Overview
The Professional Report screen is reached from the Professional Report tile on the home screen. It's where you build a detailed, structured scouting report for a match at professional or academy level.
A sticky footer with Save Draft and Submit Report buttons stays visible as you scroll, so you can save progress at any point without scrolling back to the top or bottom. In the top right, an Upload Fixture button lets you import fixture details directly rather than entering them manually.
Section 1 — Match Details
Match Details
Captures the context of the match. These fields set the fixture information that frames everything else in the report.
Section 2 — Player Report
Player Report
A dedicated card for each player you're reporting on. The first card opens as "Player 1 Report". Tap Add Player 2 below the card to add further players from the same fixture — useful when scouting multiple individuals in one game.
Maturation stage is one of the most important contextual fields in any academy report. A physically early-maturing player may look dominant at U12 but plateau later, while a late developer may be overlooked despite superior technical ability. Recording it accurately helps your analysis hold up over time.
Section 3 — Player Ratings
Player Ratings
The analytical heart of the report. Six category boxes let you score the player using Scout52's evaluation framework. Click a point along each rating bar to set a score — the bar shifts from red at the low end through orange to green as the rating increases. Each category also has an expandable Notes field for qualitative context. As you set scores, the Calculated Overall Score updates automatically with a numeric average and a descriptive label.
These six categories are the exact same framework used across Scout52's evaluation philosophy. They cover the complete player — technical, physical, mental, and that indefinable quality that separates talent from potential. Each category note field lets you record the specific observations behind your score, making reports meaningful weeks or months later when context might otherwise be forgotten.
Section 4 — Match Performance & Future Potential
Match Performance & Future Potential
Two separate 1–4 scales that let you distinguish between how the player performed on the day versus your longer-term view of their trajectory. Both have expandable Notes fields.
Match Performance
Future Potential
A player can have a poor Match Performance (2) but excellent Future Potential (4) — perhaps they were played out of position, or had an off day in a difficult fixture. Separating the two prevents a single bad game from skewing your long-term assessment. Always score both independently.
Section 5 — Notes, Recommendation & Next Steps
Notes, Recommendation & Next Steps
The concluding section of the player card. Personal Notes is a free-form field for any observations that don't fit the structured rating fields. The final two fields are required before submission.
Player Recommendation
A required field. Sets the pipeline status for this player:
Future Action
A required field. Sets what happens next with this player:
Section 6 — Additional Notes
Additional Notes
A General Match Notes textarea at the end of the form for broader context about the fixture — pitch conditions, match intensity, tactical setup of either team, or anything else relevant that doesn't belong to a specific player entry.
Saving and submitting
The sticky footer offers two options throughout:
You must set both fields before the Submit Report button will accept the form. Save Draft has no such requirement — you can save with any fields incomplete and return later to finish.
Create your first professional report
Tap the Professional Report tile on your home screen to get started.
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