2005

“Mirko Marcolini founds K-Sport”

K-Sport, founded by Mirko Marcolini in 2005 at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Bologna, deals with the research and development, on a scientific basis, of methodologies and tools with a high innovative and technological content that assist professionals - especially coaches, athletic trainers and technical staff, but also players, scouts, managers and media - allowing them to do their job more and more effectively.

2008

“K-Sport wins the first of a long series of business plan competitions”

K-Sport takes its first steps thanks to funding from the European Social Fund, which will be followed by various funding and awards aimed at both scientific projects and business creation projects.

2009

“The optical tracking system and the first worldwide based on 10Hz GPS technology wearable have been released”

2010

“K-Sport patents at PCT level "Method for game analysis", currently the only AI certified system in the world capable of analyzing sports performance on mathematical criteria”

KK-Sport has developed the first (and still only) system in the world capable of analyzing the performance of players with truly mathematical and objective criteria (which take shape in a world patent certified by the European Patent Office) which is revolutionizing the way to see football.

“First contract with the Italian national football team and first PRO customers (Fiorentina, Atalanta, Siena)”

2011

“K-Sport inaugurates the first office in South America (Argentina, Rosario)”

2012

“K-Sport partner of the Prozone / Amisco group, later acquired by Stats Perform (a company owned by Vista Equity Partners)”

• Profilo dei Cambi di Direzione in Calciatori Professionisti

  Castagna C., Manzi V., Castellini E., Impellizzeri FM.

  2012 Congresso Internazionale AIPAC

• Analisi della Specificità del cambio di direzione in arbitri d’élite: studio descrittivo

  Castagna C., Castellini E., Impellizzeri FM., Weston M., Manzi V.

  2012 Congresso Internazionale AIPAC

2013

“Fiorentina first team to use the AI "method for game analysis"”

2014

“K-Sport announces the first prototype of K-Shirt: smart vest that integrates GPS, sensor fusion and vital parameters such as ECG, ventilation, temperature and pressure”

• Relationships Between High Intensity Running and Outcome of Technical-Tactical Skills in Professional Soccer Players During Match Play

  Filetti C., D’Ottavio S., Manzi V., Ruscello B., Moalla W.

  2014 American Journal of Sports Science

• La match analysis applicata al calcio: evoluzione e applicazioni pratiche nelle ultime stagioni

  A.Tibaudi

  2014 Scienza e Sport

• Il Carico Interno ed Esterno nel controllo del 3v3: studio di un caso

  Castagna C., Manzi V.

  2014 Notiziario del Settore Tecnico FIGC

• Risposte Fisiologiche e Ripetibilità dei Super Small-Sided Games: 5v5

  Castagna C., Giovannelli M., Manzi V.

  2014 Notiziario del Settore Tecnico FIGC

• Match running activity in very young soccer players

  Bellistri G., Sodero L., Crociani B., Ramaglia M., Marzorati M., Porcelli S.

  2014 SISMES

• Kinematic Profile in Soccer Players

  G.Mascherini, A.Cattozzo, G.Galanti, S.Fiorini

  2014 International Journal of Sports Science

2015

“The Serie A League formalizes the use of Dynamix, a platform for the analysis of physical data, provided to all Serie A teams”

• Intensità di gioco nelle Leghe Europee: un’Analisi Oggettiva

  Castagna C., Lo Castro L., D’Ottavio S.

  2015 Notiziario del Settore Tecnico FIGC

• Analisi del carico esterno di una settimana di allenamento con strumentazione GPS

  Mascherini G., Cattozzo A., Perroni F., Fiorini S.

  2015 Scienza e Sport

• The study of acceleration and deceleration capacity decrease in repeated sprints in soccer

  Izzo R., Lo Castro L.

  2015 International Journal of Physical Education, Sport and Health

• Analysis of significance of physical parameters in football through GPS detection in a comparison with amateur athlete

  Izzo R., Carrozzo M.

  2015 International Journal of Physical Education, Sport and Health

2016

K-Sport has launched the most advanced EPTS system in the world, which acquires the position of the players 50 times per second (50Hz), and the first sensorized shirt (based on textile sensors) allowing a level of analysis never seen before, providing, in non-invasive way, vital parameters such as ECG, heart rate, ventilation and temperature.

• Match running performance and physical capacity profiles of U8 and U10 soccer players

  G.Bellistri, M.Marzorati, L.Sodero, C.Sforza, P.S.Bradley, S.Porcelli

  2016 Sport Sciences for Health

• The peak velocity derived from the Carminatti Test is related to physical match performance in young soccer players

  J.Fernandes-da-Silva, C.Castagna, A.Santiago Teixeira, L.J.Carminatti, L.G. Antonacci Guglielmo

  2016 Journal of Sports Sciences

• The study of acceleration capacity decrease in repeated 30 mt sprints

  Izzo R., Morello Zenatello V.

  2016 International Journal of Physical Education, Sport and Health

• Speed, acceleration, deceleration and metabolic power in the work to roles for a work out more targeted in elite football

  Izzo R., Sopranzetti S.

  2016 International Journal of Physical Education, Sport and Health

2017

• A Study of Relationships among Technical, Tactical, Physical Parameters and Final Outcomes in Elite Soccer Matches as Analyzed by a Semiautomatic Video Tracking System

  C.Filetti, B.Ruscello, S.D’Ottavio, V.Fanelli

  2017 Perceptual and Motor Skills

• Long Sprint Abilities in Soccer: Ball vs Running Drills

  C.Castagna, L.Francini, S.C.Araújo Póvoas.ù, S.D’Ottavio

  2017 International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

• Differences by field positions between young and senior amateur soccer players using GPS technologies

  Izzo R., Hosseini Varde’I C.

