SV Darmstadt 98 - Bundesliga club

Automation with AWS Glue

Starting point

  • Established Bundesliga club with a desire for data-driven scouting
  • Data queries on players through various channels: ad-hoc and distributed across systems & users
  • No unified environment for data generation and application development
  • No central and reliable data platform serving as a 'Single Point of Truth'
  • Scouting is based on selective data foundations or narratives

Role in the project

  • Data Architect
  • Data Engineer

Features/Project outcome

  • Integration of multiple external data sources
  • Automation through defined workflows and triggers
  • Separation of clear development environments
  • Introduction of a version control system
  • Central data lake creates clarity about own data
  • Building a player database
  • Introduction of best practices to ensure security standards & data quality

Customer benefits

  • Improved data quality for better clarity in football scouting
  • Faster identification of players with potential based on multiple data sources
  • Versatile perspectives through player database
  • Focused and detailed reporting for internal alignment
  • Strengthening in-house analysts and improving the quality of their reporting
Lars Ritter | Senior Manager