Where our data comes from
Everything in a VeriScout report rests on one claim: that the record is real. This article explains what that means, where the record comes from, and what to do if you think something is wrong.
Official records, not self-reported CVs
VeriScout is built from official league and federation match records in the countries we cover — the same fixture-by-fixture record the clubs and competitions themselves keep. Every appearance in a report traces back to a real match in a real competition.
That is deliberately different from how international recruiting usually works. A CV can be edited, a highlight reel is by definition the best six minutes of a career, and an agent's description of a league is not a measurement. None of those feed a VeriScout report.
What we record
For each player: the competitions and clubs they have played for, season by season, with appearances, starts, goals and assists, and the individual fixtures behind them. Each competition is placed on its own country's league ladder, which is what lets you judge a division you have never heard of.
We deliberately do not record things we cannot verify. Most importantly, we never state why a player missed matches — a gap in the record is shown as a gap, never labelled an injury, a suspension or a fall-out. Claiming otherwise would be guessing, and a guess in a scouting report is worse than a blank.
How current it is
Records update as fixtures are played, and every report re-generates automatically every 14 days, so what you are reading reflects the season as it stands rather than the day you first ran it.
Which countries
Coverage is the 24 countries in our four bundles. If a country is not among them, we do not hold its players yet — see Bundles & country coverage for the full list and for how to tell "not in my bundle" apart from "not in the database".
If you think something is wrong
Tell us. Email hello@veri-scout.com with the player, the season and what you believe is incorrect. Source records do occasionally carry errors — duplicated fixtures, a mis-assigned appearance, two players with the same name — and we would rather hear about it from you than have you quietly stop trusting the reports.
Privacy, minors and player rights
VeriScout is a Danish company and operates under European data protection law, including for players who are minors. We publish our position and our processing arrangements in full:
All of these are linked in the footer of every page on veri-scout.com:
- Privacy policy — what we hold, why, and on what legal basis
- Notice to players — written for players and their families rather than for customers, explaining what we hold about them and what rights they have
- Child safeguarding — our position on records involving minors
- Data processing agreement and Subprocessors — for your compliance office
- Trust & security — how the data is protected
- Terms of service, Cookie policy and Legal notice
If a player or a parent contacts your program about VeriScout, you can point them straight at hello@veri-scout.com — questions about a player's own record are ours to answer, not yours.
What the data cannot tell you
The record shows where a player played, at what level, and how much. It does not show technique, temperament, character, academic standing, English level or how they will handle being eight thousand kilometres from home. VeriScout narrows the field honestly; the judgment that follows is still yours.