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Many Data Sources. No Architecture to Connect Them.

1

The Fragmentation Problem

Most clubs sit on more performance data than ever before. The problem is not volume. It is that the data lives in disconnected systems with no individual model underneath it. No standardised infrastructure. No consolidation strategy. No security architecture built for clinical data. Twinspire is the structured layer that connects what is already being collected.

2

The Recovery Gap

The data your players generate off the training pitch, rest-day recovery scores, sleep quality, nocturnal HRV, often sits outside the club's performance environment. Combining these signals with training load can give staff a richer longitudinal view of how an individual is responding.

3

Why Both Streams Matter

Combining recovery monitoring with training load provides a richer basis for modelling the athlete as a dynamic system. Twinspire's research programme is testing which combinations of signals add meaningful explanatory value at the individual level, and under what conditions.

In practice

What the data looks like in use

The changing pattern

A player's club metrics look normal. Three weeks of declining wearable recovery scores tell a different story. Twinspire surfaces the pattern and the signals driving it, giving staff more context to interpret the change.

The return-to-play decision

Return-to-play decisions combine clinical assessment with performance and recovery data. Twinspire adds the player's individual response profile and longitudinal trend, giving staff documented context alongside clinical judgment.

The new signing

A player transfers. Instead of rebuilding their physiological context from zero, relevant parts of their Athletic Passport can move with them, carrying forward their Individual Physiological Response Profile subject to permissions and governance.

Club data. Personal data. One individual model

01

Works With Your Current Setup

API integration with your existing platform, Catapult, Statsports, Bricks, or any provider with an open API. No migration. Outputs appear in your current interface.

    02

    Connects the Private Data Stream

    The personal wearables your players use off-site. Built with a governance architecture designed to integrate relevant data into club analytics under appropriate permissions.

      03

      Individual Baseline Modeling

      What normal looks like for this specific player, not for footballers in general. Built from both streams, continuously updated, with meaningful deviations and their key drivers surfaced explicitly.

        The questions we answer every day

        1. 01

          Is this player's current state within their personal normal range, combining club and personal data?

        2. 02

          Which signals are driving any deviation, and from which data stream?

        3. 03

          How does this player's current state compare with their own recent baseline and response history?

        4. 04

          What has changed since last session, and does the pattern match anything seen before?

        The Individual Baseline

        Not a squad benchmark

        A shift that looks unremarkable across a squad can be meaningful for a particular player. Each individual's reference behaviour is built and measured separately.

        Trained staff leave. The model does not.

        Experienced staff build valuable contextual knowledge about long-term players. Twinspire is designed to preserve longitudinal physiological context when staff, systems or clubs change.

        The Athletic Passport

        The portable, athlete-centred representation of the Individual Physiological Response Profile: what the model has learned about how that athlete responds over time. With appropriate permissions and governance, that context can move with the athlete when they transfer.

        The Player App

        Players connect supported personal wearables and complete a morning check-in directly in the Twinspire app. This is one way the personal data stream can enter the model. The daily check-in captures subjective readiness, sleep quality and wellness markers alongside wearable-derived signals. If your club already has a player-facing app, Twinspire can integrate with it rather than sit alongside it.

        Twinspire Squad Hub and player app

        Built For Everyone Who Supports the Athlete

        One intelligence layer. Three perspectives.

        Footballers

        Footballers

        Your Individual Physiological Response Profile is built over time and can remain portable through the Athletic Passport, so your physiological context does not have to reset when you change clubs.

        Coaches & Performance Staff

        Coaches & Performance Staff

        Squad-level context built on individual baselines rather than population averages alone, combining relevant club and personal signals where permissions allow.

        Physiotherapists

        Physiotherapists

        Deviation alerts across club and player data, with the contributing signals surfaced explicitly so staff can interpret meaningful change in context.

        Built at DTU By People Who Have Lived the Problem

        Pouya Tobias Strand Nikoui

        Pouya Tobias Strand Nikoui

        Founder & CEO

        Pouya Tobias Strand Nikoui

        Pouya Tobias Strand Nikoui

        Founder & CEO

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        Pouya played professional football until a reinjury ended his season after a full clinical clearance. He returned to DTU and turned that experience into a research question about fragmented data and individual physiological context. MSc in Electrical Engineering specialising in AI and control systems. He leads research translation, strategic direction, and external partnerships.

