# Football scout shortlist to recruitment dossier

> Convert player data, match clips, and role requirements into a defensible recruitment shortlist and scout dossier.

- Canonical: https://gptnavi.com/workflows/football-scout-shortlist-to-recruitment-dossier
- Category: Football
- Difficulty: Advanced
- Setup time: 3.5 hours
- Estimated time saved: 6-15 hours
- Last materially updated: 2026-08-24
- Best for: Football scouts, Recruitment analysts, Sporting directors, Academy scouts
- Tools: StatsBomb, FBref, SkillCorner, Wyscout, Claude

## Quick answer

This workflow helps scouts combine statistical filters, tracking context, video review, and risk notes into a clear recruitment dossier that a sporting director can actually use.

## When to use it

- Player shortlist creation
- Role replacement planning
- Opposition scouting
- Academy promotion review

## Steps

1. **Define the role profile** — Write the target role, tactical demands, league level, age range, budget, physical requirements, and non-negotiables. Tool: Notion. Expected output: A recruitment role brief.
2. **Filter with data** — Use event data and public stats to identify players matching core output, progression, defensive, and availability indicators. Tool: StatsBomb. Expected output: A first-pass player list.
3. **Add movement context** — Check off-ball, physical, and role-specific movement indicators where tracking data is available. Tool: SkillCorner. Expected output: Movement and physical context notes.
4. **Review video evidence** — Watch clips for decision-making, body orientation, pressure moments, transition behavior, and tactical fit. Tool: Wyscout. Expected output: Evidence clips and scout notes.
5. **Write the dossier** — Summarize fit, risks, comparable players, development needs, interview questions, and next observation plan. Tool: Claude. Expected output: A recruitment dossier.

## Prompt templates

### Scout dossier writer

Create a recruitment dossier from this role brief, data notes, and video observations. Include fit summary, strengths, risks, tactical fit, physical context, comparable profiles, open questions, and next scouting action. Do not invent data. Notes: [paste]

### Shortlist challenge

Challenge this player shortlist. Identify weak evidence, sample-size issues, role mismatch, league translation risks, injury/availability concerns, and players needing more video review. Shortlist: [paste]

## Common mistakes

- Letting a single metric drive recruitment
- Skipping video after data filtering
- Ignoring league translation and role context

## Related workflows

- https://gptnavi.com/workflows/research-a-niche-market-with-ai
- https://gptnavi.com/workflows/research-inbox-to-weekly-insight-brief
- https://gptnavi.com/workflows/candidate-screening-to-interview-kit