Case Study: Everton FC Academy achieves improved player performance and smarter recruitment with Tableau Software

Everton FC Academy boosts player performance and potential with Tableau

Everton FC Academy, which develops the club’s young talent for the first team, was struggling to combine large, non‑uniform datasets across recruitment, coaching, performance analysis and sports science. Data lived in silos, analysts spent too much time processing information instead of interpreting it, and key performance and development insights were being missed in a hyper‑competitive industry.

By deploying Tableau—starting in sports science and scaling through a centralised analytics team—the Academy connected its core databases and built intuitive, interactive dashboards for match, player and scouting analysis. Coaches now use data to create bespoke development plans and give targeted feedback, scouts make faster, evidence‑based recruitment decisions, and the Academy reports measurable gains in player performance and an increased pipeline of graduates to the first team.

Everton FC Academy

Owen O’connor

Academy Information Manager