Build dictionary mappings

[JaseZiv]

Create a function (or set of functions) to be able to map league, team, player names from fbref.com and transfermarkt.com data

[olivermueller]

that would be super useful!

[JaseZiv]

Players for the big five Euro leagues have now been mapped.

Can be accessed using player_dictionary_mapping() of at this URL

[bfooty]

Hi there; I have a large list of transfermkt player names but no URL's;. Any idea how to map via names, or get transfermkt player URL's from their names?

[JaseZiv]

Nice one @bfooty!

For which leagues do you mean?

[Paulj1989]

I'm looking to use data on team points totals (taken either from fb_season_team_stats() or tm_matchday_table()) and squad market values (tm_player_market_values()) and transfer spending (tm_team_transfer_balances). Having done some initial wrangling, I've realised that the team names often don't match up and that makes merging the different datasets a little tricky.

After a quick conversation with @JaseZiv on Twitter, I thought I could have a crack at the mapping function for team names, starting with a team name dictionary as a reference point. Do you guys have any suggestions on how the team mapping function might need to be structured?

[JaseZiv]

I'm looking to use data on team points totals (taken either from fb_season_team_stats() or tm_matchday_table()) and squad market values (tm_player_market_values()) and transfer spending (tm_team_transfer_balances). Having done some initial wrangling, I've realised that the team names often don't match up and that makes merging the different datasets a little tricky.

After a quick conversation with @JaseZiv on Twitter, I thought I could have a crack at the mapping function for team names, starting with a team name dictionary as a reference point. Do you guys have any suggestions on how the team mapping function might need to be structured?

Awesome @Paulj1989! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

For reference, you can have a look at how I put together the mapping for players here.

Then, here is the function in worldfootballR to call the data frame.

Let me know if you ever want to discuss/get help/ bounce ideas off.

Jase

[Paulj1989]

Thanks for this Jase. I'm not 100% sure when I'll get a chance to work on this properly, but my initial concern/issue is working out how I'd structure this in comparison to the player mapping you've put together.

The differences between club names within Transfermarkt seems as big an issue as between Transfermarkt and FB Ref, and that seems like an extra layer of complexity on top of everything else!