  2017 International Scientific Conference: Perspectives in Physical Education and Sport, Ovidius University, 17th Edition, Constanta, Romania

• Comparison between under 20 e over 20 amateur football players with the use of high-tech GPS (K-GPS 20 Hz)

  Izzo R., Hosseini Varde’i C.

  2017 International Journal of Physical Education, Sport and Health

• Edwards TL Method and D_SHI (M): Intensity descriptors

  Izzo R., Giovannelli M.

  2017 Sport Science

• Analysis of biomechanical abilities of basketball players through the use of k-track devices

  Izzo R., Bertoni M.

  2017 Sport Science

2018

“K-Sport present in the 5 continents”

• Balance as quality of motory-sports performance in a target evaluation between advanced technology/IMU

  Izzo R., Sebastianelli M., Hosseini Varde’i Ciro

  2018 International Journal of Physical Education, Sport and Health

• Fatigue: the consequences of a tennis match, determined by 20 Hz GPS

  Izzo R., Santi L., Hosseini Varde’i C.

  2018 International Journal of Physical Education, Sport and Health

• Data comparison between elitè and amateur soccer players by 20 Hz GPS data collection

  Izzo R., De Vanna A., Hosseini Varde’i C.

  2018 Journal of Sports Science

• Quality study of some technical elements in artistic roller skating with use of new technologies

  Izzo R., Vezzaro E., Hosseini Varde’i C.

  2018 International Journal of Physical Education, Sport and

• Performance Training with or without ball. A comparison between Helgerud methods in female soccer

  Izzo R., Carnevali G., Hosseini Varde’i C.

  2018 Journal of Sports Science

• Session RPE and Speed High Intensity Distance in Meters (D SHI mt): A valid method to analyze training load in soccer players

  Izzo R., Giovannelli M.

  2018 Journal of Sports Science

• The role of one specific training protocol in a specific technical and coordinative test for soccer in youth male male footballers

  Izzo R., Corradini P., Hosseini Varde’I C.

  2018 International Scientific Conference: Perspectives in Physical Education and Sport, Ovidius University, 18th Edition, Constanta, Romania

• Analysis of speed tresholds in youth amateur football player divided by roles using GPS technologies

  Izzo R., Franco S., Hosseini Varde’i C.

  2018 Journal of Sports Science

• Player Performance Model Comparison between Youth (U-21) and Professional first team Football Players

  Izzo, R., Varde’i, C.H., Raiola G., Santinelli F.

  2018 Journal of Human Sport and Exercise

• Experimental approach via three different protocols on the speed agility in basketball: a case study

  Izzo R., Hosseini Varde’i C.

  2018 Journal of Physical Education and Sport

• Video tracking for the detection of external load to establish proper parameters in elite soccer players during high intensity training

  Izzo R., Sopranzetti S., Molitierno G.

  2018 Journal of Physical Education and Sport

2019

“Lega Serie A chooses Stats Perform data, based on the AI system patented and certified by K-Sport, to award the MVP”

“K-Sport awarded on top 10 finalists at AI competition, World Artificial Intelligence Congress (WAIC), Shanghai”

• Validity of GNSS Units (STATS K50 and GPSports Spi Pro X) for Measuring Instantaneous Velocity and Distance in Sprint Activities

  Linke D., Muhlberger A.

  2019 Technical University of Munich

• The football match result: individual contributions and team performances

  Massara C., Sironi E.

  2019 Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

• Performance Model Analysis of Armenian Premier League Soccer Players Using Global Positioning System Technology and Comparison between European Championship

  Izzo R., Hosseini Varde’i C., Azzone V.

  2019 Journal of Sports Science

• Training load in elite goalkeepers with K-Track for monitoring performance

  Izzo R., Giovannelli M., Raiola, G.

  2019 Journal of Physical Education and Sport

• The injury prevention program WTA functional primitive movement in professional football players: A case study

  Izzo R., Giovannelli M., D’Isanto T.

  2019 Journal of Physical Education and Sport

• Player Performance Model, comparison between youth professional (U-21) and professional first team football players: Different external load or not?

  Izzo, R., Varde’i, C.H., Raiola, G., & Santinelli, F.

  2019 Journal of Human Sport and Exercise

• The evaluation of the high peak of speed in footballers: Survey of all category from an amateur youth academy

  Ricioppo, B., Hosseini Varde’i, C., Cejudo-Palomo, A., & Izzo, R.

  2019 Journal of Human Sport and Exercise

• Analysis of the Physical Efficiency Index in football teams and correlation with goal events: A survey of the Italian Serie A Championship

  Canapini, L., Varde’i, C.H., Cejudo-Palomo, A., & Izzo, R.

  2019 Journal of Human Sport and Exercise

2020

In recent years, K-Sport technologies have been used by the most important teams and federations in the world (starting with the Italian national football and rugby teams) and by numerous research and university centers. Thanks to strategic agreements with important commercial partners (such as the STATS PERFORM group), the group nowadays provides its products / services to over 500 elite clubs all over the world.

• The role of fatigue in football matches, performance model analysis and evaluation during quarters using live global positioning system technology at 50 Hz

  Izzo R., D’Isanto T., Raiola G., Cejudo A., Ponsano A., Hosseini Varde’I C.

  2020 Sport Science

• Modelling an adequate profile for a more targeted work methodology, with dedicated technologies, for elitè-level footballers: comparison between sub 17 vs sub 19, highlights and shadows

  Izzo R., Raiola G., D’Isanto T., Cejudo A., Giovannelli M.

  2020 Sport Science