Gimenez explains obsession with performance analysis: “I took a course in reading statistics” | OneFootball

AC Milan striker Santiago Gimenez has admitted that he is obsessed with data and statistics, which he uses to try and better himself.

It is common knowledge that Milan – like virtually every top football club now – employ a huge team of analysts to collect and monitor various metrics, to help the players themselves but above all the head coach and his staff.

What is interesting is when certain players take things into their own hands, seeking out almost assistant figures who can help them work on various aspects of their game. That certainly applies to Gimenez, and it might explain his rapid rise.

Gimenez spoke to Sports Illustrated Mexico – for whom he is the May 2025 cover star – and as part of a long interview he revealed that he works with a personal video analyst after every game to try work on his game.

“I like to get to training and be focussed and aware and ready to work on what I’ve failed at. I use the notes app a lot for video analysis, for performance. After each game, I write down what I did well, what I did badly. I give myself a grade,” he said.

“I have a video analyst. I play and he starts analysing for the next day. He extracts a video and summarises the game in 15 minutes. All my plays come up and he says: ‘You did well on this one, but you should have tried to shoot with your right.’

“I took a course in reading statistics and I organise them according to the results. Every three months I make a general statistic of duels won, duels lost, dribbling, shooting. If I see the statistic going down, if a statistic is going up, that’s what I try to improve.”