Michiel Jongsma
@jongsma.bsky.social
Data Insights at Opta - Benelux and Scandinavia
Minste dagen tussen laatste wedstrijd met FC Groningen voor hun debuutwedstrijd met het Nederlands Elftal sinds de laatste keer dat FC Groningen een international leverde (1990):
Michael Reiziger - 157 dagen
Luciano Valente -187 dagen
Arjen Robben - 360 dagen
Hans Hateboer - 418 dagen
Michael Reiziger - 157 dagen
Luciano Valente -187 dagen
Arjen Robben - 360 dagen
Hans Hateboer - 418 dagen
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Minste dagen tussen laatste wedstrijd met FC Groningen voor hun debuutwedstrijd met het Nederlands Elftal sinds de laatste keer dat FC Groningen een international leverde (1990):
Michael Reiziger - 157 dagen
Luciano Valente -187 dagen
Arjen Robben - 360 dagen
Hans Hateboer - 418 dagen
Michael Reiziger - 157 dagen
Luciano Valente -187 dagen
Arjen Robben - 360 dagen
Hans Hateboer - 418 dagen
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🇪🇺EURO POD!🇪🇺
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @julienlaurens.bsky.social, @sebsb.bsky.social, @polballus.bsky.social & @jameshorncastle.bsky.social on…
🇫🇷 PSG's late show
🇩🇪 Bayern finally drop points
🇪🇸 Another three for Lewandowski
🇮🇹 Unhappy Antonio
🇳🇱 Ajax in crisis w/ @jongsma.bsky.social
pod.fo/e/3506d0
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @julienlaurens.bsky.social, @sebsb.bsky.social, @polballus.bsky.social & @jameshorncastle.bsky.social on…
🇫🇷 PSG's late show
🇩🇪 Bayern finally drop points
🇪🇸 Another three for Lewandowski
🇮🇹 Unhappy Antonio
🇳🇱 Ajax in crisis w/ @jongsma.bsky.social
pod.fo/e/3506d0
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson: Bayern no longer perfect, Conte being Conte - and ten Hag back to Ajax?!
Jimbo’s got Pol Ballús, James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Seb Stafford-Bloor all along for the rollercoaster ride through the weekend’s action across the continent. We kick things off in F...
pod.fo
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🇪🇺EURO POD!🇪🇺
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @julienlaurens.bsky.social, @sebsb.bsky.social, @polballus.bsky.social & @jameshorncastle.bsky.social on…
🇫🇷 PSG's late show
🇩🇪 Bayern finally drop points
🇪🇸 Another three for Lewandowski
🇮🇹 Unhappy Antonio
🇳🇱 Ajax in crisis w/ @jongsma.bsky.social
pod.fo/e/3506d0
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @julienlaurens.bsky.social, @sebsb.bsky.social, @polballus.bsky.social & @jameshorncastle.bsky.social on…
🇫🇷 PSG's late show
🇩🇪 Bayern finally drop points
🇪🇸 Another three for Lewandowski
🇮🇹 Unhappy Antonio
🇳🇱 Ajax in crisis w/ @jongsma.bsky.social
pod.fo/e/3506d0
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Really enjoyable story to work on, and great to speak to some of the people involved.
𝐀 𝐋𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜-𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐧
Mjällby, who play in a village with a population of 1,500, won the Allsvenskan title on Monday.
A modest budget, unfashionable surroundings and a journey back from the brink; it's a success that defies all logic.
✍️ @rbenson92.bsky.social
theanalyst.com/articles/mja...
Mjällby, who play in a village with a population of 1,500, won the Allsvenskan title on Monday.
A modest budget, unfashionable surroundings and a journey back from the brink; it's a success that defies all logic.
✍️ @rbenson92.bsky.social
theanalyst.com/articles/mja...
The Village Club Who Conquered Sweden: Mjällby’s Miraculous Journey From Existential Crisis to Logic-Defying Glory | Opta Analyst
Mjällby, who play their football in a village with a population of about 1,500, won the Swedish top-flight title on Monday. How did they manage to defy all logic?
theanalyst.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Really enjoyable story to work on, and great to speak to some of the people involved.
@lowqualityregen.bsky.social And they say the Dutch are quite blunt in their use of language, I have no idea what they are talking about.
October 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
@lowqualityregen.bsky.social And they say the Dutch are quite blunt in their use of language, I have no idea what they are talking about.
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Here's the consequences for 🇳🇱 the Netherlands after 5 losses in 5 games.
🔹 From 80% of 6th down to almost 50%.
🔹 Even chances of dropping below Belgium, up from <0.1% to now 1.7%.
