考虑到就欧洲足球而言，我们仍处于赛季前 转会狂潮 ，我认为整理足球转会图表以查看是否有任何有趣的见解会很有趣。

我花了一段时间才找到合适的消息来源，但最终我遇到了transfermarkt.co.uk ，其中包含的转移至少可以追溯到1992年英超联赛的开始。

我编写了一个快速的Python脚本来创建所有传输的CSV文件。 该文件如下所示：

$ head -n 10 data/transfers.csv
player,from_team,from_team_id,to_team,to_team_id,fee,season
Martin Keown,Everton,29,Arsenal FC,11,"2,10 Mill. £",1992-1993
John Jensen,Bröndby IF,206,Arsenal FC,11,"1,12 Mill. £",1992-1993
Alan Miller,Birmingham,337,Arsenal FC,11,,1992-1993
Jim Will,Sheffield Utd.,350,Arsenal FC,11,,1992-1993
David Rocastle,Arsenal FC,11,Leeds,399,"1,68 Mill. £",1992-1993
Perry Groves,Arsenal FC,11,Southampton FC,180,595 Th. £,1992-1993
Ty Gooden,Arsenal FC,11,Wycombe Wand.,2805,?,1992-1993
Geraint Williams,Derby,22,Ipswich Town,677,525 Th. £,1992-1993
Jason Winters,Chelsea U21,9250,Ipswich Town,677,?,1992-1993

我将创建以下图形，然后我们将编写一些查询来探索涉及球员和俱乐部的转会链。

我使用Neo4j的LOAD CSV命令编写了一些导入脚本，首先设置了适当的索引：

create index on :Team(id);
create index on :Season(name);
create index on :Transfer(description);
create index on :Player(name);

// teams
load csv with headers from "file:///Users/markneedham/projects/football-transfers/data/teams.csv" as row
merge (team:Team {id: toint(row.team_id)})
on create set team.name = row.team;// seasons
load csv with headers from "file:///Users/markneedham/projects/football-transfers/data/transfers.csv" as row
merge (season:Season {name: row.season})
ON CREATE SET season.starts =  toint(split(season.name, "-")[0]);// players
load csv with headers from "file:///Users/markneedham/projects/football-transfers/data/transfers.csv" as row
merge (player:Player {name: row.player});// transfers
load csv with headers from "file:///Users/markneedham/projects/football-transfers/data/transfers.csv" as row
match (from:Team {id: toint(row.from_team_id)})
match (to:Team {id: toint(row.to_team_id)})
match (season:Season {name: row.season})
match (player:Player {name: row.player})merge (transfer:Transfer {description: row.player + " from " + from.name + " to " + to.name})
merge (transfer)-[:FROM_TEAM]->(from)
merge (transfer)-[:TO_TEAM]->(to)
merge (transfer)-[:IN_SEASON]->(season)
merge (transfer)-[:PLAYER]->(player);// connect transfers
match (season)<-[:IN_SEASON]-(transfer:Transfer)-[:PLAYER]->(player)
WITH player, season, transfer
ORDER BY player.name, season.starts
WITH player, COLLECT({s: season, t: transfer}) AS transfers
UNWIND range(0, length(transfers)-2) AS idx
WITH player, transfers[idx] AS t1, transfers[idx +1] AS t2
WITH player, t1.t AS t1, t2.t AS t2
MERGE (t1)-[:NEXT]->(t2);

如果您想使用数据，那么所有文件和脚本都在此要旨上。 您唯一需要更改的是每条“ LOAD CSV”行上的文件路径。

“连接转账”查询比其他查询要复杂一些，因为我们首先按照球员分组的升序对转账进行排序，然后创建一个球员转账的链表 。

现在我们已经加载了数据，让我们找出哪个球员被转移的次数最多：

match path = (:Transfer)-[:NEXT*0..]->(transfer:Transfer)
where NOT (transfer)-[:NEXT]->()
RETURN path
ORDER BY LENGTH(path) DESC
LIMIT 1

