First Team Data Analyst

First Team Data Analyst

About The Role

Leicester City Football Club is looking for a talented Data Analyst to join our First Team Football Staff. In this critical role, you will support decision-making across Recruitment and Performance Analysis, providing data-driven insights to enhance our team’s competitive edge. Your work will involve developing statistical models, creating interactive data visualisations, and analysing player and team performance metrics. You will collaborate closely with our Lead Data Scientist, coaches, analysts, and recruitment staff to ensure data-driven insights shape key football decisions.

Who We’re Looking For

We’re seeking a data-driven football enthusiast with strong analytical skills and the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights. The ideal candidate will have:

• Proficiency in Python and/or R, SQL, and relational databases.
• Experience with football data sources (StatsBomb, Opta, SkillCorner, etc.).
• Strong communication skills to present insights effectively.
• A proactive and problem-solving mindset, with a solid understanding of football tactics and recruitment.

Previous experience in elite football is a plus.

About The Club

Knowing some of the history of Leicester City Football Club helps you appreciate the sense of community, spirit and family for which the Foxes are renowned for.

Formed in 1884, the Club was promoted to the Premier League in 2014 when the Foxes returned to the top tier as the Championship title-winners. In 2016, Leicester City became Premier League champions. This remarkable achievement qualified us for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in the Club’s history, and we subsequently reached the quarterfinals. The Club continued to build on that success and celebrated lifting the prestigious FA Cup in May 2021. Following relegation from the Premier League in 2023, the Club made it the top priority to get straight back up and did so as Championship title-winners in the 2023-2024 season.

Under the stewardship of King Power and the Club’s CEO Susan Whelan, Leicester City Football Club is deeply committed to the local community and its supporters and continually strives to ensure that every point of engagement with fans is truly world class including the experience on matchdays. Investment in the Club continues, with the 2021 opening of a new state-of-the-art training ground in North Leicestershire.

Benefits Package

Leicester City Football Club offers a competitive salary and pension scheme with life assurance to all its permanent employees. Employees are able to benefit from free onsite parking as well as an onsite subsidised staff restaurant. Employees also benefit from up to 33 days’ annual leave including bank holidays.

Contract Type – Permanent
Hours Per Week –37.5

One City. One Club. One Leicester.

Leicester City Football Club believes that football is for all, and we are committed to Diversity and Inclusion, where valuing the individual is our highest priority. We are working to see equality across all areas of the Club and welcome applications from all areas of the community. We are committed to the wellbeing of our staff and welcome applicants seeking flexible hours.

If you have any requirements in regard to the recruitment process, please let us know; we are happy to support your needs.

Next Steps

Suitable candidates will be interviewed as and when they apply, the role will be shut down as soon as a suitable candidate has been sourced.