There's a lot of great books out there on this topic as well.

Not that everything should be data driven, but looking at stats like this is one aspect of evaluating a player, or if you are a player or parent of one, yourself or your kid.

Story
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1597790-the-most-important-new-advanced-soccer-statistics-and-why-they-matter

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https://www.optasports.com/sports/football/