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Measuring the technical efficiency of football legends: Who were Real Madrid's all-time most efficient players?

International Transactions in Operational Research, ISSN: 1475-3995, Vol: 21, Issue: 3, Page: 439-452
2014
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  • Citations
    20
    • Citation Indexes
      20
      • CrossRef
        15
      • Academic Citation Index (ACI) - airiti
        1
  • Captures
    45

Article Description

Many football players contribute to aggregate results throughout a football club's history. However, no scientific research has pinpointed the most technically efficient players in a football club's history considering their position on the field. The aim of this paper is to propose an output-oriented nonincreasing returns to scale super-efficiency data envelopment analysis (DEA) model in order to measure football players' performance. The model is applied empirically to Real Madrid's best players (white legends) from the signing of Luis Molowny to Raúl González's departure. Results are also calculated and compared with the standard DEA in order to form the most efficient and super-efficient historical squad of Real Madrid footballers. © 2014 International Federation of Operational Research Societies Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK and 350 Main St, Malden, MA02148, USA.

Bibliographic Details

Daniel Santín

Wiley

Business, Management and Accounting; Computer Science; Decision Sciences

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