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Shows the shortest connection between Messi and a Goalkeeper

This project is my attempt at a football version of - Oracle of bacon

Website also shows number of goals Messi has scored on a goal keeper across various competitions

Shows the shortest connection between Messi and a Goalkeeper

Tested on Python 3.10.8

Create virtual environment

python3 -m venv messi
source messi/bin/activate

Install dependencies

pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r requirements.txt

Run web app

python app.py

# For football tree go to - 
`http://127.0.0.1:5050`

# For stats go to - 
`http://127.0.0.1:5050/stats`

create_player_data.py - Parses urls to extract information of clubs that a football player has belonged to Breadth first search code borrowed from - https://github.com/a8hay/kevin-bacon-bfs

API dashboard - https://dashboard.api-football.com/

• Make website faster -
  • Use Parquet file format instead of csv for faster loading [ done ]
  • Donot load dataframe multiple times
  • Do not over use fuzzy matching
• Expand across other players than Messi. That is make the reference player dynamic
• Embed youtube video of latest goal vs goal keeper
• Better error handling
• Testing sripts
• Create an ETL pipeline to update data dynamically
• Move player vs detailed stats to another branch
• Get pictures of players from "data/FIFA22_official_data.csv"

• Might require multiple refreshes to show connections for some players.
• Need to update dataset to have more correct info on what clubs / national teams a player played for

1. Messi goals
2. Which player played for what club / national team
3. Player photo and national team crests