David KalivodaDavid Kalivoda
When a Sports Analytics System Returns 'No Data': Lessons from a Nine-Section Report Full of N/AWhen the 27-page report appeared on my screen, I paused at the first row....
Nine Blank Cells and a Points Deduction: The Most Dangerous Misreading in Football AnalysisOn 17 November 2026, Everton were docked 10 points. In the file I keep on tha...
The Scouting Report Came Back Empty: Nine 'Insufficient Data' Entries and a Lesson for Vietnamese FootballLast month the scouting department of a V.League club sent me a fourteen-page...
The Esports Transfer Window: Reading Signal Through the Noise of ValuationIn my Miami office, I reopened the dataset from the season that had just ende...
Mislabeled: When Football Misreads a Person Before It Reads a MatchLate on transfer deadline day in the summer of 2026, my phone lit up at 11:22...
The Empty Room Nobody Sat In: A Verification Diary in the Middle of Transfer SeasonSaigon, six in the morning. Outside the window, the sound of delivery trucks...
Gegenpressing Has Been Decoded: Why the Premier League Is Becoming a 400-Metre RaceIn the commentary box at Anfield, there is one sentence I have heard often...
Nine Lenses on a Football Match: Lessons from an Empty Data FileNine Lenses on a Football Match: Lessons from an Empty Data File In the 71st...
When the Transfer Market Shouts, the Player's Body WhispersOn the night of January 5, 2026, in Bangkok, I sat in the Rajamangala stands...
The Analysis Returned Empty: Vietnamese Volleyball and the Price of Unverified Data2:47 in the morning, on a street along the Han River in Da Nang. I open the...
Davor Suker's Warning and the Overlooked Data Before Spain vs CroatiaOne afternoon in Seville, Davor Suker stood among a crowd of supporters at a...
The "esports" Label and 2.48% Noise: When a Cosplay Photo Set Slips Into the Transfer-Data PipelineLast quarter, I spent 90 days manually auditing 1,247 articles tagged "esport...
PPDA 9.2 and the Price of Pressure: What the Transfer Window MispricesJanuary in Bergamo, a night cold enough to cut skin. I sat in the temporary...
World Cup 2026 and the Machine That Judges: When Football Bets on ChaosIn the stands of MetLife Stadium on a June afternoon in 2026, I sat next to a...
The Empty Data Sheet and the Analyst's DisciplineON AUGUST 12, 2026, at a café on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Hanoi, a friend o...
Real Madrid 4-1 Rayo Vallecano: Mbappé's Brace and the Crack the Scoreline HidesSantiago Bernabéu, a September night. The scoreboard flashes 4-1. Kylian Mbap...
Croatia 2026 Was Not a Miracle: PPDA 7.9 and the Skeleton of a Misunderstood GenerationWhen the whole world looks at the goal, I look at the off-ball run. In the 20...
Brazil Is Not the Final Test: The Socceroos' On-Ball Shift and the Real Exam Before the Asian CupIn November 2026, at a stadium in Brisbane, the post-match data sheet from th...
The 15-Year-Old and the Unlocked Door: JJ Gabriel, Manchester United, and the Legal Loophole Brexit Left BehindThere is an empty seat at Old Trafford in the Carabao Cup tie against Brighto...
Analysis of Indonesia 0-0 Malaysia: Thom Haye red card and data paradox in 2026 regional championshipMinute 35 at Bung Karno, the referee showed a direct red card to Thom Haye...
Nine Blank Cells and a Points Deduction: The Most Dangerous Misreading in Football AnalysisOn 17 November 2026, Everton were docked 10 points. In the file I keep on tha...
The Scouting Report Came Back Empty: Nine 'Insufficient Data' Entries and a Lesson for Vietnamese FootballLast month the scouting department of a V.League club sent me a fourteen-page...
The Esports Transfer Window: Reading Signal Through the Noise of ValuationIn my Miami office, I reopened the dataset from the season that had just ende...
Mislabeled: When Football Misreads a Person Before It Reads a MatchLate on transfer deadline day in the summer of 2026, my phone lit up at 11:22...
The Empty Room Nobody Sat In: A Verification Diary in the Middle of Transfer SeasonSaigon, six in the morning. Outside the window, the sound of delivery trucks...
Gegenpressing Has Been Decoded: Why the Premier League Is Becoming a 400-Metre RaceIn the commentary box at Anfield, there is one sentence I have heard often...
Nine Lenses on a Football Match: Lessons from an Empty Data FileNine Lenses on a Football Match: Lessons from an Empty Data File In the 71st...
When the Transfer Market Shouts, the Player's Body WhispersOn the night of January 5, 2026, in Bangkok, I sat in the Rajamangala stands...
The Analysis Returned Empty: Vietnamese Volleyball and the Price of Unverified Data2:47 in the morning, on a street along the Han River in Da Nang. I open the...
Davor Suker's Warning and the Overlooked Data Before Spain vs CroatiaOne afternoon in Seville, Davor Suker stood among a crowd of supporters at a...
The "esports" Label and 2.48% Noise: When a Cosplay Photo Set Slips Into the Transfer-Data PipelineLast quarter, I spent 90 days manually auditing 1,247 articles tagged "esport...
PPDA 9.2 and the Price of Pressure: What the Transfer Window MispricesJanuary in Bergamo, a night cold enough to cut skin. I sat in the temporary...
World Cup 2026 and the Machine That Judges: When Football Bets on ChaosIn the stands of MetLife Stadium on a June afternoon in 2026, I sat next to a...
The Empty Data Sheet and the Analyst's DisciplineON AUGUST 12, 2026, at a café on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Hanoi, a friend o...
Real Madrid 4-1 Rayo Vallecano: Mbappé's Brace and the Crack the Scoreline HidesSantiago Bernabéu, a September night. The scoreboard flashes 4-1. Kylian Mbap...
Croatia 2026 Was Not a Miracle: PPDA 7.9 and the Skeleton of a Misunderstood GenerationWhen the whole world looks at the goal, I look at the off-ball run. In the 20...
Brazil Is Not the Final Test: The Socceroos' On-Ball Shift and the Real Exam Before the Asian CupIn November 2026, at a stadium in Brisbane, the post-match data sheet from th...
The 15-Year-Old and the Unlocked Door: JJ Gabriel, Manchester United, and the Legal Loophole Brexit Left BehindThere is an empty seat at Old Trafford in the Carabao Cup tie against Brighto...
Analysis of Indonesia 0-0 Malaysia: Thom Haye red card and data paradox in 2026 regional championshipMinute 35 at Bung Karno, the referee showed a direct red card to Thom Haye...