Football Data Writer @TheAthleticFC 📊🇪🇸
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6 Feb 2023
Some personal news this morning…
I’m incredibly excited to announce that I’m joining @TheAthleticFC as a full-time writer, focusing on football data in the Premier League and beyond.
Here are a few things that you can expect from me 🇪🇸👨💻
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Jun 8
Really interesting to speak to five seriously dedicated Uruguay fans for our Language of Soccer project at @TheAthleticFC 🇺🇾
Read for free below to learn all about the "Garra Charrúa" and one of the best national anthems at the World Cup!
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Jun 4
Un honor, haber compartido con @ThomHarris_ y su equipo puntos de vista sobre la selección de Paraguay y la expectativa local por la Copa del Mundo.
En el enlace, el artículo publicado por The Athletic FC en el NY Times.
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Jun 4
Really enjoyed contributing to our World Cup fan culture series on @TheAthleticFC
I spoke to five Paraguayan football fans about what it means to follow the national team. We covered barbecues, indigenous languages and Roque Santa Cruz 🇵🇾
Free to read!
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The inside story of Pep Guardiola’s decade at City, told by his players and friends
Featuring:
🎤 Noel Gallagher
🇩🇪 Ilkay Gundogan
🇧🇷 Fernandinho
🇵🇹 Bernardo Silva
🇭🇷 Josko Gvardiol
🇫🇷 Bacary Sagna
⛳️ Tommy Fleetwood & more…
Read for FREE now 🎁
nytimes.com/athletic/7295512…
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May 20
“When I first arrived, you were probably thinking ‘who the f*** is this guy?’”
My piece from a dramatic night in Bournemouth, where a title was lost and history was clinched as Iraola said a thrilling and sad goodbye 🍒
Free to read on @TheAthleticFC ⬇️
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It wouldn’t be too much of an exaggeration to suggest that Andoni Iraola’s ideas have helped to alter the tactical landscape of the Premier League that we see today.
He transformed Bournemouth into an aggressive, high-pressing side throughout his three years at the club, encouraging his players to be proactive and take risks to disrupt the opposition build-up, before hitting quickly on the break.
He led them to their record points tally (56) last season, masterminding wins over Manchester City and Arsenal, leading Pep Guardiola to describe Bournemouth as a “modern football” side.
Full of physicality, athleticism and pace, Iraola’s team did not allow dominant possession sides to rest assured with the ball, a philosophy that seems to have inspired a mini-revolution across the Premier League, with clubs attacking faster and running harder than ever before.
He improved players who had the physical capabilities to play his football, and attracted those who wanted to follow a similar path.
Although he never managed to take them to Europe, Iraola rose the floor considerably at a club who might have meandered back towards relegation without such a sense of identity in how they played.
@ThomHarris_: bit.ly/3Ojy8Ju
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Apr 7
A bold claim: no player in world football has made a better start to 2026 than Sporting CP’s Luis Suárez 🇨🇴
Ahead of a crunch match with Arsenal this evening, here’s my piece for @TheAthleticFC to explain why ⬇️
nytimes.com/athletic/7169370…
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Inigo Perez would be working alongside Andoni Iraola as his assistant at Bournemouth were it not for a work permit issue.
But since his appeal was rejected, the 38-year-old has returned to Rayo Vallecano — where Iraola made his name — and built on the foundations he left behind.
He has channeled the energy of a fiercely local and loyal fanbase, encouraging an adventurous style of play that gets adrenaline pumping and helps Rayo to continue punching above their weight.
@ThomHarris_ analyses why Perez is a manager on the rise.
🔗 nytimes.com/athletic/7134535…
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Jan 8
City are attacking at speed more than ever under Guardiola.
Semenyo's arrival should make them more clinical on the break, while his ability to get powerful shots away on both feet can smash through deeper defences.
More detail for @TheAthleticFC ⬇️
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27 Dec 2025
I’m in Nottingham today covering Manchester City for @TheAthleticFC.
Pep Guardiola names an unchanged Premier League XI for the sixth time in 2025-26, that’s as many as the previous four seasons combined!
Updates to follow ⬇️
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Rayan Cherki gets his seventh Premier League assist after a lovely spin and reverse pass for Tijjani Reijnders to finish.
Hadn't been City's most fluent performance but Cherki had always threatened with those smart passes through the lines and little changes of tempo. 1-0 City.
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27 Dec 2025
FT: City take all three points after a brilliant late strike from Rayan Cherki, and sit — albeit temporarily — at the top of the table for the first time since the opening weekend.
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23 Dec 2025
You may have seen Dominic Calvert-Lewin's oddly symmetrical goal map over the weekend, but just how unusual is it?
Of players with 5 non-penalty goals this season, his goalscoring area is six times smaller than anyone else.
More on @TheAthleticFC ⬇️
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6 Dec 2025
England now know their group opponents at the 2026 World Cup but there's still time for those on the fringes of the squad to make their case to be in Thomas Tuchel's final selection.
One of those is Bournemouth's Alex Scott — a player equally adept with and without the ball, and someone who has been a shining light in Andoni Iraola's side this season.
📝 @ThomHarris_
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13 Nov 2025
🔺 The importance of Johan Cruyff
🔺 How it encourages short, quick midfield passing
🔺 An undeniable Serie A heritage
🔺 How the Premier League has adopted it, from Antonio Conte to Oliver Glasner
In the fourth part of the Tactics Board series, presented by @footballmanager, @ThomHarris_ looks at the history of the 3-4-3 formation ⤵️
🔗 nytimes.com/athletic/6783520…
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30 Oct 2025
Bournemouth are second in the Premier League.
They were talked down after a mini-exodus in the summer. Andoni Iraola was written off after a poor start.
But when should we really start to take them seriously?
📝 @ThomHarris_
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23 Oct 2025
🇺🇸 A U.S. starlet who played with Messi
🇲🇽 A 17-year-old with the world at his feet
🇦🇷 An Argentinian player of the tournament
🇲🇦 The dynamic forward that decided the final
@ThomHarris_ picks out five potential stars of the future that shone at the Under-20 World Cup ⬇️
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18 Oct 2025
Are Bayern the best team in the world?
@AyoAkinwo, @Jon_Mackenzie and a super debut from @ThomHarris_ take a look 👀
(With special insight on Kane from @SebSB)
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16 Oct 2025
Was great to be joined on our Week in Football show by @ThomHarris_ (and a cameo from @SebSB) to talk about where Vincent Kompany's Bayern Munich fit into the wider hierarchy of Europe's elite sides. Out, as always, on Saturday morning.
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