Matty Mortimer, Applied Sport Science and Coaching BSc (Hons)

What is your job role now?

I am a football analyst for FIFA. My primary role is to collect and analyse data based on FIFA’s footballing language. This language aligns technical expertise and the data itself to produce insights and understand football trends at all levels of the game. We look at all age groups as well as men's and women’s football. The data is combined with observations from technical experts such as Steve McClaren and Arsene Wenger with the aim of understanding the game better while hopefully improving fan experience and football as a whole at all levels of the game.

Do you enjoy the role?

It’s amazing - to watch football every day, it’s the dream.

After your degree, did you then go on to do a Master’s?

Yes. I did my performance analysis dissertation, which gave me the hunger to go on and achieve a Master’s in this topic.

What was the best part of being at University?

Being able to use all the facilities there and the elite-level equipment gave me the opportunity to develop my knowledge of both the equipment and its application.

Were there any challenges whilst at University?

Having enough hours in the day! Having clear objectives and giving myself time to do specific tasks is a good way of getting around this challenge.