Rangers FC renews partnership with Kitman Labs

Kitman Labs, the global enterprise SaaS platform providing the only single, centralised operating system for performance intelligence in Sports have renewed and expanded its partnership with Rangers F.C., one of the longest standing football clubs in Scotland.

The 55-time Scottish Premiership Champions will continue to utilise the Performance Medicine, Performance Optimisation and Coaching & DevelopmentSolutions in iP – combining medical, performance, and now, coaching and talent development data in a single, integrated platform designed to unify the entire Club from the Academy to the First Team, help unlock player health, wellness and performance outcomes and inform talent development strategy across the entire football club.

The Kitman Labs Coaching & Development Solution will enable Rangers to have complete transparency into their talent pipeline and help support strategic planning when elevating new players from the Academy to the Men’s and Women’s first teams. The functionality and advanced analytics capabilities of the platform will allow the Club to optimise player pathways, identify talent earlier in the development cycle, and ensure more informed succession planning.  In addition, the platform will help the Club accelerate their talent development pipeline and better prepare players for the rigours of the first team.

The renewal of this partnership ensures that all practitioners and stakeholders across the Club have the resources and tools to generate the insights and intelligence necessary to support real-time, evidence-based decision-making and that all teams have access to a single, shared source of truth to power collaboration and communication across all disciplines and departments.

Rangers FC’s Director of Football Operations, Creag Robertson, said: “The Kitman Labs technology and team has been integral in generating the actionable insights needed to help us achieve our performance outcomes and make more informed, evidence-based decisions on and off the pitch. We are excited to now roll out the Intelligence Platform to the entire men’s and women’s senior and academy teams.  By unifying our data in a single platform, we now have a clear line of sight into player development and progression and can monitor progress across the club – creating and optimising talent pathways that will ultimately benefit the club for seasons to come.”

“We are extremely proud of our partnership with Rangers F.C., one of the most successful and historic clubs in global football. The Club has been at the cutting edge of utilising data and data science to advance player health and performance outcomes for a number of years. This expanded partnership will help support the Club in their efforts to raise and develop the next generation of talent through their exceptional academy structures on both the men’s and women’s side. “said Stephen Smith, CEO and Founder of Kitman Labs.

Kitman Labs has an established track record of working with top teams and leagues across a variety of sports, including soccer, basketball, rugby, and American football. The company’s technology is in use by some of the world’s most elite soccer organisations, including Bayer Leverkusen, Fulham F.C., Chelsea F.C., Ipswich Town F.C. and Liverpool F.C.  Kitman Labs recently announced the launch and deployment of The Football Intelligence Platform across all Premier League Academies.