and Think Together

Penalty stats across Europe: Manchester United stands out

Expected points: most over-and under-paid clubs

AND MORE

Interviews - Where are they now? Meet some of our alumni and discover their career path after graduation 

Videos - Learn more about CIES by subscribing to our YouTube channel

CIES Highlights No 104, December 2021

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Issue number 362 of the Weekly Post presents the traditional bi-annual list of the 100 big-5 league players with the top estimated transfer value according to the CIES Football Observatory algorithm. The Real Madrid’s Brazilian rising star Vinícius Júnior (€166 million) outranks Phil Foden and Erling Haaland. These figures are irrespective of eventual buy-out clauses in players’ contract.

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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) launched the first-ever AFC Women’s Asian Cup™ History Book, which details the evolution of the competition and its remarkable growth since the first edition in 1975. The book spans over 180 pages that chronicles every edition of the competition. The History book project was a collaborative effort with the AFC, CIES and the FIFA Museum all contributing to the successful publication.

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Three months has flown by in the blink of an eye. We have now successfully completed our opening FIFA Master Humanities of Sport module at De Montfort University in Leicester and are all set to move to SDA Bocconi in beautiful Italy for our next module in Sport Management.

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Issue number 361 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the best XI for each of the five major European leagues.

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Discover related articles, audio-videos and social media posts from various channels.

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Marie Hyojung Shin

Current Position: Team Leader, UN Migration (IOM)

Year of graduation: 2019 (19th edition)

Nationality: Korean

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