Chelsea Signs Up Scout Partner
Premier League football club Chelsea FC has announced a new partnership with talent analysis and development platform AiSCOUT.
The West London club has announced AiSCOUT as its new official academy research partner, with the platform set to become part of the club’s recruitment and scouting process for academy players over the next five years.
The fully automated platform has been developed by experts in data, talent ID and artificial intelligence, with the assistance of professional football clubs. It is currently the only digital scouting product invited into the FIFA Innovation Programme – football’s global governing body’s platform that showcases future technologies for the game.
The artificial intelligence platform AiSCOUT has already been working with the Chelsea FC Academy for the past two years during the platform’s research and development stage, with the technology working alongside the Blues’ traditional scouting and recruitment processes to gain insights.
“They have created a solution with the potential to revolutionise the scouting and development process across football“
JIM FRASER, CHELSEA FC
Darren Peries, Founder of AiSCOUT, said, “For a club with Chelsea’s success and history to select our technology to help them identify the next generation of player talent, shows that we must have developed something special.
“To be recognised as an official academy research partner and be talked about alongside the clubs’ other major partners, is a landmark moment for everyone involved with AiSCOUT and further strengthens our credibility as we launch our platform to the wider football world.”
“AiSCOUT is solving a significant unmet need, revolutionising the talent scouting and development eco-system in world football. For players anywhere in the world, of all ages, we are providing an opportunity to generate real data and trial for a professional football club with a mobile phone. For scouts and clubs, we are making it easier for them to reach, analyse, recruit and develop new players worldwide. It is a truly game-changing development.”
The Chelsea FC Academy has recently produced England international talent that includes the likes of Mason Mount, Reece James, and Conor Gallagher, with the latter scoring the late winner in Chelsea’s win over Crystal Palace on Saturday 1st October.
Jim Fraser, Head of Youth Recruitment and Assistant Head of Youth Development at Chelsea FC, commented, “Having worked with AiSCOUT for the last two years researching talent identification and recruitment, the way in which they are innovating the process through technological advances is truly game-changing.
“They have created a solution with the potential to revolutionise the scouting and development process across football, which will help us identify, recruit and develop the best talent more effectively and efficiently than ever before. We are delighted to be working with them for the next five years and are excited to unearth the next generation of talent.”
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