Dani Alves is regarded as one of the best full-backs in the world, and Adidas have released Alves’ statistics from the El Clasicó derby last week to back this theory up.
The Adidas miCoach speed_cell tracks your max speed, distance ran, high-intensity distance and number of sprints, which can then be uploaded to the Adidas miCoach website. Once uploaded, you can then compare with thousands of footballers around the world. Your statistics are presented to you in a variety of different graphs, allowing you to easily compare them game-to-game.
Uniquely however, Adidas have also allowed footballers of any level to compare their statistics with professional footballers, including Lionel Messi. Their latest addition, Dani Alves, makes for very interesting reading indeed.
During the game, Alves covered just under 9km, 1.2km of which was high-intensity running (i.e. sprinting or fast running). He reached a top speed of 29.25km/h and embarked on 48 sprints. No mean feat, especially against such exceptional opposition. He also scored one of the goals of the season during the second half.
Having tested the Adidas miCoach speed_cell personally, I can confirm that the boots do track your stats accurately, and provide an intriguing insight into your game.
What are your thoughts on Adidas’ latest release and Dani Alves stats? How do you compare to him? Which professional footballers would you like to see analysed? Leave your comments below.
I have almost the same states but i played just 75 min then i was changed. I made 7.4 km, 1.3km hi-intesity, 48 sprints and 25km/h sprint speed and i played only the second game from the winter rest we hade. Soo this states dont impres me at all especialy for a game at this level. My opinion
@ ANZE. I somehow agree and disagree with you. I think these stats are great for comparing against the Pro’s and what it does show is that the work ethic of a good amateur is very similar to the top Pro’s. The difference between being a good amateur and making it must then be the gaps in between – touches, the completed passes, the tackles, shots etc.
@Insider_11:
I have to agree with you. I think the next step in the adidas development of the adidas F50 miCoach should be to incorperate some way a determining the technical side of the game as skill will always determine the better player. That is somthing the person above you should have considered.
@ANZE:
Also what position do you play. Maybe you play midfield which as everybody knows is the position that requires the most running. Maybe that’s why your stats were higher than his. I play midfeild and my friend let me use his shoes for a game and it recorded that I had higher stats than he. He plays striker and I play mid. See what I mean?
It’s also important to note barcelona is a major possession team, not kick and run. Alves does not need to run or even jog constantly throughout games. If u watch him, he often walks around when the balls on the other side of the field.
This doesn’t log how much time he spent rolling around on the ground does it? He probably attained his top speed while sprinting to the ref to complain that he got “hacked” when someone looked at him…..ok I’m done
I agree with all of you that this states dont tell you if you are a good player but i just couldnt belive that i run the same as a on of the worlds best full backs. And i play the same position as Alves.
yea you may have almost the same stats but i doubt that you played against Real Madrid…
What is so hard to believe about that? Needless to say, you didn’t scare a potential goal of the year in your game did you.