All that while the Netherlands still have 6/6 teams, while Portugal have lost 1 and Belgium already lost 2!
🔹 From 80% of 6th down to almost 50%.
🔹 Even chances of dropping below Belgium, up from <0.1% to now 1.7%.
All that while the Netherlands still have 6/6 teams, while Portugal have lost 1 and Belgium already lost 2!
September 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Here's the consequences for 🇳🇱 the Netherlands after 5 losses in 5 games.
🔹 From 80% of 6th down to almost 50%.
🔹 Even chances of dropping below Belgium, up from <0.1% to now 1.7%.
All that while the Netherlands still have 6/6 teams, while Portugal have lost 1 and Belgium already lost 2!
🔹 From 80% of 6th down to almost 50%.
🔹 Even chances of dropping below Belgium, up from <0.1% to now 1.7%.
All that while the Netherlands still have 6/6 teams, while Portugal have lost 1 and Belgium already lost 2!
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Five penalty misses? Maybe they should make the goals bigger or move the spot closer?
August 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Five penalty misses? Maybe they should make the goals bigger or move the spot closer?
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Everywhere you look, another massive striker is scoring goals and doing freaky things.
Ashwin Raman has analysed the reasons for and ramifications of the jumbo-sized centre-forward trend that is taking over football—and what it means for the future, this summer and beyond.
Ashwin Raman has analysed the reasons for and ramifications of the jumbo-sized centre-forward trend that is taking over football—and what it means for the future, this summer and beyond.
Why are all the strikers massive again?
Detailing the reasons for and ramifications of the jumbo-sized centre-forward trend
scoutedftbl.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Everywhere you look, another massive striker is scoring goals and doing freaky things.
Ashwin Raman has analysed the reasons for and ramifications of the jumbo-sized centre-forward trend that is taking over football—and what it means for the future, this summer and beyond.
Ashwin Raman has analysed the reasons for and ramifications of the jumbo-sized centre-forward trend that is taking over football—and what it means for the future, this summer and beyond.
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1 - OptaJohan's Data Insights team is looking for editorial talent to join the Dutch team based in Amsterdam (40 hours p/w). Opportunity.
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July 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
1 - OptaJohan's Data Insights team is looking for editorial talent to join the Dutch team based in Amsterdam (40 hours p/w). Opportunity.
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eobe.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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After 12 years, today is officially my last day at WhoScored. It's been a journey, and then some!
I'm now moving back into the world of freelance content creation and editing. If you wish to work with me, then feel free to reach out.
I'm now moving back into the world of freelance content creation and editing. If you wish to work with me, then feel free to reach out.
June 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
After 12 years, today is officially my last day at WhoScored. It's been a journey, and then some!
I'm now moving back into the world of freelance content creation and editing. If you wish to work with me, then feel free to reach out.
I'm now moving back into the world of freelance content creation and editing. If you wish to work with me, then feel free to reach out.
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Alexander Sørloth is short of Alexander Sørmixaloth
June 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Alexander Sørloth is short of Alexander Sørmixaloth
With Paul Simonis taking charge of Vfl Wolfsburg, this piece by Kasper Spruijt for @optaanalyst.optajoe.com might be worth checking out, on a once in a lifetime season for Go Ahead Eagles. theanalyst.com/articles/go-...
June 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
With Paul Simonis taking charge of Vfl Wolfsburg, this piece by Kasper Spruijt for @optaanalyst.optajoe.com might be worth checking out, on a once in a lifetime season for Go Ahead Eagles. theanalyst.com/articles/go-...
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🇪🇺 EURO POD!🇪🇺
🇮🇹Some title race
🇳🇱Ajax collapse w/ @jongsma.bsky.social
🇫🇷Lacazette's goodbye
🇪🇸Barca on the beers
🇩🇪Dortmund do it!
Plus a big game in Bilbao? 🤔
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @julienlaurens.bsky.social, @polballus.bsky.social, @sebsb.bsky.social & @jameshorncastle.bsky.social pod.fo/e/2d7e15
🇮🇹Some title race
🇳🇱Ajax collapse w/ @jongsma.bsky.social
🇫🇷Lacazette's goodbye
🇪🇸Barca on the beers
🇩🇪Dortmund do it!
