{"id":2587,"date":"2025-08-12T11:14:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T10:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/podiumsports.com\/?post_type=insight&#038;p=2587"},"modified":"2025-11-17T09:24:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:24:22","slug":"from-muddy-sundays-to-matchday-data-football-is-a-big-part-of-my-life","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/podiumsports.com\/es\/insight\/from-muddy-sundays-to-matchday-data-football-is-a-big-part-of-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"De los domingos de barro a los datos de los partidos: El f\u00fatbol es una parte importante de mi vida."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Por Colin Armitage, Jefe de Datos Deportivos: Digital and Print at <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/wee.podiumsports.com\"><em>Podio<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>El f\u00fatbol forma parte de mi vida desde que tengo uso de raz\u00f3n. Como muchos, empez\u00f3 en campos embarrados, persiguiendo un bal\u00f3n los fr\u00edos domingos por la ma\u00f1ana, so\u00f1ando a lo grande pero, sobre todo, acabando con una espinilla magullada y recuerdos de la infancia.<\/p>\n<p>En la actualidad, juego y dirijo un equipo de veteranos, donde la pasi\u00f3n sigue siendo alta, el ritmo es... selectivo, y la selecci\u00f3n de la plantilla implica m\u00e1s log\u00edstica de guarder\u00eda que planes t\u00e1cticos. Hace unos a\u00f1os me \"ofrecieron\" el puesto de m\u00e1nager, y desde entonces he estado compaginando las hojas de equipo, las bromas por WhatsApp y las actualizaciones de lesiones. Es un caos, pero es brillante. Hemos subido a primera divisi\u00f3n, hemos ganado una copa por el camino y seguimos manteniendo vivo el esp\u00edritu.<\/p>\n<p>Ese mismo esp\u00edritu recorre mi trabajo diario.<\/p>\n<p>Me un\u00ed a <strong>Podio<\/strong> (entonces Press Association Sport) en 2007, al principio como freelance para acercarme al deporte que amo. En la actualidad, dirijo nuestro equipo de datos deportivos para medios digitales e impresos. Mi trabajo consiste en garantizar que los datos oficiales de los partidos que alimentan sitios web, aplicaciones, peri\u00f3dicos y emisoras sean precisos, oportunos y fiables.<\/p>\n<p>Tanto si est\u00e1 leyendo el centro del partido en directo, consultando las alineaciones de los equipos o siguiendo los comentarios en tiempo real, lo m\u00e1s probable es que nuestro equipo haya contribuido a ello. No se trata solo de datos, sino de ofrecer el partido con precisi\u00f3n, pasi\u00f3n y contexto.<\/p>\n<p>En realidad, dirigir una operaci\u00f3n de datos en tiempo real no es muy distinto de dirigir un equipo de la liga dominical: requiere planificaci\u00f3n, don de gentes, resistencia y capacidad de adaptaci\u00f3n, y r\u00e1pido.<\/p>\n<p>En Podium, hemos construido un <a href=\"https:\/\/podiumsports.com\/es\/sport\/football\/\">datos futbol\u00edsticos<\/a> que refleja ese esp\u00edritu. Trabajamos codo con codo con los titulares de los derechos del f\u00fatbol y damos vida a los datos en tiempo real. He aqu\u00ed c\u00f3mo:<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 <strong>Datos de los titulares de derechos<\/strong> - Directo, oficial y de confianza, con cobertura de la Premier League, la EFL, las ligas escocesas y mucho m\u00e1s.<br \/>\n\u2705 <strong>Precisi\u00f3n en tiempo real<\/strong> - Distribuci\u00f3n de baja latencia para marcadores en directo, apuestas y cobertura editorial.<br \/>\n\u2705 <strong>Cobertura de extremo a extremo<\/strong> - Desde alineaciones y eventos durante el partido hasta informes posteriores y visualizaciones de datos.<br \/>\n\u2705 <strong>Construido por fans, para fans<\/strong> - Nuestra gente vive y respira deporte, y eso se nota en la calidad de lo que ofrecemos.<\/p>\n<p>Es un papel que me encanta y un equipo del que estoy orgulloso de formar parte. Aqu\u00ed todo el mundo ama el f\u00fatbol y lo habla con fluidez, y eso importa. Sabemos que una tarjeta roja tard\u00eda o un gol en el tiempo a\u00f1adido no son s\u00f3lo estad\u00edsticas, sino una historia, un punto de inflexi\u00f3n, algo importante en lo que conf\u00edan los aficionados y los clientes.<\/p>\n<p>Cuando empiece la nueva temporada, seguir\u00e9 haciendo lo que me gusta, en el campo con mis compa\u00f1eros de equipo y en Podium con colegas a los que les importa el f\u00fatbol tanto como a m\u00ed. Ya sea en el f\u00fatbol base o en la escena mundial, el objetivo es el mismo: hacer que el juego sea mejor, m\u00e1s claro y est\u00e9 m\u00e1s conectado para todos.<\/p>\n<p>Conecta con Colin: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/colin-armitage-988107a0\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/colin-armitage-988107a0\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2666,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-2587","insight","type-insight","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>From Muddy Sundays to Matchday Data: Football is a big part of my life. - Podium Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/podiumsports.com\/es\/insight\/from-muddy-sundays-to-matchday-data-football-is-a-big-part-of-my-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"From Muddy Sundays to Matchday Data: Football is a big part of my life. - Podium Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Colin Armitage, Head of Sport Data: Digital and Print at Podium Football\u2019s been part of my life for as long as I can remember. 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