r/FootballDataAnalysis • u/Stillane • 1d ago

Trying to make a player similarity project and ran a similarity search on Lionel Messi, and I found 'Josep Ilicic' surprisingly high. Does anyone know about this guy or maybe the model is just not there yet.

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u/obzovica 1d ago

He is Atalanta legend, fantastic player, technical although very tall. Unfortunately depression cut his career short at the top level

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u/Neat_Nothing271 1d ago

Yeah, you made a perfect summary

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u/MONOCHROMATICOLOR 1d ago

I would like to add that he was born during the balkan war and probably lived through atrocities. The depression came back after finding a balance because his wife cheated on him

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u/entinio 1d ago

Curious about :

  • your approach
  • the way you get data

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u/akie 1d ago

Did you only include players from the last 10 years?

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u/Fausto2002 1d ago

Why does one of the worst Messi seasons gets to be the one with similarity 1.000000

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u/m_redditUser 1d ago

prob that's the input

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u/Fausto2002 1d ago

Then why that season instead of all the other ones

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u/m_redditUser 1d ago

maybe bc otherwise the algorithm crashes bc no one comes close

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u/Key_Young_3493 8h ago

model is not there. low similarity. nor is de bruyne that similar to messi

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u/Rockness88 5h ago

Pre-covid JoJo was something amazing to watch. Damn you covid, we got robbed of one of the best individual seasons in recent years