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Paraguayan Primera División Stats Now on FBref

Posted by Alex Bonilla on August 9, 2019

The latest addition to FBref's coverage is the Paraguayan Primera División, which the site now has player statistics for back to the 2016 season. FBref is also updating the latest scores and stats from its 2019 Clausura. Various young Paraguayans in major leagues around the world got their start in Primera División. Josué Colmán made 43 starts with Cerro Porteño in his age-17 and 18 seasons before moving on to Orlando City in the MLS. Colmán's teammate at Cerro, Julio Villalba, went on to join Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga.

Currently leading Primera Division in goals (Apertura and Clausura combined) is Roque Santa Cruz, who won multiple championships with Bayern Munich in the early 2000s and also spent time in the Premier League and La Liga before returning to his home country. Santa Cruz has scored 13 goals in each of the last 2 seasons and will celebrate his 38th birthday later this month.

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Persian Gulf Pro League Stats Now on FBref

Posted by Alex Bonilla on August 9, 2019

FBref has added Iran's Persian Gulf Pro League to its growing list of competitions covered around the globe. We have scores and results back to the 2014-15 season, and player statistics back to the 2016-17 season. Ali Gholizadeh played last season with Charleroi in Belgium's top league, catching their attention after 6 goals and 5 assists in the 2017-18 season with Saipa in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Mehrdad Mohammadi recorded 6 goals and 3 assists with 2nd-place Sepahan last season, and will be playing for Desportivo Aves in the Portuguese Primeira Liga this upcoming season. Sepahan couldn't take the title last year because Persepolis won the league for the 3rd consecutive season, in large part thanks to goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand, who has led the league in clean sheets in each of those 3 seasons.

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Ecuadorian Primera Categoría Serie A Stats Now on FBref

Posted by Alex Bonilla on August 6, 2019

FBref now has statistics for Ecuador's highest level of football competition, the Primera Categoría Serie A. This league is covered on the site since its 2014 season, and is also tracking the latest scores and stats from the current 2019 season. One example of a player whose history gets filled out is Orlando City midfielder Jhegson Mendez, who spent the last 4 seasons with Independiente before moving to the MLS in 2019. In Europe, Stiven Plaza made 2 appearances with Valladolid in La Liga last season, following up a 7-goal 2018 season with Independiente. One of the leaders in the 2019 Primera Categoría Serie A is Fidel Martínez, who returned to his home country this season after 7 seasons in Liga MX.

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Colombian Categoría Primera A Stats Now on FBref

Posted by Alex Bonilla on August 6, 2019

The latest addition to FBref's league coverage around the world is Colombia's Categoría Primera A, which the site now has statistics for from 2014 to the current 2019 season. Colombian players abroad that get their history filled in include Davinson Sánchez, Tottenham defender who spent his age-18 and 19 seasons with CDC Atlético, and Dallas forward Harold Santiago Mosquera, who scored 8 goals in his final season with Millonarios. As for the current season, 4 match days into the Finalización phase, Germán Cano leads the league with 23 goals. Cano also led the league last year in that category.

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Chilean Primera División Stats Now on FBref

Posted by Alex Bonilla on August 2, 2019

FBref recently added its first South American domestic leagues, with Brazil and Argentina now being covered by the site. We also want to announce the addition of the Chilean Primera División, which we now have coverage for back to its 2014-15 season. Their 2019 season is in the final weeks, and you can keep up with the latest match results at FBref. Some players in the European leagues getting their histories filled out by this addition include Guillermo Maripán, who was with Chile's Universidad Católica before moving to La Liga's Alavés, and Erick Pulgar, who scored 6 goals in 2014-15 with Universidad Católica before joining Bologna in the Italian Serie A.

