I am proud to be taking up a new role at Club Brugge as Director of Football Intelligence. 💙🖤 My focus will be on helping make the sporting side of the club even more evidence-based. Grateful for the continued trust and excited for the next chapter at the club!

Our Workshop on Machine Learning and Data Mining for Sports Analytics (MLSA) will happen again as part of @ecmlpkdd.org! 📅 7 or 11 Sept 2026 📍 Naples, Italy 📝 Submissions due 5 June 2026 \w @hugoriosneto.bsky.social @azimmermdm.bsky.social & Maaike Van Roy dtai.cs.kuleuven.be/events/MLSA26/

MLSA 2026

13th Workshop on Machine Learning and Data Mining for Sports Analytics at ECML/PKDD 2026

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🤝 I will be attending the Opta Forum 2026 in London tomorrow. If you are around, I would be happy to connect during the networking breaks.

The Leuven Institute of Sports Science (LISS) will host a Football Analytics Symposium on Thursday 23 April 2026. International speakers will share insights into the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence in football analytics. www.kuleuven.be/liss/events/...

Continuing the tradition, I have compiled an end-of-year overview of the soccer analytics content that I liked the most in 2025. This edition includes pointers to about 200 resources, including research papers, blog posts, news articles, podcasts, and webinars. janvanhaaren.be/posts/soccer...

My latest blog post "From Data to Wisdom: Playing Football’s Information Game at the Right Level" explores how football clubs can move from simply collecting data to making better, evidence-based decisions. janvanhaaren.be/posts/from-d...

From Data to Wisdom: Playing Football’s Information Game at the Right Level – Jan Van Haaren

From Data to Wisdom: Playing Football’s Information Game at the Right Level.

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We're expanding the Club Brugge Football Data Science team. As our Football Data Scientist, you'll work with one of the most advanced analytics infrastructures in football to help management, scouting, and analysis staff turn data into better decisions. jobs.clubbrugge.be/en/football-data-scientist

Football Data Scientist at Club Brugge

As a Football Data Scientist, you will be responsible for researching and developing advanced models and metrics for analyzing player and team performances and evaluating potential acquisitions for Cl...

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Continuing the tradition, I have compiled an end-of-year overview of the soccer analytics content that I liked the most in the past year. The 2024 edition includes pointers to over 160 resources, including research papers, blog posts, articles, podcasts, and books. janvanhaaren.be/posts/soccer...

Welcome to my Bluesky profile! My name is Jan Van Haaren, and I'm currently the Head of Football Insights & Innovation at Club Brugge in Belgium. In 2020, I began publishing annual end-of-year review blog posts, highlighting the soccer analytics content that I liked the most from the past year.