Tom Worville - Analytics Writer, The Athletic

Tom Worville is a newly-minted football (soccer) analytics writer for The Athletic, and he was previously a senior data analyst for the data and analytics company Opta. In this episode, he talks about…

- His Opta Pro Forum presentation on long and short goal kicks
- His career path from Analytics FC to Opta to The Athletic
- Why he’s joining The Athletic and what he’ll do there
- State of analytics in the U.K.
- Communicating through data and visualization
- Being called a geek by Sam Allardyce

Show links
- Follow Tom on Twitter: @Worville
- Tom’s writing on The Athletic
- His Opta Pro Forum presentation in four visuals

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