Sergio Pérez
Data Scientist
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolSergio Pérez is a data scientist and software engineer with 11 years of experience building ML and probabilistic models for sports analytics, particularly football and American football. He has led Sports Analytics at FC Barcelona and helped develop scouting and performance platforms used by NFL, NCAA and multiple soccer clients, bridging research-grade tracking-data models with production-ready decision tools. Comfortable across the stack, he has delivered visualization-rich web applications and real-time data pipelines at organizations from CERN to Accenture and academic projects, combining statistical rigor with practical deployment. Based in Barcelona, he frequently applies his domain passion for football and music to craft interpretable analytics that inform scouts, coaches, and performance staff. Notably, his work emphasizes probabilistic player evaluation—turning high-frequency tracking data into actionable insights for elite teams.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering, Average: 9,31, Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering, Average: 9,31 at Universidad de OviedoMaster in Innovation and Research in Informatics, Data Science, Master in Innovation and Research in Informatics, Data Science at Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Spanish, English
Github Skills (7)
server-side8
flask8
python6
datatable4
visualization3
data-visualization2
eventing2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
SergioLlana/datatables-flask-serverside
Jun 2017 - Nov 2018
Server-side DataTable with Flask
Contributions:4 commits, 3 PRs, 7 pushes in 1 year 5 months
flaskpythondatatableserver-side
SergioLlana/nba-shot-analysis
May 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:5 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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