Towards a Comprehensive Ontology and Dataset for Football Players

Football Players Ontology and Dataset is a comprehensive resource built upon data retrieved from Transfermarkt, a leading platform for football player information. This ontology and accompanying dataset offer structured insights into football players' attributes, including position, personal information, current club, career history, to name a few. By leveraging Transfermarkt's rich repository of player data, this publication provides researchers and practitioners with a standardized framework for analyzing and categorizing football players, enabling advanced research in player profiling, talent identification, and performance analysis. Explore the ontology structure, dataset contents, and potential applications to unlock valuable insights into the world of football. The included files are:

1. players-transfermarkt.ttl, which is the dataset
2. players.ttl, which is the ontology
3. players.shexc, which is the modelling of the entities using the Shape Expressions language