Nicolás Cortés

UEFA Licensed Football Coach & Sports Data Analyst

National Collegiate Sports Analytics Championship Virtual Round Winner – In-person Round Runner Up

Former Soccer Student-Athlete

Head Coach @ Seattle Celtic

Business & Performance Analyst @ Inter Connecticut FC

Scouting Data Analyst Intern @ Thorns FC

M.S Sports Business Analytics – M.S Data Analytics in Football

Sports, Business, Soccer and Data.

My portfolio of projects caters to a diverse audience, ranging from students, data scientists, football analysts and coaches, and sports corporations.

National Collegiate Sports Analytics Championship – Baylor University

#1 nationally ranked graduate student in the Power Rankings, after analyzing a professional team ticketing database, extracting 10 different customer segments, and proposing 6 marketing and sales retention strategies, using a k-means clustering algorithm.

A Comprehensive Midfielder Analysis European 5 Big Leagues 2020 – 2023

Using FBRef’s open data to generate own KPI’s, I leveraged Python, R, Tableau and Excel to create an in-depth analysis of the finest midfielders in Europe during the last three seasons, including a NN algorithm and principal components analysis.

Soccer Analysis Dashboards

Leveraging BI tools such as Tableau and Power BI, I have explored key performance metrics of different Men’s and Women’s professional and amateur leagues using Wyscout data, that can be used as scouting and Talent ID tools.

National Collegiate Sports Analytics Championship – In Person Round

Ranked as the #2 sports analyst nationally, after competing at the in-person round of the National Collegiate Sports Analytics Championship in Dallas, TX.

The Spanish Leicester? A brief take on Girona’s FC season so far – Regression Model

Leveraging R, I created a xG and xGA regression model to predict Girona’s position on the Spanish League. To complement my predictive model on Girona Futbol Club’s season performance, I identified an offensive play at the game against Real Madrid.

Women’s Lacrosse Data Analysis

As a Graduate Assistant Coach for the Women’s Lacrosse team at the University of New Haven, I built an automated homemade database collecting data from training sessions, to study trends and performance helping with the coaching staff with data-driven decision-making.

Skechers Financial Analysis Research

As one of the largest sports and outdoor clothing brands, Skechers financial recovery from COVID continues. I conducted a Skechers’ corporate, financial, industry, market, forecast, and stock analysis to argue an investment decision.

Soccer Player Evaluation Model

Inspired by former F.C Barcelona’s Director of Methodology, Paco Seirulo, I created a player evaluation model using Seirulo’s 8 structures to evaluate a player, using it in collaboration with players to collaborate in player development.

Women’s Soccer, Data and Tactical Analysis

As a Graduate Assistant Coach for the Women’s Soccer team at the University of New Haven, I have collected and analyzed training and game data, accompanied by the usage of video analysis tools, converging the tactical with the data analysis.

Academic and Professional Experience

The wide range of skills and experiences derived from a diverse academic, professional, and athletic background, makes me suitable for both, business-oriented, and performance-oriented positions as a data analyst.