Junyuan Ding
Cardiff,Cardiff
Summary
- Analyst-minded coach and coach-minded analyst.
- Experienced Sports performance Analyst skilled in tactical behaviour analysis, reporting and research.
- Expert in data visualisation, coding, notational analysis. Highly knowledge about performance analysis in football, 7s rugby, and esport.
- Energetic academic and statistical Coach versed in training and development strategies focused on transforming athlete performance.
- Well-developed communication and problem-solving abilities with eye for detail, statistic related and creative style.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Senior Performance Analyst
JTSportech
Shandong, Shandong
2020.12 - Current
- Establishment of JT Football AI system on performance analysis algorithm to support players' performance tracking and Telent ID.
- Participated in and led the establishment of a football performance analysis app and the collection and definition of indicators.
- Worked with the Chinese FA and provided match analysis to give tactical suggestions to the male and female teams.
- Work for China Rugby 7s National Team, and Shandong Rugby 7s Team for analysing match data.
- Edit the footage of the opponent of China Rugby 7s National Team (Chinese Hong Kong, South Africa, and etc) about the kick-off event.
Coach & Analyst
Ely Rangers AFC First Team
Cardiff, Cardiff
2023.08 - Current
- Champion of South Wales Alliance League Championship 2023/2024
- Champion of FAW Cup 2023/2024
- Help teams to reduce possession lost in build-up and progression phase from 40% to 26% when facing same level of teams.
- Opposition analysis.
- Matchday live coding, half-time statistic feedback to players.
- Video tagging and creating post-match statistical reports & feedback videos at team level (with Longomatch, Excel, Python, and PowerPoint).
- Training session suggestions and planning based on video and statistics.
- Player's performance tracking via every week's game employs P warning system for worse performance.
Age Group coach
Newport County AFC
Newport, Newport
2025.02 - Current
- Delivered training sessions to U9-U11 players every Monday and Wednesday.
- Work around the player development plan and outline of Newport County AFC.
- Use Hudl to deliver individual performance feedback and review for players.
- Organise the match-day event, including player meet up, speech, warm up, touch line running and tactical change.
Age Group Coach
Cardiff and Vale SFA
Cardiff, Cardiff
2018.09 - Current
- Apply training sessions to the U12 and U12 Development teams.
- Support the session setup and individual feedback for U15 & U16 training.
- Support Sunday football activity for U7-U9.
Performance analyst
Goytre United First Team
Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot
2024.12 - 2025.03
- Post match data analysis.
- Post match vidao tagging and analysis.
- Post match report made in communication of head coaches.
- Opposition analysis.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy - Sports Performance Analysis
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield09.2026
Master of Science - Sports performance analysis (Analytics)
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Cardiff03.2022
Sports Management - Sports
Loughborough University
Loughborough2021
Skills
- Sport Session planner
- Sports match coding (LongoMatch, Nac sport, Hudl Sportscode)
- Mircosoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau
- Scouting and data platform (Wyscout, Instat, Statsbomb)
- Video edit (Pr and iMovie)
- Python, Matlab, R on data mining, clustering, and identifying tactical behaviours
- Youth sports coaching
- Fluent in Chinese, Cantonese, English
- Mac OS and windows
Certification
- UEFA B license in football coaching
- Safeguarding and First aid
- The FA Level 1 in Talent ID
Accomplishments
- South Wales Alliance League 2023/2024 - Champion
- FAW Cup 2023/24 - Champion
- Won four champions with Shandong Rugby 7s Team as senior performance analyst: Male champion and female champion of China Rugby 7s series 2021 in Guangzhou; Male champion and female champion of China Rugby 7s Championship 2021.
Languages
English
Fluent
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
Chinese (Cantonese)
Native
Spanish
Intermediate
Referees
Associate Professor Joseph A Stone BSc, MSc, PhD, Health Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University, Collegiate Cres, Broomhall, Sheffield S10 2BP, 0114 225 5413
Zhanyu Huang Co-Founder and CTO, JT Sportech Performance Service, Beijing, China 065001, +86 13370146817
Timeline
Age Group coach
Newport County AFC
2025.02 - Current
Performance analyst
Goytre United First Team
2024.12 - 2025.03
Coach & Analyst
Ely Rangers AFC First Team
2023.08 - Current
Senior Performance Analyst
JTSportech
2020.12 - Current
Age Group Coach
Cardiff and Vale SFA
2018.09 - Current
Sports Management - Sports
Loughborough University
Doctor of Philosophy - Sports Performance Analysis
Sheffield Hallam University
Master of Science - Sports performance analysis (Analytics)
Cardiff Metropolitan University