CIES
International Centre for
Sports Studies
Avenue DuPeyrou 1
2000 Neuchâtel
Switzerland
Phone +41 32 718 39 00 CIES website secretariat@cies.ch
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Monthly Report: foreign players in teams
The twelfth Monthly Report of the CIES Football Observatory analyses the presence of foreign players in 37 top division leagues worldwide: 12 European, 12 Asian, 12 from Latin America and the American MLS. Overall, foreign players represent 26.6% of squads, with a maximum of 66.5% in the English Premier League and a minimum of 6.1% in Brazil.
"FIFA Master" 16th edition - Chapter 2: The Journey continues
"FIFA Master" 16th Edition class pictured at SDA Bocconi
The referee indicates to us there is only stoppage time left of the first half - we have clearly enjoyed every second of it, but much more is still to be done. 5 months of the 16th Edition of the FIFA Master has already gone by, and while looking back and enjoying the experiences we have had and the knowledge we have acquired, we must now get ready for the next 6 months ahead.
Costa Rica: Diego Brenes appointed as director of national teams
Diego Brenes, Director of national teams by the Football Federation of Costa Rica
Diego Brenes, an alumnus from the "FIFA Master” and the FIFA/CIES Programme in sport management organised with Universidad de Costa Rica, has been appointed as director of national teams by the Football Federation of Costa Rica.
Transfer window analysis: over- and under-paid players
Issue number 136 of the Big-5 Weekly Post compares fees paid to sign big-5 league players during the January window with transfer values estimated on the basis of the algorithm exclusively developed by the CIES Football Observatory research team. The analysis also highlights that the inflation in transfer costs continues..