哪些其他球员经常移动球队？

match path = (first:Transfer)-[:NEXT*0..]->(transfer:Transfer),(player)<-[:PLAYER]-(transfer)
where NOT ((transfer)-[:NEXT]->()) AND NOT ((first)<-[:NEXT]-())
RETURN player.name, LENGTH(path) AS numberOfTransfers
ORDER BY numberOfTransfers DESC
LIMIT 10==> +--------------------------------------+
==> | player.name      | numberOfTransfers |
==> +--------------------------------------+
==> | "Craig Bellamy"  | 7                 |
==> | "David Unsworth" | 6                 |
==> | "Andrew Cole"    | 6                 |
==> | "Peter Crouch"   | 6                 |
==> | "Les Ferdinand"  | 5                 |
==> | "Kevin Phillips" | 5                 |
==> | "Mark Hughes"    | 5                 |
==> | "Tommy Wright"   | 4                 |
==> | "Carl Tiler"     | 4                 |
==> | "Don Hutchison"  | 4                 |
==> +--------------------------------------+
==> 10 rows

转会中最常见的俱乐部组合是什么？

match (from)<-[:FROM_TEAM]-(t:Transfer)-[:TO_TEAM]->(to), (t)-[:PLAYER]->(p)
RETURN from.name, to.name, COUNT(*) AS times, COLLECT(p.name) AS players
ORDER BY times DESC
LIMIT 10==> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
==> | from.name           | to.name               | times | players                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
==> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
==> | "West Ham United"   | "Queens Park Rangers" | 13    | ["Keith Rowland","Iain Dowie","Tim Breacker","Ludek Miklosko","Bertie Brayley","Terrell Forbes","Steve Lomas","Hogan Ephraim","Nigel Quashie","Danny Gabbidon","Kieron Dyer","Robert Green","Gary O'Neil"] |
==> | "Tottenham Hotspur" | "Portsmouth FC"       | 12    | ["Paul Walsh","Andy Turner","Rory Allen","Justin Edinburgh","Tim Sherwood","Teddy Sheringham","Noé Pamarot","Pedro Mendes","Sean Davis","Jermain Defoe","Younès Kaboul","Kevin-Prince Boateng"]            |
==> | "Liverpool FC"      | "West Ham United"     | 12    | ["Julian Dicks","David Burrows","Mike Marsh","Don Hutchison","Neil Ruddock","Titi Camara","Rob Jones","Rigobert Song","Craig Bellamy","Joe Cole","Andy Carroll","Stewart Downing"]                         |
==> | "Manchester United" | "Everton FC"          | 9     | ["Andrey Kanchelskis","John O'Kane","Jesper Blomqvist","Phil Neville","Tim Howard","Louis Saha","Darron Gibson","Sam Byrne","Tom Cleverley"]                                                               |
==> | "Newcastle United"  | "West Ham United"     | 9     | ["Paul Kitson","Shaka Hislop","Stuart Pearce","Wayne Quinn","Lee Bowyer","Kieron Dyer","Scott Parker","Nolberto Solano","Kevin Nolan"]                                                                     |
==> | "Blackburn Rovers"  | "Leicester City"      | 9     | ["Steve Agnew","Tim Flowers","Callum Davidson","John Curtis","Keith Gillespie","Craig Hignett","Nils-Eric Johansson","Bruno Berner","Paul Gallagher"]                                                      |
==> | "Chelsea FC"        | "Southampton FC"      | 8     | ["Ken Monkou","Kerry Dixon","Neil Shipperley","Mark Hughes","Paul Hughes","Graeme Le Saux","Jack Cork","Ryan Bertrand"]                                                                                    |
==> | "Birmingham City"   | "Coventry City"       | 8     | ["David Rennie","John Gayle","Liam Daish","Gary Breen","Stern John","Julian Gray","Lee Carsley","Gary McSheffrey"]                                                                                         |
==> | "Southampton FC"    | "Fulham FC"           | 8     | ["Micky Adams","Kevin Moore","Terry Hurlock","Maik Taylor","Alan Neilson","Luís Boa Morte","Antti Niemi","Chris Baird"]                                                                                    |
==> | "Portsmouth FC"     | "Stoke City"          | 8     | ["Kevin Harper","Lewis Buxton","Anthony Pulis","Vincent Péricard","Asmir Begovic","Marc Wilson","Elliot Wheeler","Alex Grant"]                                                                             |
==> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
==> 10 rows