Plus a big game in Bilbao? 🤔
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @julienlaurens.bsky.social, @polballus.bsky.social, @sebsb.bsky.social & @jameshorncastle.bsky.social pod.fo/e/2d7e15
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson: Serie A title race goes to the final day as Ajax suffer extraordinary collapse
Jimbo’s got the whole gang together as Julien Laurens, James Horncastle, Seb Stafford-Bloor and Pol Ballús indulge in some European chit-chat as the season reaches its climax. The Serie A chaos...
pod.fo
May 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🇪🇺 EURO POD!🇪🇺
🇮🇹Some title race
🇳🇱Ajax collapse w/ @jongsma.bsky.social
🇫🇷Lacazette's goodbye
🇪🇸Barca on the beers
🇩🇪Dortmund do it!
Plus a big game in Bilbao? 🤔
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @julienlaurens.bsky.social, @polballus.bsky.social, @sebsb.bsky.social & @jameshorncastle.bsky.social pod.fo/e/2d7e15
🇮🇹Some title race
🇳🇱Ajax collapse w/ @jongsma.bsky.social
🇫🇷Lacazette's goodbye
🇪🇸Barca on the beers
🇩🇪Dortmund do it!
Plus a big game in Bilbao? 🤔
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @julienlaurens.bsky.social, @polballus.bsky.social, @sebsb.bsky.social & @jameshorncastle.bsky.social pod.fo/e/2d7e15
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In the top five leagues, in this period, 31.4% of titles have been won by the bald.
PL is bald-dominant, followed by Serie A (counting Allegri as bald)
Kompany is the sole ‘bald’ BuLi winner, and Zizou the sole LaLiga one
Ligue 1 says ‘non’
PL is bald-dominant, followed by Serie A (counting Allegri as bald)
Kompany is the sole ‘bald’ BuLi winner, and Zizou the sole LaLiga one
Ligue 1 says ‘non’
May 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
In the top five leagues, in this period, 31.4% of titles have been won by the bald.
PL is bald-dominant, followed by Serie A (counting Allegri as bald)
Kompany is the sole ‘bald’ BuLi winner, and Zizou the sole LaLiga one
Ligue 1 says ‘non’
PL is bald-dominant, followed by Serie A (counting Allegri as bald)
Kompany is the sole ‘bald’ BuLi winner, and Zizou the sole LaLiga one
Ligue 1 says ‘non’
Every Eredivisie title since 2018-19 has been won by a bald manager, so it only makes sense that Paul Simonis and Erik ten Hag are the frontrunners to replace Francesco Farioli at Ajax. #analytics
May 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Every Eredivisie title since 2018-19 has been won by a bald manager, so it only makes sense that Paul Simonis and Erik ten Hag are the frontrunners to replace Francesco Farioli at Ajax. #analytics
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𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞'𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞
On 19 April, Ajax led the Eredivisie by nine points. Just four games later, they trail PSV by a point.
It's the biggest collapse any of Europe's biggest leagues has ever witnessed.
theanalyst.com/2025/05/ajax...
On 19 April, Ajax led the Eredivisie by nine points. Just four games later, they trail PSV by a point.
It's the biggest collapse any of Europe's biggest leagues has ever witnessed.
theanalyst.com/2025/05/ajax...
Ajax, PSV Eindhoven, and the Greatest Title Collapse Europe Has Ever Seen | Opta Analyst
After leading the Eredivisie by nine points with five games to go, Ajax now trail PSV by a point going into the final day of the season.
theanalyst.com
May 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞'𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞
On 19 April, Ajax led the Eredivisie by nine points. Just four games later, they trail PSV by a point.
It's the biggest collapse any of Europe's biggest leagues has ever witnessed.
theanalyst.com/2025/05/ajax...
On 19 April, Ajax led the Eredivisie by nine points. Just four games later, they trail PSV by a point.
It's the biggest collapse any of Europe's biggest leagues has ever witnessed.
theanalyst.com/2025/05/ajax...
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First place is lava!
May 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
First place is lava!
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🇪🇺 EURO POD!🇪🇺
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @jameshorncastle.bsky.social, @polballus.bsky.social, @sebsb.bsky.social & @julienlaurens.bsky.social all here...
🇪🇸 Clasico chaos
🇮🇹 Napoli drop points
🇩🇪 Hamburg are back
🇫🇷 Monaco & Marseille in the UCL
🇳🇱 Eredivisie madness w/ @jongsma.bsky.social
pod.fo/e/2d4a08
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @jameshorncastle.bsky.social, @polballus.bsky.social, @sebsb.bsky.social & @julienlaurens.bsky.social all here...
