Duncan Alexander is a British association football statistician, broadcaster and author for The Athletic.
Under the pseudonym of 'OptaJoe', Alexander was the Chief Data Editor for football statistics company Opta. As 'OptaJoe' Alexander was a football commentator and pundit who live-tweeted during football matches with statistics and jokes.[1][2] His first book, OptaJoe's Football Yearbook was published in 2016. His second book Outside the Box: A Statistical Journey through the History of Football was published in 2017.[3][4][5]
Alexander has also written for the BBC,[6] the Premier League,[7] The Football Association,[8] The Guardian,[9] The Daily Mirror,[10] and Sky Sports.[11]
He is a regular contributor on The Totally Football Show,[12] and has appeared on BBC Radio Five Live,[13] The Anfield Wrap[14] and podcasts for The Times,[15] The Independent,[16] and The Daily Telegraph.[17] He has been interviewed by FourFourTwo[18] and Coca-Cola.[19]
In January 2023 Alexander announced that he was joining subscription sports magazine The Athletic.[20]
OptaJoe was nominated for the 'online media of the year' award at the 2017 Football Supporters Federation Awards.[21]
Alexander studied history at the University of Manchester. When interviewed by FourFourTwo Alexander chose as his favourite ever football book 'Among The Thugs' by Bill Buford (1991).[22] Alexander is a supporter of Wycombe Wanderers and lives in south London.
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