曾经有过玩家双向转移的情况吗？

match (from)<-[:FROM_TEAM]-(t:Transfer)-[:TO_TEAM]->(to), (t)-[:PLAYER]->(player)
where id(from) < id(to)
WITH from, to, COUNT(*) AS times, COLLECT(player.name) AS players
match (to)<-[:FROM_TEAM]-(t:Transfer)-[:TO_TEAM]->(from), (t)-[:PLAYER]->(player)
RETURN from.name, to.name, times, COUNT(*) as otherWayTimes, players, COLLECT(player.name) AS otherWayPlayers
ORDER BY times + otherWayTimes DESC
LIMIT 10==> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
==> | from.name           | to.name               | times | otherWayTimes | players                                                                                                                                                                                                    | otherWayPlayers                                                                                                                                                                    |
==> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
==> | "Tottenham Hotspur" | "Portsmouth FC"       | 12    | 5             | ["Paul Walsh","Andy Turner","Rory Allen","Justin Edinburgh","Tim Sherwood","Teddy Sheringham","Noé Pamarot","Pedro Mendes","Sean Davis","Jermain Defoe","Younès Kaboul","Kevin-Prince Boateng"]            | ["Jermain Defoe","Niko Kranjcar","Younès Kaboul","Peter Crouch","Darren Anderton"]                                                                                                 |
==> | "West Ham United"   | "Liverpool FC"        | 4     | 12            | ["Julian Dicks","Daniel Sjölund","Yossi Benayoun","Javier Mascherano"]                                                                                                                                     | ["Stewart Downing","Andy Carroll","Joe Cole","Craig Bellamy","Rigobert Song","Titi Camara","Rob Jones","Neil Ruddock","Don Hutchison","Julian Dicks","Mike Marsh","David Burrows"] |
==> | "West Ham United"   | "Queens Park Rangers" | 13    | 2             | ["Keith Rowland","Iain Dowie","Tim Breacker","Ludek Miklosko","Bertie Brayley","Terrell Forbes","Steve Lomas","Hogan Ephraim","Nigel Quashie","Danny Gabbidon","Kieron Dyer","Robert Green","Gary O'Neil"] | ["Andy Impey","Trevor Sinclair"]                                                                                                                                                   |
==> | "West Ham United"   | "Tottenham Hotspur"   | 5     | 8             | ["Jermain Defoe","Frédéric Kanouté","Michael Carrick","Jimmy Walker","Scott Parker"]                                                                                                                       | ["Sergiy Rebrov","Mauricio Taricco","Calum Davenport","Les Ferdinand","Matthew Etherington","Bobby Zamora","Ilie Dumitrescu","Mark Robson"]                                        |
==> | "West Ham United"   | "Portsmouth FC"       | 8     | 5             | ["Martin Allen","Adrian Whitbread","Marc Keller","Svetoslav Todorov","Hayden Foxe","Shaka Hislop","Sébastien Schemmel","Hayden Mullins"]                                                                   | ["Stephen Henderson","Teddy Sheringham","Shaka Hislop","Marc Keller","Lee Chapman"]                                                                                                |
==> | "Newcastle United"  | "West Ham United"     | 9     | 3             | ["Paul Kitson","Shaka Hislop","Stuart Pearce","Wayne Quinn","Lee Bowyer","Kieron Dyer","Scott Parker","Nolberto Solano","Kevin Nolan"]                                                                     | ["Demba Ba","Lee Bowyer","David Terrier"]                                                                                                                                          |
==> | "Birmingham City"   | "Coventry City"       | 8     | 4             | ["David Rennie","John Gayle","Liam Daish","Gary Breen","Stern John","Julian Gray","Lee Carsley","Gary McSheffrey"]                                                                                         | ["Scott Dann","David Burrows","Peter Ndlovu","David Smith"]                                                                                                                        |
==> | "Manchester City"   | "Portsmouth FC"       | 8     | 4             | ["Paul Walsh","Carl Griffiths","Fitzroy Simpson","Eyal Berkovic","David James","Andrew Cole","Sylvain Distin","Tal Ben Haim"]                                                                              | ["Benjani","Gerry Creaney","Kit Symons","Paul Walsh"]                                                                                                                              |
==> | "Blackburn Rovers"  | "Southampton FC"      | 5     | 6             | ["David Speedie","Stuart Ripley","James Beattie","Kevin Davies","Zak Jones"]                                                                                                                               | ["Zak Jones","Egil Östenstad","Kevin Davies","Alan Shearer","Jeff Kenna","Tim Flowers"]                                                                                            |
==> | "AFC Bournemouth"   | "West Ham United"     | 3     | 8             | ["Keith Rowland","Paul Mitchell","Scott Mean"]                                                                                                                                                             | ["Steve Jones","Matt Holland","Mohammed Berthé","Scott Mean","Paul Mitchell","Jamie Victory","Mark Watson","Stephen Purches"]                                                      |
==> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

