Paula Castro Pires de Souza Chimenti

The strength of weak ties in professional football (soccer): evidence from 1,823 matches across five European leagues

Abstract Granovetter’s strength of weak ties theory predicts that infrequent connections carry disproportionately novel information, yet untested in high-performance team settings. Using StatsBomb event data from 1,823 matches across five European leagues (2015/16), we construct...