Hall Of Fame - The Best Football Players of All Time
So far, only 65 players in history managed to have a Goalimpact of more than 160. Here is the full list in order of entry.NumberDate of EntryNameTeam104/1976Gerd MüllerBayern München204/1976Franz...
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How to replace Mario Götze
At the end of this season Mario Götze, Germany's super talent, will move from Borussia Dortmund to its arch rival Bayern München. A player if this talent is impossible to substitute. Or is it? Various...
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Christoph Metzelder - Career in one Chart
With Christoph Metzelder another veteran football player announced his career end today. Metzelder won the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund and the Premiera Division with Real Madrid. During his...
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David Beckham - Career in one Chart
There is not much to write about David Beckham that others didn't write already and better than I could do. So let's just let the chart speak.
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Bundesliga Season Review 2012/2013
Today the Bundesliga season 2012/2013 ended. It was a record breaking season of Bayern Munich, but besides this it also featured many other surprises. Especially the qualification to the Europa League...
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Backtesting the Premier League Season 2012/2013
The Premier League ended and Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, while the Spurs again lost their hope to play in the top competition on the last few match days. Were they unlucky? On the...
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In-depth Analysis: Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich CL Final
Here comes the latest update on this years Champions League finalists' Goalimpacts. Borussia Dortmund is currently ranked 8th in the list of the best football teams. They already overachieved by...
View ArticleUSA Journey of the German National Team
The German national football team will travel to America end of this month to play against Ecuador (29th of May) and USA (2nd of June). As Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich will play the Champions...
View ArticleOdds for Today's Bundesliga Relegation Match
Just a quick one on today's Bundesliga relegation match. Here are the starting XIs according to kicker.de. Number in the brackets are the career average Goalimpacts.HoffenheimKoen Casteels (103.4) -...
View ArticleOdds for Twente vs. Utrecht - Eredivisie Play-Offs
Another quick one:FC TwenteSander Boschker (122.2), Roberto Rosales (122.6), Douglas (130.1), Rasmus Bengtsson (101.2), Edson Braafheid (107.3), Leroy Fer (109.2), Willem Janssen (109.2), Felipe...
View ArticleTop-50 Football Players June 2013
I did my monthly update of the database and subsequently of all players' Goalimpacts. This time I did not only add the new games in May, but also added some more competitions. Now I have a total of 163...
View ArticleBenzema enters Hall Of Fame
With the latest update of the database, came also two new entries into the Hall of Fame. The list of all players ever to have a Goalimpact above 160. Karim Benzema and Javier Mascherano reached that...
View ArticleFootball National Team Ranking
A quick post on the Goalimpacts of the world's national teams. As I unfortunately don't have team roosters of the teams, I just ranked the starting XI of their last official home game as a proxy. Here...
View ArticleHow well was the WC2010 predicted?
My recent article on the ranking of national teams raised some discussions on how good this is given that the best eleven players don't make necessarily the best XI on the field. The team's tactics...
View ArticleGermany vs. Netherlands U21 EC Match Preview
No time. Just a quick post.GermanyGoalkeeperBernd Leno (107.6), Oliver Baumann (100.2), Timo Horn (105.7)Central and wing backsStefan Thesker (104.8), Lasse Sobiech (94.7), Shkodran Mustafi (94.3),...
View ArticleJapan's team at the Confed Cup
I plan to post all teams of the Confederations Cup. The start is Japan. The numbers in the brackets are career-average Goalimpacts. The higher, the better the goal difference of the players team has...
View ArticleBrazil's National Team at the Confed Cup
Next on the list of Confederations Cup teams is the host Brazil. It not only profits from the home advantage. It also has team comprising players with excellent...
View ArticleTahiti's team at the Confed Cup
One the highlights of this year's Confederation Cup is certainly the qualification of Tahiti. By all measures this team is not among the best 100 teams of the world. According to Goalimpact, it is on...
View ArticleItaly's National Team at the Confed Cup
Italy has a strong first eleven at the Confederations Cup that consists of more than just Andrea Pirlo and Buffon. Players from the second row are not world-class, but certainly also good...
View ArticleMexico's National Team at the Confed Cup
Despite of many players playing in Mexico's domestic league, Primera Division, this team has no weak spots. Whilst few players stand out, all have a sound Goalimpact at least. A fact that indicates the...
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