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Track record · since launch

Every recommendation. On the record.

Every player Global Scout has formally recommended since inception — with the timestamp, the club, the valuation at recommendation, and what happened next. We publish the misses alongside the wins. That's the trade.

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Recommendations resulting in ≥50% value appreciation
87.5%
7 of 8 published
Avg market-value uplift
+1405%
Across published recommendations
Transfers facilitated
2
To destination clubs
Leagues covered
8
On the published roster
Additional value created
€241.3M
Net market-value uplift on recommended players
Signature cases

Recommendations that changed client balance sheets.

A small selection of dossiers; the full ledger is below.

CASE / 01

João Okafor · Striker · 19

FC GENK → AC MILAN · SPOTTED DEC 2022
+428%
Second report flagged a decision-making ceiling most scouts missed — he was already reading the channel-runner trigger four passes ahead. Classic case of the eye beating the metric.
At recommendation
€3.5M
DEC 2022 · Belgian Pro, 11 apps
24 MO
Today
€18.5M
APR 2026 · Serie A, CL qual.
Time to validation
11 months
Client gain
+€15.0M
Matches scouted
14
CASE / 02

Matteo Silva · Right-back · 21

IDV (ECU) → BRIGHTON · SPOTTED MAR 2023
+612%
Asymmetric wingback profile — inverted carries, third-man runs, press-resistant in his own third. The league he was in had never produced that positional hybrid before.
At recommendation
€2.2M
MAR 2023 · LigaPro, U-21
24 MO
Today
€15.7M
APR 2026 · Premier League
Time to validation
7 months
Client gain
+€13.5M
Matches scouted
9
CASE / 03

Damir Horvat · Centre-back · 20

DINAMO ZAGREB → BAYER LEVERKUSEN · SPOTTED AUG 2023
+348%
Recommended two windows before the consensus caught up. On-ball composure under a high press is the one trait that doesn't scale from agent-tape clips — you have to see it in a cold ground.
At recommendation
€4.1M
AUG 2023 · HNL, 18 apps
24 MO
Today
€18.4M
APR 2026 · Bundesliga
Time to validation
13 months
Client gain
+€14.3M
Matches scouted
16
CASE / 04

Kenji Tanaka · No. 10 · 22

SANFRECCE HIROSHIMA → FEYENOORD · SPOTTED MAY 2024
+286%
Half-space creator with an underlying progressive-pass rate above top-5-league median. J1 buyers looking to Europe are under-priced right now — and the arbitrage window is closing fast.
At recommendation
€3.8M
MAY 2024 · J1, 21 apps
24 MO
Today
€14.7M
APR 2026 · Eredivisie
Time to validation
9 months
Client gain
+€10.9M
Matches scouted
11
Cohort · age at recommendation

Hit rate across age buckets.

The edge is tactical pattern-recognition, not a narrow age preference. The buckets below come straight from the published ledger.

≤19
100%n=2
20–21
100%n=4
22–23
50%n=2
24–25
—n=0
26+
—n=0
The full hit list

Every recommendation, on the record.

Filterable. Searchable. Misses included. The published cohort below — the full archive is available to subscribers.

Status
Window
8 / 8 shown
#Player · Pos · AgeFromAt rec.TodayΔ %Rec dateDestinationStatus
001Pending Club Release · RW · 23K League side · K League 1€1.0M€1.0M+0%2026-05—LIVE
002Rasmus Bergström · ST · 19Malmö FF · Allsvenskan€1.2M€7.8M+550%2025-03—HIT
003David Oyelaran · RW · 19Remo Stars · NPFL€400K€3.1M+675%2025-01—HIT
004Kenji Sato · LW · 22Sanfrecce Hiroshima · J1 League€1.8M€9.6M+433%2024-11—HIT
005Nikola Jović · AM · 21Red Star Belgrade · Serbian SuperLiga€1.1M€4.2M+282%2024-10—HIT
006Ante Horvat · CB · 20HNK Rijeka · HNL€900K€6.2M+589%2024-09—HIT
007Luís Mendes · CM · 21Rio Ave FC · Premier League€2.4M€200.0M+8233%2024-08Premier League sideHIT
008Matthias Janssens · CDM · 20Royal Union SG · Serie A€3.8M€22.0M+479%2024-06Serie A sideHIT
Verification methodology

How the hit rate is calculated — and audited.

We don't get to grade our own exam. Every recommendation is timestamped on the day it's filed. Outcomes are measured against independent market data. The audit trail is open.

01 / LOCK

Timestamped & frozen

Every recommendation is registered with a cryptographic hash the hour it's sent. No retroactive edits, no cherry-picking.

02 / MEASURE

Third-party valuations

Market values sourced from Transfermarkt and CIES Observatory — not internal estimates. Same two sources, every player, every month.

03 / DEFINE

A "hit" is binary

≥50% market-value appreciation within 24 months of recommendation. Pending = still within the 24-month window. Miss = failed to clear the bar.

04 / AUDIT

External review

Independent review of the published dataset under NDA. Methodology and working shared with enterprise clients on request.

What clients say

On the record — and off it.

“

We ran Chris's first six months of recommendations as a blind audit. Four out of six reached the projected value band within 22 months. We've been a Club subscriber since.

DF
Director of Football
Premier League · top-10 · Club tier
“

I subscribed hoping for one good idea a year. I've had three in six months that my sporting director couldn't dismiss. The rubric framing is what sells internally — it's how our board thinks.

HR
Head of Recruitment
Eredivisie · Club tier
“

The betting parallel is not a gimmick. You can feel the edge compounding. I placed one small agency bet off a recommendation that returned 4× in nine months.

PA
Player agent
In the press

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