The Anatomy of the Global Football Player Transfer Network: Club Functionalities versus Network Properties

Professional association football is a game of talent. The success of a professional club hinges largely on its ability of assembling the best team. Building on a dataset of player transfer records among more than 400 clubs in 24 world-wide top class leagues from 2011 to 2015, this study aims to rel...

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Main Authors: Liu, Xiao Fan, Liu, Yu-Liang, Lu, Xin-Hang, Wang, Qi-Xuan, Wang, Tong-Xing
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4890771/