Tom Worville is a newly-minted football (soccer) analytics writer for The Athletic, and he was previously a senior data analyst for the data and analytics company Opta. In this episode, he talks about…

• His Opta Pro Forum presentation on long and short goal kicks
• His career path from Analytics FC to Opta to The Athletic
• Why he’s joining The Athletic and what he’ll do there
• Communicating through data and visualization
• Being called a geek by Sam Allardyce

Show links- Follow Tom on Twitter: @Worville - Tom’s writing on The Athletic - His Opta Pro Forum presentation in four visuals