🇪🇸 Clasico chaos
🇮🇹 Napoli drop points
🇩🇪 Hamburg are back
🇫🇷 Monaco & Marseille in the UCL
🇳🇱 Eredivisie madness w/ @jongsma.bsky.social
pod.fo/e/2d4a08
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson: Barcelona win another classic Clasico while Napoli slip up in Scudetto race
Jimbo’s joined by Julien Laurens, Pol Ballús, Seb Stafford-Bloor and James Horncastle for your weekly dose of Continental chatter. It’s a clean sweep of four Clasico victories this season for...
pod.fo
May 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🇪🇺 EURO POD!🇪🇺
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @jameshorncastle.bsky.social, @polballus.bsky.social, @sebsb.bsky.social & @julienlaurens.bsky.social all here...
🇪🇸 Clasico chaos
🇮🇹 Napoli drop points
🇩🇪 Hamburg are back
🇫🇷 Monaco & Marseille in the UCL
🇳🇱 Eredivisie madness w/ @jongsma.bsky.social
pod.fo/e/2d4a08
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @jameshorncastle.bsky.social, @polballus.bsky.social, @sebsb.bsky.social & @julienlaurens.bsky.social all here...
🇪🇸 Clasico chaos
🇮🇹 Napoli drop points
🇩🇪 Hamburg are back
🇫🇷 Monaco & Marseille in the UCL
🇳🇱 Eredivisie madness w/ @jongsma.bsky.social
pod.fo/e/2d4a08
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Back to back dingers from Robert Deniro and Liev Schreiber in the area of Hollywood tough guys shrugging their shoulders going “yeah why wouldn’t I love my child?”
Liev Schreiber recalls moment trans daughter Kai, 16, asked him to use she/her pronouns: ‘Didn’t feel like that big of a deal’
Liev Schreiber recalls moment trans daughter Kai, 16, asked him to use she/her pronouns: ‘Didn’t feel like that big of a deal’
"Kai was always who Kai is," the actor, 57, said in a new interview.
pagesix.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Back to back dingers from Robert Deniro and Liev Schreiber in the area of Hollywood tough guys shrugging their shoulders going “yeah why wouldn’t I love my child?”
@zonal-marking.bsky.social So apparently in basketball, going up 20 is a dangerous lead.
Fun fact: NBA teams are 20-5 when going up 20 this postseason.
Reminder that sometimes when a team gets a 20-point lead the game ends in a blowout
May 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
@zonal-marking.bsky.social So apparently in basketball, going up 20 is a dangerous lead.
@lowqualityregen.bsky.social FROM NON-CERTIFIED AT CAMBUUR TO CHAMPION IN LIVERPOOL
April 28, 2025 at 6:39 AM
@lowqualityregen.bsky.social FROM NON-CERTIFIED AT CAMBUUR TO CHAMPION IN LIVERPOOL
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Sounds like it’s a mistake to leave public goods in the hands of billionaires who can decide at any moment they’re bored and don’t want to support them anymore bsky.app/profile/clar...
“‘Mommy, the guy who’s been giving money to our school doesn’t want to give it to us anymore,’” he told her.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
The Zuckerbergs Founded Two Bay Area Schools. Now They’re Closing.
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, opened the schools to help communities of color. Some families wonder if the shutting of the schools is related to his D.E.I. retrenchment.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Sounds like it’s a mistake to leave public goods in the hands of billionaires who can decide at any moment they’re bored and don’t want to support them anymore bsky.app/profile/clar...
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21 - FC Groningen's Luciano Valente completed 21 passes in the final third tonight, at least 11 more than any other player during Feyenoord v FC Groningen (Jakub Moder and Gijs Smal both 10). Ace.
April 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
21 - FC Groningen's Luciano Valente completed 21 passes in the final third tonight, at least 11 more than any other player during Feyenoord v FC Groningen (Jakub Moder and Gijs Smal both 10). Ace.
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6 – Yesterday, OptaJohan hosted the sixth edition of the OptaJohan Quiz. From a field of 18 teams, it was NuSport who emerged as winners. Ascension.
The quiz, consisting of four question rounds and four photo rounds, is now available for download.
Questions: bit.ly/3FHdP3P
Answers: bit.ly/42tONx9
The quiz, consisting of four question rounds and four photo rounds, is now available for download.
Questions: bit.ly/3FHdP3P
Answers: bit.ly/42tONx9
March 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
6 – Yesterday, OptaJohan hosted the sixth edition of the OptaJohan Quiz. From a field of 18 teams, it was NuSport who emerged as winners. Ascension.
The quiz, consisting of four question rounds and four photo rounds, is now available for download.
Questions: bit.ly/3FHdP3P
Answers: bit.ly/42tONx9
The quiz, consisting of four question rounds and four photo rounds, is now available for download.
Questions: bit.ly/3FHdP3P
Answers: bit.ly/42tONx9