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"Changing World of Transfers-AI & Data Perspective" round table was hosted by Comparisonator CEO K. Tarkan Batgun with fantastic "Keynote" speakers during the final hours of Social Football Summit in Stadio Olimpico-Roma : Nicola Innocentin - GLOBAL FOOTBALL SERVICE (CY) LTD. "Convincing board members and head coaches for a particular player transfer can be challenging. Interpretation of AI data through tools like Comparisonator helped me to explain players objectively and made the decision making process more concrete when I was in AL FATEH SC- نادي الفتح" Steven Vanharen - Technical & Sports Director - ETO FC Győr "Once the style of play any team wants to implement, AI and Data combination becomes critical within the player recruitment process. You need certain style of players to adapt to your team. Especially multiple club ownerships require properly set-out player portfolio management where we utilize platforms like Comparisonator" Cenk Ergün - Former Football Director - Galatasaray SK "We used to receive VHS video cassettes, dvd's with fast motion footage to show players faster. From those days, the industry moved a lot. Now we have the ability to find the suitable players start from data, enabling our scouts to follow players who deserves our times and attention. So AI and Data mix in the transfer process makes everything faster and more accurate" K. Tarkan Batgun - CEO Comparisonator "Ahead of Italy & Turkiye hosting the European National Championship, Both Italia & Türkiye need to cooperate more, play youth tournaments, camp together, and make more symposiums like #sfs24. Beside this, I am very happy that our mobile app is now writing & reading and speaking through AI technology. The hospitality that we have received from Massimo Tucci & Gianfilippo Valentini & Damiano Cori & Federica Perelli was amazing. Meeting with legend Gianluca Di Marzio; establishing fantastic friendships with Luigi Filippo Ecuba, Elena Mannucci, Carolina Tha, Francesco Vallone, Ricardo Bettocchi, Gabor Horvath, Lucas Bugter, Nicole Pike was absolutely amazing. It was a great effort by Didem Dilmen-Our PR Director and Alessandro Fabrizi who represents us in Italia" #comparisonator #tarkanbatgun #nicolainnocentin #stevenvanharen #cenkergun

Welcoming Orlando Pride, “The Champions of NWSL 2024,” to Comparisonator Family, our first women's team from the USA. It’s an honor to have the champions of the NWSL 2024 season join us. Many thanks to the club for the wonderful gift of their jersey—we’ll proudly display it on our office walls! We celebrated their championship together as a team and popped champagne to mark the occasion. We also want to express our gratitude to Kat Conner, MSL, Director of Scouting & Analysis, and Haley Carter, JD/MBA, Vice President of Soccer Operations & Sporting Director, for joining us as our users. Here’s what Kat Conner had to say about our platform: "Comparisonator strengthens our scouting and player development through comprehensive data analysis. The platform allows us to benchmark players against league competition while providing actionable performance metrics to our technical staff and players. This dual capability enhances our talent evaluation process and supports individual player improvement.” A special thanks to Fortuna Sittard President Isitan Gun for gifting the champagne. #comparisonator #orlandopride #newcustomer

Comparisonator Football Data Journal spotlighted the "3 Best U23 Players & Best U23 XI of Spain's LaLiga" with esteemed guest Didem Dilmen, joined by big data journalist Miguel Angel Durán García from Marca. Spain's LaLiga U23 talents were thoroughly analyzed using #Comparisonator ’s cutting-edge artificial intelligence. Together with #MiguelAngelGarcia, the Best U23 XI of the 2024/25 season was unveiled: Kike Salas (CB – ’02) – Sevilla Pedri (DMF – ’02) – Barcelona Lamine Yamal (RW – ’07) – Barcelona Who is Miguel Angel Garcia: Miguel Ángel García Rodríguez (Spain 1982) has been a sports journalist for the Spanish daily #MARCA since 2004, where he has become a multi-sports journalist. His work covers football, although he has previously covered golf, handball and motor sports. He has covered various Formula 1 and MotoGP Grand Prix and the 2013 Spanish Handball World Cup in Spain as a special correspondent. Since 2018, he has specialised in data analysis in football, where he writes articles and football reports based on tactics and data, both performance and scouting. Miguel has become a reference in the Spanish sports press in the field of the use of Big Data in football. Who is #didemdilmen : Currently working as the communication and marketing director at Comparisonator Football Data Comparison Platform for the last 2,5 years, appearing as keynote speakers in international events in football data, as well as managing panels as moderator. She took part in many areas of sports media, especially as a football commentator at ASpor, radio programmes at Lig Radyo and Radyo Gol over the last 10 years. She also provides seminars and training on content management, copywriting techniques, research methods and writing. Between 2016-19, she worked as the deputy editor-in-chief of Fitbol Magazine. Since 2009, she worked as a content editor, copywriter and producer at TRT and LigTV television channels. In 2015, she published her first book titled "90 Plus" and in 2021 she published her second book titled "Hollyfoot". Her story book "Hairpin" was published in November 2021. Between 2001-2008, she worked as an account director in various advertising agencies, managing national and international advertising campaigns.

