Sarah Rudd is one of the early pioneers of

sports analytics Sports analytics are a collection of relevant, historical, statistics that can provide a competitive advantage to a team or individual. Through the collection and analyzation of these data, sports analytics inform players, coaches and other staff in ...

applied to soccer. In 2011, Rudd developed a method, based on

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, for evaluating the performance of players. This method was later adopted by several other companies, academics and bloggers to evaluate actions from soccer event data. Soon after presenting her work, Rudd worked for startup StatsDNA which was acquired by Arsenal FC in 2013. She is currently head of Analytics and Software Development at the

Arsenal FC Arsenal Football Club, commonly referred to as Arsenal, is a professional football club based in Islington, London, England. Arsenal plays in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The club has won 13 league titles (inclu ...

Data Analytics group. Her work is reported to have been highly influential within the club.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rudd, Sarah Year of birth missing (living people) Arsenal F.C. non-playing staff Living people Sports statisticians Women statisticians