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Joris Bekkers

@unravelsports.com

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Football Analytics Consultant from the Netherlands PySport since 2023 U.S. Soccer Federation since 2018 AFC Bournemouth 2017 🌀 𝐩𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 🔗 unravelsports.github.io 💬 All views are my own

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Joris Bekkers @unravelsports.com · Jun 10

🌀 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧-𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 @ 𝐏𝐲𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

On Saturday I presented a Graph Neural Network Expected Possession Value model at @pydatalondon.bsky.social 2025.

This 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐄𝐏𝐕 model is an ML approach that predicts scoring probability for any moment in the game

🔗 tinyurl.com/pydata-ldn25

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Joris Bekkers @unravelsports.com · 1d

Once you put Lao Gan Ma on one dish it becomes an addiction you can't get rid of 🙃

Joris Bekkers @unravelsports.com · 1d

About the Dutch syrup, people only put this on pancakes, but it works really really well if your marinade needs some sugar but don't want it to be sweet.

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Joris Bekkers @unravelsports.com · 1d

Spring onion, Lao Gan Ma crispy chili oil, peanut butter (although we use home made "sunflowerseed butter"), Dutch syrup called "schenkstroop" (small drop will have a big effect on marinades), miso paste, sambal, sesame paste. To a lesser extend Chinkiang black vinegar, gochujang and anchovis.

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Karun Singh @karun1710.bsky.social · 2d

We're hiring a Data Scientist at @arsenalfc.bsky.social to push the state-of-the-art in applied women's football research! careers.arsenal.com/jobs/6550595...

Feel free to reach out with any questions 🙂

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chrisdove.bsky.social @chrisdove.bsky.social · 3d

We're hiring 🎉

Do you want to work at the cutting edge of football analytics, elevating the Women's game, or do you know someone who might?

More information / application details here:
careers.arsenal.com/jobs/6550595...

Data Scientist (Consultant) - Arsenal Football Club

Exciting opportunity to play a key role in elevating the Women’s game through cutting-edge analytics.

careers.arsenal.com

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Pawel Kapuscinski @alienpawi.bsky.social · 3d

Last few days to submit your talk!

PySport @pysport.org · Aug 15

🔷 𝐏𝐲𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐗 𝐏𝐲𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐄𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐬! 🔶

On December 9th @PyData Eindhoven and @pysport.org will organize 𝐏𝐲𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐄𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓!

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨: lnkd.in/eBGWKs3V

PyData Eindhoven 2025 collaboration with PySport. December 9th 2025.

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Joris Bekkers @unravelsports.com · 5d

What an incredibly cool viz!

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PySport @pysport.org · 24d

🚨 Call for Speakers!
PySport × PyData Eindhoven is back on Dec 9, 2025 🏟️
We’re looking for 7 Sports Analytics talks – share your project with the community!

💡 Submit now: cfp.pydata.org/pydata-eindh...

PyData Eindhoven 2025

Schedule, talks and talk submissions for PyData Eindhoven 2025

cfp.pydata.org

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Joris Bekkers @unravelsports.com · 25d

Because everybody deserves baby pandas in their feed 😌

Joris Bekkers @unravelsports.com · Sep 4

Words are hard, you know what I mean

Joris Bekkers @unravelsports.com · Sep 4

Salary paid in stable coins? I don't think the fraud engineer is not doing it's job...

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Joris Bekkers @unravelsports.com · Sep 3

If you have iPhone, add the Suica card to your wallet and top it up before you go. It works in the Tokyo subway, and some other places too.

Joris Bekkers @unravelsports.com · Sep 3

I don't think the JPass is cost efficient anymore after a 40% price increase, unless you travel insane amounts.

You have all my tips already, but the one tip I forgot, 7Eleven is a magical place for a quick snack 😍

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Pawel Kapuscinski @alienpawi.bsky.social · Aug 29

I'm looking for Junior Data Engineer to join Football Insights team to work directly with me on a very exciting roadmap.
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club hiring Junior Data Engineer in Enfield, England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn

Posted 8:57:10 AM. Who We AreFounded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur is an iconic English football club, playing in the…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

www.linkedin.com

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PySport @pysport.org · Aug 20

🔷 𝗸𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝘃𝟯.𝟭𝟳.𝟭

Yesterday, we pushed a new minor release (3.17.1) to fix some minor (yet annoying) bugs.

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: github.com/PySport/klop...

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PySport @pysport.org · Aug 15

If you want to know more about the types of Sports analytics talks you might see, the PySport YouTube channel currently has 12 previously held talks available online to draw inspiration from!

www.youtube.com/@PySport-fg2mu

PySport

www.youtube.com

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PySport @pysport.org · Aug 15

The 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐬 has been opened, so if you're interested in sharing 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 passion project, don't hesitate to submit it! All talks will be in English. The deadline of submission is October 12th.

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PySport @pysport.org · Aug 15

🎟️ 𝑇𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑒!

The event will comprise of 7 Sports Analytics talks and 14 talks on general Machine Learning and Data Engineering applications.

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PySport @pysport.org · Aug 15

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American Soccer Insights Summit @americansoccerinsights.com · Aug 1

Interested in presenting?

There are two ways to showcase your work at the 2026 ASI Summit. For more information on submitting proposals and abstracts, visit:

americansoccerinsights.com

Want to present at ASI? There are two ways to participate: {arrow pointing right to scroll}

Call for Proposals. Deadline: September 1, 2025. Brought to you by SkillCorner.

Call for abstracts. Apply to present a contributed talk. Deadline: October 1 2025.

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Joris Bekkers @unravelsports.com · Jul 18

And then, two days later you'll find 10 video clips of things you didn't think to include. We've all been there 😂

Rules based systems are too hard!

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Joris Bekkers @unravelsports.com · Jul 18

Really cool video, thanks for sharing!

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mark thompson @markposts.bsky.social · Jul 17

Recently called time on a hobby project that didn't go to plan, not even particularly close to plan, but was a good learning experience anyway.

youtu.be/zGLdnQ1duqU

A project gone wrong: Football tracking data and anti-definitions

YouTube video by Mark Thompson - Football analysis

youtu.be

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Sam Gregory @gregorydsam.bsky.social · Jul 11

Another exciting job on our Data Analytics team at US Soccer!

This data scientist role will be working mostly with player tracking data and previous experience using tracking data (any sport) is a must-have for this job.

recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/j...

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Joris Bekkers @unravelsports.com · Jul 14

Interesting!