是否有任何球员回到过往的同一个俱乐部？

match (player:Player)<-[:PLAYER]-(t1:Transfer)-[:FROM_TEAM]->(from)<-[:TO_TEAM]-(t2:Transfer)-[:FROM_TEAM]->(to),(t2)-[:PLAYER]->(player), (t1)-[:TO_TEAM]->(to)
WHERE ID(to) < ID(from)
WITH player, COLLECT([ from.name, " ⥄ ", to.name]) AS teams
RETURN player.name, REDUCE(acc = [], item in teams | acc  + REDUCE(acc2 = "", i in item | acc2 + i)) AS thereAndBack
ORDER BY LENGTH(thereAndBack) DESC
LIMIT 10==> +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
==> | player.name       | thereAndBack                                                    |
==> +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
==> | "Mark Stein"      | ["Stoke City ⥄ Chelsea FC","Ipswich Town ⥄ Chelsea FC"]         |
==> | "Peter Beagrie"   | ["Bradford City ⥄ Everton FC","Bradford City ⥄ Wigan Athletic"] |
==> | "Richard Dryden"  | ["Southampton FC ⥄ Stoke City","Southampton FC ⥄ Swindon Town"] |
==> | "Robbie Elliott"  | ["Bolton Wanderers ⥄ Newcastle United"]                         |
==> | "Elliot Grandin"  | ["Blackpool FC ⥄ Crystal Palace"]                               |
==> | "Robert Fleck"    | ["Chelsea FC ⥄ Norwich City"]                                   |
==> | "Paul Walsh"      | ["Portsmouth FC ⥄ Manchester City"]                             |
==> | "Rick Holden"     | ["Manchester City ⥄ Oldham Athletic"]                           |
==> | "Gary McAllister" | ["Liverpool FC ⥄ Coventry City"]                                |
==> | "Lee Bowyer"      | ["West Ham United ⥄ Newcastle United"]                          |
==> +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

这就是我目前所拥有的一切–如果您能想到其他有趣的探索途径，请告诉我，我会看看。

翻译自: https://www.javacodegeeks.com/2015/07/neo4j-the-football-transfers-graph.html