How La Liga's Sevilla FC uses IBM's watsonx to elevate its player evaluation process

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No matter the sport, every team is trying to get an edge over the competition. 

The front office of any organization is always looking for innovative ways to make sure the product on the field reaches its peak. 

That’s why Sevilla FC, one of La Liga’s top soccer clubs, has teamed with IBM and its watsonx generative AI to develop a new way of evaluating players in the scouting department. 

Sevilla FC introduced Scout Advisor Tuesday. It's an innovative tool built by IBM’s watsonx to revamp its recruitment process.

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Elías Zamora, Sevilla FC's chief data officer, speaks about the team's new Scout Advisor database to help scouts find the right players. (Sevilla FC)

"Our team of scouters and analysts are committed to find the best players to support our team’s success and have worked tirelessly to build an impressive database of player reports. And now, with the support of IBM, we can utilize this asset to its full potential," Sevilla FC’s president, José María del Nido Carrasco, said. "This gives us a significant advantage in the player recruitment process and enables us to find the best players for our team and continue to improve our performance on the pitch."

Sevilla FC’s data department worked alongside IBM’s client engineering team to build Scout Advisor. They used measurables (height, weight, etc.), positions, experience and more to build out the data for watsonx’s natural language processing and foundation models to give scouts the ability to search and analyze tons of information. 

During a press conference to show how the database works, Elías Zamora, Sevilla FC’s chief data