Transfer Story of Mbakke to Barcelona-Comparisonator Testimony by Eric Arbuzow - Director of Wöchmaker Agency (USA) Comparisonator CEO, K. Tarkan Batgun, interviewed Eric Arbuzow, Director of Wockmaker Agency (USA), to discuss this remarkable transfer. Eric shared insights into how he utilized the AI mechanism within #Comparisonator to identify suitable teams for his players, convince decision-makers, and successfully secure the transfer of his player, Mbakke, to Barcelona B for 4 million Euros. #ericarbuzow “Mbakke signed for LAFC when he was 18 years old, signed 3 year contract and did well during his time there. He was presented with an opportunity to go on loan to VillaReal. He played one season there and performed very well. Upon the end of the loan, VillaReal and LAFC could not come to the correct agreement, which led to us extending his agreement with LAFC for another year to protect the club while finding another loan. While we were working this through, I met with Comparisonator and started working with the platform. When I saw Mbacke's AI Points in virtual transfer, I knew the best place for him to move was into Spain. Being able to generate the Comparisonator virtual transfer simulation reports instantly and to understand reports which were aligned with Barca B' view of the player was really telling for me. They agreed with Comparisonators results as their scouting eyes saw exactly the same thing I saw in Comparisonators’ AI rankings. We are dealing with Barca B, where players able to show themselves in Primera RFEF but rise up to top level if they continue performing well. I use Comparisonator to identify best suitable teams for my existing players. I can’t say enough good things about this tool”. #tarkanbatgun “It was fantastic to interview Eric and I was amazed by the way he works, protecting his players’ clubs in a very ethical and efficient way” Other subjects you will find interesting in this interview  - Womens Football Transfers and Market Valuation  - Educational activities to make the players better  - How to find best players, then move them to teams where they can play and excel in their performance

In this edition of the Comparisonator Football Data Journal, our CEO, K. Tarkan Batgun, worked alongside industry experts to spotlight the brightest young talents from across different regions. 🎯 The Netherlands Eredivisie Analysis with Mark C. 🎯 Romanian Super Liga Analysis with Emanuel Roşu 🎯 Best of Finland Veikkausliiga  🎯 Best of Peru Premiera Division Also many thanks for our great contributors to Football Data Journal throughout 2024:  - Isitan Gun - Chairman at Fortuna Sittard  - Nicola Innocentin - Sports Director   - Jeferson Ramos - Chief Scouts of Barra Futebol Clube  - Zac Anderson - Chief Operations Officer - Brisbane Roar FC  - Abdulhakeem Al-Tuwaijri - Head Coach  - Daniel Carbone - Head of Scouting - Sarmiento Argentina  - Decaux Laurent - Head of Scouting - OMONOIA FC  - Marcelo Salazar - First Team Football Scout - شركة نادي النصر - ALNASSR Club Company Our "Comparisonator Football Data Journal" is published every two weeks, covering global leagues and focusing on promising under-23 players from around the world, powered by artificial intelligence. This valuable information is sent to over 14,000 football professionals globally via email. Make sure to log on to our website and register for the Football Data Journal to receive ongoing analysis and enhance your recruitment knowledge. By subscribing to #Comparisonator YouTube channel, you’ll gain additional insights and expertise from some of the best scouting professionals in the industry. On behalf of our entire team, we wish you once again a Happy New Year! #footballdatajournal #tarkanbatgun

Comparisonator welcomes FC Eindhoven from The Netherlands Eerste Divisie to our family. Many thanks to Harjan de Wit for his nice words about #comparisonator platform. Thanks to our CEO K. Tarkan Batgun batgun to present our new client. #fceindhoven #tarkanbatgun