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Japanese League Stats Now on FBref

Posted by Alex Bonilla on August 2, 2019

FBref continues to add new leagues to its international coverage, and now we announce the addition of Japan's J1 and J2 Leagues, which are covered back to the 2014 season. The 2019 J1 League season is in full swing and we are also adding the latest stats and match reports from the current campaign. Some high-profile Japanese players moving to Europe are Takefusa Kubo and Hiroki Abe, who've signed with Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively. Kubo has played in the J1 League since his age-15 season, and finished with a 0.61 G+A/90 in his 13 appearances with FC Tokyo this season. Abe made 49 appearances with Kashima Antlers in the last 3 seasons. While Abe is going to Barcelona, former Barcelona star David Villa is Vissel Kobe's leading goal scorer this season.

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Play-By-Play, Shot Charts Added Back to 1996-97

Posted by Mike Lynch on August 2, 2019

We have long had Play-by-Play as a feature in the box scores on Basketball Reference back to the 2000-01 season. We're happy to announce that we have now added this data back to the 1996-97 season, which is as far back as comprehensive, digitized NBA play-by-play info exists anywhere (at least to our knowledge). The play-by-play data also allows us to integrate shot charts and Plus/Minus tables into the box scores.

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K League 1 Stats Now on FBref

Posted by Alex Bonilla on August 2, 2019

The latest addition to FBref's collection of domestic leagues covered all around the world is South Korea's K League 1, which we now have coverage for back to 2014. This includes the currently ongoing 2019 season. Some players that get their history filled out a little more with this addition include Kwon Chang-hoon and Kim Kee-hee. Kwon scored 18 goals in his last 3 seasons with Suwon Bluewings before joining Dijon in Ligue 1. Kim was part of Jeonbuk's K League championships in 2014 and 2015, and is currently a starter on the Seattle Sounders. Another player to spotlight is former U.S. men's national team member Mix Diskerud, who has 5 goals and 2 assists with Ulsan Hyundai this season thus far.

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Chinese Super League Stats Now on FBref

Posted by Alex Bonilla on July 31, 2019

FBref's latest addition to our continuously expanding domestic league coverage is the Chinese Super League, which we now have player statistics for back to the 2015 season. We are also tracking the current 2019 season, which sees Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao, Shanghai SIPG and Beijing Sinobo Guoan battling for the top spot on the league table.

Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao is being led this season in scoring by Paulinho, who Barcelona fans may recall as a contributor to their 2017-18 La Liga championship season. Other footballers with European experience now plying their trade in the Chinese Super League include Éder, who spent a decade in the Italian Serie A before playing with Jiangsu Suning for the past 2 seasons, and Ezequiel Lavezzi, who won 4 Ligue 1 championships with Paris Saint-Germain before moving on to Hebei Fortune. In the other direction, Wu Lei was the 2018 Chinese Footballer of the Year after 27 goals scored with Shanghai SIPG, leading the league; he went on to play in 16 games for Espanyol in La Liga.

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Argentine Superliga Stats Now on FBref

Posted by Alex Bonilla on July 30, 2019

We recently released our first South American league coverage with the addition of Brazilian Serie A and Serie B statistics. The second addition for that continent is the Argentine Superliga, which we now have coverage for back to the 2014 season when it was known as Primera División. This addition includes coverage of the 2019-20 season which just kicked off last weekend. We also have match logs for the Argentine league back to the 2015 season.

Some recent young Argentines with added history as a result of this addition include Lautaro Martínez and Giovani Lo Celso. Martínez scored 6 goals in his first season with Internazionale in the Italian Serie A, his followup to a 13-goal and 4-assist campaign with Racing Club in the 2017-18 Superliga season. Lo Celso led Betis in goals scored in the 2018-19 La Liga season, and was a key member of 2017-18 Paris Saint-Germain's Ligue 1 championship; Lo Celso started his career with Rosario Central in Argentina. Also this catches up with players who had success in Europe who are wrapping up their careers in Argentina. For example, Lisandro López won 4 Primeira Liga championships with Porto and the 2009-10 Ligue 1 Male Player of the Year award with Lyon. In 2018-19 López was still going strong with Racing Club, leading the Superliga in goals scored with 17.

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