| Abstract: |
The mass media, the football supporters and other experts in many countries
are often engaged in the ranking of football players. Given the heterogeneity
of various leagues or series in which players play, such a comparison is
almost impossible. On the other hand, the performance of players in
international tournaments, like the FIFA world cup at the national team level,
or the UEFA Champions League at the European Club level, can be measured, if
we rely on “objective” measures and statistics. Obviously, since various
positions of players are evaluated by different criteria, the heterogeneity is
still apparent. In this paper we attempt to evaluate a small subset of a
team’s players, namely its scorers, using UEFA:s official match-play
statistics from the Champions League tournament 2006/07. |