Football work — scouting, research, writing.
A personal site for the scouting notes, player reports and longer reads I put together across African and European football.
Three things, mostly.
Scouting, partnerships and research — the work sits on data, local networks, and a clear view of how African and European football actually move around each other.
Scouting & Recruitment
Talent identification across Africa and Europe. Helping clubs that want a credible pipeline, not a list of names.
Partnerships
Football partnerships between European clubs and African academies that actually produce players.
Research & Writing
Notes on African and European football — trade flows, club philosophies, partnerships, and the commercial ecosystem.
Research in the open.
Every engagement produces something worth reading. These are the pieces published publicly — the rest live with our clients.
Talent Development on the African Continent
Partnership models, expatriate flows and the commercial ecosystem feeding African talent into European football.
Read the study →Building Value: Sporting Charleroi
Mid-table output on a bottom-half wage bill — squad dynamics, recruitment logic and a model trade in Scheidler.
Read the study →Building Value: RAAL La Louvière
Back-to-back promotions built on defensive culture and disciplined spending — €2.83m in wages vs JPL heavyweights.
Read the study →The full archive →
PSL networks, goalkeeper trends, Stade Reims, Mercury 13, Bafana, Afriskaut, African club strategies — more being migrated.
Browse everything →Short-form, sharp takes.
Working notes, commentary and quick reads. Bridging what we publish long-form with what we post daily.
Why African football needs sellers, not just stars
The pipeline is healthy. The selling infrastructure isn't. A note on where the next decade of value will actually come from.
Read →The Moneyball loop, drawn in one diagram
Find undervalued. Play them. Sell them. Reinvest. Go again. Why even Barcelona is running this playbook now.
Read →What Génération Foot actually did right
20 years, 20 direct transfers, one club record sale. Pulling apart the partnership that the rest of Europe keeps trying to copy.
Read →Private player reports.
Bespoke player evaluations built for clubs and agencies. Public teasers, private depth. Access by request.
Shandre Campbell — Club Brugge / NXT
Elite 1v1 winger operating off the right half-space. Exceptional finishing profile for a wide player, high-intensity counterpress, Challenger Pro + European minutes. Loan + buy option.
Lamin Sillah — Nottingham Forest U21
Aerial reference striker · 7.42 duels/90 · 3.48 penalty-area receptions/90. Clear team function, hold-up + box habits. Finishing efficiency the open question. Status: monitor.
Amath Dione — Be Sport Academy
1.92m attacking 8/10 who plays like a scorer. Power-running carries, box arrivals, combination-to-burst profile. Development priority: defensive discipline & transition behaviour.
In football, the difference between success and mediocrity is usually in the details. Kontra exists to find them, quantify them, and put them on the table.
A bit about me.
Brian Kavuma — born and raised in South Africa, now based in Brussels. I've spent 8+ years in and around sport (football, cricket, rugby, cycling).
This site is where I collect scouting notes, player reports and longer reads. It's a personal thing — not an agency, not a consultancy. If something here is useful to you, say hi.
- BasedBrussels, BE
- FromSouth Africa
- FocusScouting · Strategy · Partnerships
- LanguagesEN · FR
- Contactbrian@kontra.com
Say hi.
Scouting, a player report, a longer piece, or just a chat about African and European football — drop a line.
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