LinkedIn·Wednesday, 17 June 2026·17 Jun 2026

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 €1.1𝐌 𝐭𝐨 €10𝐌 𝐢𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 2.5 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. A 9.1× increase in player value. This is the kind of outcome every recruitment…

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𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 €1.1𝐌 𝐭𝐨 €10𝐌 𝐢𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 2.5 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. A 9.1× increase in player value. This is the kind of outcome every recruitment department aims to achieve and one that starts long before a player becomes widely recognised. Back in 2023, while Keisuke Goto was still playing in Japan's J2 League, the Akari platform identified him as one of the competition's highest-potential strikers based on a combination of: ✅ High Akari Potential Score (3.46) indicating development potential ✅ Strong chance conversion rate ✅ Consistent xG overperformance These insights helped focus the scouting process, allowing further validation through video analysis and live scouting before the final recruitment decision. After joining RSC Anderlecht in January 2024 for approximately €1.1M, Goto continued his development, gained valuable first-team experience during a loan spell at Sint-Truiden, and has now earned a €10M move to SC Freiburg 🇩🇪 . What's equally interesting is that several other players who ranked highly in the same Akari J2 League cohort - including Rion Ichihara (AZ Alkmaar), Kodai Sano (NEC Nijmegen) and Isa Sakamoto (Westerlo) - have also made successful moves to European football and significantly increased their market value. For us, this is exactly what modern recruitment is about: using objective data to identify undervalued talent earlier, allowing scouting departments to spend their time where the probability of success is highest. Congratulations to everyone involved in Keisuke Goto's development, and we wish him every success in the Bundesliga! #FootballRecruitment #FootballScouting #DataScouting #FootballAnalytics #PlayerRecruitment #Scouting #TransferStrategy #AkariAnalytics