The article Intelligent team formation and player selection: a data-driven approach for football coaches with the authors Mahdi Nourale, Changiz Eslahchi & Arnold Baca is online.
This article presents a data-driven approach called Intelligent Team Formation and Player Selection (ITFPS), aimed at assisting football coaches in making informed decisions about team formation and player selection.
See https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10489-023-05150-x