The PFSA - Football Scouting Experts

Wrexham are recruiting a UK Scout to identify, assess and recommend emerging and first-team-ready players, reporting from live and video scouting within the club's recruitment framework.

✅ Permanent, full-time, based in Wrexham with travel to matches across the UK and other markets
✅ Strong talent identification experience in elite football, as a scout, analyst or coach
✅ A degree in a relevant field, or significant equivalent experience in an elite recruitment department
✅ Able to combine data, live and video scouting into clear reports
✅ Knowledge of recruitment markets, playing styles and player profiling
✅ A driving licence

Closing date: Saturday 21 November.

Full details and how to apply are on the PFSA job board.

thepfsa.co.uk/job-postings/u…

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Manchester United are recruiting a performance analyst for their U15 and U16 academy groups at Carrington, supporting player development with pre-match and post-match work built around the Academy game model.

✅ Permanent, full-time, based at the Carrington Training Complex
✅ A 2:1 degree in sports science or equivalent, with a master's in performance analysis desirable
✅ Experience providing performance analysis support at a professional club
✅ Strong knowledge of tools such as Fulcrum/Angles, RT Software, Amplify, Final Cut Pro and Keynote
✅ Willing to work flexible hours and travel to domestic and international fixtures
✅ A full driving licence, with DBS and reference checks for all candidates

Closing date: Thursday 19 November.

Full details and how to apply are on the PFSA job board.

thepfsa.co.uk/job-postings/u…

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Today is the final session for our current PFSA Level 3 Advanced Reporting cohort.

Over the course, scouts have worked on detailed match, team and individual reports, set-play reviews and the software used to record them. Watching a player is the easy part. The real job is turning ninety minutes into something a recruitment department can act on.

Congratulations to everyone in the group, and thank you to our industry-expert tutors who led the sessions.

thepfsa.co.uk/level-3-course…

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Six roles on the PFSA job board, in order of closing date.

✅ Bradford City, Head of First Team Performance Analyst. Closes 9 Nov (midday)
✅ Blackburn Rovers, Lead Academy Analyst (Youth Development Phase). Closes 10 Nov
✅ New York City FC, First Team Performance Analyst. Closes 10 Nov
✅ Chelsea, Junior Recruitment Analyst. Closes 13 Nov
✅ Manchester City, 1st Team Data Scientist. Closes 16 Nov
✅ Grasshopper Club Zürich, Video Analysis Intern (First Team and Academy). No closing date shown

Full details and how to apply are on the PFSA job board.

thepfsa.co.uk/job-postings/

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A study at one German academy (Jäger, Rumpf, Lloyd, Uthoff and Lochmann, German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research) followed 176 players from U12 to U15 over five seasons.

More mature players were more likely to be kept on at the U14 to U15 and U15 to U16 transitions. Relative age did not predict progression at any transition.

Worth recording a player's physical stage in your reports.

Study: doi.org/10.1007/s12662…

PFSA Level 2 Talent Identification In Football, live with industry-expert tutors or self-paced, CPD certified: thepfsa.co.uk/level-2-online/

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