Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Scouting the Chilean Primera Division

Key Soccerlytics Insights:
  • Universidad de Chile has the highest Average Player Value (APV) in the Chilean Primera Division at €0.51M, which is 127% higher than the league's average of €0.23M
    • Colo Colo (€0.43M) has the second highest APV Index at 91.86% to La Primera's €0.23M average
    • 5 other clubs (Universidad Catolica, Union Espanola, Santiago Wanderers, Audax Italiano and Universidad Concepcion) make up the 7 clubs with a higher APV than the league average
    • AC Barnechea (€0.04M) has the lowest APV in the league, 82% below the Chilean Primera League's average
  • The APV of the of the top 25 players aged 23 years or younger in the Chilean league is €0.36M
    • Of the 25 players, 7 play for Universidad Catolica, the most of any one club in the country
    • Universidad Catolica's Stefano Magnasco and Universidad de Chile's Bryan Cortes have the 2 highest TMVs (transfer market values) at €0.9M and €0.7M respectively
    • 2 out of the top 25 players are non-Chilean: Universidad de Chile's Uruguayan midfielder (pictured above) valued at €0.55M and CD O'Higgins' Uruguayan striker Octavio Rivero valued at €0.33M (recently signed with Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer)
      • Catolica's Matias Jadue was born in Chile of Palestinian descent, and may represent the Palestinian National Team
Top 25 Chilean Primera League players aged 23 years old or younger

Chilean Primera Division Average Player Value (€0.23M) Index as of 1/14/2015 (Market Value data from Transfermarkt.com)

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