Comparisonator Football Data Journal highlighted the "Top 3 Romanian Super League Under-23 Stars" with K. Tarkan Batgun's esteemed guest, football professional Emanuel Roşu. The following Romanian talents were analyzed using #Comparisonator’s artificial intelligence, complemented by expert field insights from our valued media specialist #EmanuelRoşu: Robert Popa (GK – ’03) – AFC UTA Arad Louis Munteanu (CF – ’02) – FC CFR 1907 Cluj Mihnea Rădulescu (RW – ’05) – FC Petrolul Ploiești Who is Emanuel Roşu: Emanuel is a grand reporter for the biggest sports website in Romania, digisport. He is a regular contributor for the BBC, The Guardian, FourFourTwo or World Soccer. He is the only representative of Romania in the prestigious Ballon d'Or award, organized yearly by France Football. Who is #tarkanbatgun : As the CEO of Comparisonator, Mr. Batgun brings over 20 years of analytical expertise and experience from both club and agency perspectives in the global football business. He served as a Board Member at Altinordu FK during the 2020-21 season and worked as a lecturer at Istanbul's prominent Halic University's Physical Education and Sports Faculty from 2010 to 2021. Mr. Batgun's career includes roles as the Director of Scouting at Bursaspor, where he pioneered the concept of the 'Scouting Laboratory,' and as a management consultant at leading companies such as SoccerLab, Wyscout, and Sportstech throughout the last 15 years. He has been actively involved in football education, often providing lectures in AI football data in CBF & UEFA & TFF. Mr. Batgun also managed the NIKE Türkiye scouting team from 2014 to 2021. His contributions to the field have earned him recognition, including the 'Sportsman of the Year in Technology' award by 'Sports Turkey Media' in 2012, the 'Scouting Specialist of the Year Award' from 'Marka Football' in 2013, and the 'Sample Scouting Department' award at the Sportstec Innovation Conference in London in 2014. #bestofromaniau23

FC TOKYO-Head of International Relations & Sporting Strategy Jiro Kitahara was hosted by our CEO K. Tarkan Batgun to cover #comparisonator Football Data Journal to analyse “Best U23 Talents in Japanese J1 League” #jirokitahara “Comparisonator helps us a lot in our player recruitment. When we evaluate players, we analyse both subjective and objective sides, Comparisonator always playes a role in this process especially by providing correct player valuations through their artificial intelligence mechanism” Best u23 players in #JapaneseJ1 League on the recruitment analysis table: - Seiya Baba (CB-01)-Consadole Sapporo - Satoshi Tanaka (DMF-02)-Shonan Bellmare - Marcelo Ryan (CF-02)-Sagan Tosu Also best FC Tokyo players who were selected on the best XI: - Taishi Brandon Nozawa (GK-02) - Kota Tawaratsumida (LW-04) - Ryotaro Araki (AMF-02) #tarkanbatgun “Surely Head Coach Peter Cklamovski played a huge role by playing possibly the youngest players in J1 league in such cohesion to bring harmony and success” 

Our CEO K. Tarkan Batgun analyzed “Best Turkish Players” in the Turkish Super League for the 24/25 season and selected the Best XI using Comparisonator AI. As the artificial intelligence scores were quite similar, instead of 11 players, 22 players were selected. Tarkan also explained the process behind the AI selection criteria, illustrating how various parameters influenced the identification of the best talents. Tarkan wore former Bursaspor player Ozan Tufan's jersey which was worn on the very first day of stepping to professional football by him while Tarkan was the Director of Scouting in Bursaspor. On behalf of #Comparisonator Team, we wish you a Happy New Year

Our CEO K. Tarkan Batgun analyzed “Best Turkish Players” in the Turkish Super League for the 24/25 season and selected the Best XI using Comparisonator AI. As the artificial intelligence scores were quite similar, instead of 11 players, 22 players were selected. Tarkan also explained the process behind the AI selection criteria, illustrating how various parameters influenced the identification of the best talents. Tarkan wore former Bursaspor player Ozan Tufan's jersey which was worn on the very first day of stepping to professional football by him while Tarkan was the Director of Scouting in Bursaspor. On behalf of #Comparisonator Team, we wish you a Happy New Year