WTDTool: Women's Talent Detection Tool

The current situation of women's football structures is far removed from that of men's football. Not least in terms of scouting, where resources, both human and financial, are very limited. There are tools that offer a catalogue of matches from multiple leagues, but the coverage of women's football is still very limited. Not only for match viewing, but it is also difficult to collect line-ups and substitutions from minor leagues. Viewing more than 2-3 leagues with continuity is complicated and on a data level there are still several steps to go before we can create metrics-based scouting processes, as we know in men's football. Within this context, we have created WTDTool, a tool capable of collecting basic information about players from around 30 leagues and the minutes played during the season. This information consists of data such as name, date of birth, position or height. In addition, important data in scouting processes is also collected, such as market value, contract expiry date or injuries that the players have had. Once all the information has been collected automatically, alert-generating processes are executed. This allows you to focus on a small number of players that meet specific criteria without having to carry out a search beforehand. We conducted an expert evaluation, all of them combining different roles within women's football, and they all agreed that WTDTool is an easy to use tool, useful in the scouting process, that helps to make the scouting process more efficient and that the alarms effectively put the spotlight on players likely to be scouted.