        Prof. John Paulin Hansen

        Prof. John Paulin Hansen

        Co-Founder & Head of Science

        Prof. John Paulin Hansen

        Prof. John Paulin Hansen

        Co-Founder & Head of Science

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        Professor at DTU leading research into digital twin methodology for physiological systems, the scientific foundation of Twinspire. His neuromuscular research group is where the project was born. Beyond research, John has built and sold technology companies with exits to Facebook, Oculus, and GN Audio.

        Daryan Kamalifar

        Daryan Kamalifar

        Co-Founder & Lead Developer

        Daryan Kamalifar

        Daryan Kamalifar

        Co-Founder & Lead Developer

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        Seven years building software at the intersection of architecture, data engineering, and people leadership. At Twinspire he leads the technical implementation connecting club data sources, wearable integrations, and the platform infrastructure that staff and athletes use daily.

        Roxane Maar

        Roxane Maar

        Co-Founder & COO

        Roxane Maar

        Roxane Maar

        Co-Founder & COO

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        Built and taken AI ventures to market across three continents. Previously co-founded CUJU, an AI sports scouting company developed with ROGON Sports Management, from zero to exit. Worked with the UN and World Bank on innovation programme development. At Twinspire she leads fundraising, partnerships, and commercial strategy.

        Christos Andreas Ntemkas

        Christos Andreas Ntemkas

        Cloud & Cyber Security Engineer

        Csongor Tarnai

        Csongor Tarnai

        DevOps Engineer

        Nicola Stefani

        Nicola Stefani

        Research Team

        Hilmar Snær Örvarsson

        Hilmar Snær Örvarsson

        Research Team

        Advisory Board

        Adam Foss

        Adam Foss

        Commercial Advisor

        Adam Foss

        Adam Foss

        Commercial Advisor

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        Founder of Fossflakes, a Danish growth company he built from inception to exit over 17 years at an average annual growth rate of 15.4%. MSc Economics, University of Copenhagen. Brings operational and commercial experience in scaling product companies across Nordic and international markets.

        Kanishka Sina

        Kanishka Sina

        Football Industry Advisor

        Kanishka Sina

        Kanishka Sina

        Football Industry Advisor

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        VP Talent & Mentorship on the UEFA Academy Alumni Association Board. Brings direct access to the European football network and deep experience across club and federation-level sport. Active in shaping the next generation of football industry leadership through the UEFA mentorship programme.

        Joachim Christgau

        Joachim Christgau

        Brand & Strategy Advisor

        Joachim Christgau

        Joachim Christgau

        Brand & Strategy Advisor

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        Formerly at Munin Sports, where he built commercial partnerships in sport. Later worked across media and consumer brands at Nordisk Film and Carlsberg. Founder of WiiLDER WORLD. Advises Twinspire on brand positioning and commercial strategy.

        Johan Kisum

        Johan Kisum

        Platform Architecture and Compliance Advisor

        Johan Kisum

        Johan Kisum

        Platform Architecture and Compliance Advisor

        Senior Cloud Engineer and Technical Lead at Novo Nordisk with experience building regulated, global-scale AI infrastructure. Has worked directly with EU MDR requirements and GxP-compliant environments. Previously DevOps Engineer at ATP. Advises Twinspire on platform architecture, infrastructure maturation and medical-device development controls.

        The Compliance Architecture Built Around Five Principles

        As player unions and club legal teams scrutinise how health and performance data is handled, the compliance architecture your platform is built on matters.

        Identify

        Model inputs are selected for physiological relevance and traceability. The validation programme is testing which variables and combinations provide meaningful explanatory value for individual athlete state and response.

        Validate

        Validation is treated as part of the development lifecycle, not a post-launch add-on. Twinspire has been developed from the outset with EU MDR requirements informing its development, governance and validation approach.

        Consent

        Granular and transparent. Athletes can understand and manage relevant sharing permissions and consent where applicable; access is role-based and context-specific.

        Frequently Asked

        The questions clubs, athletes, and partners ask most often.

        Twinspire connects club and athlete data and builds a continuously updated individual physiological model for each athlete. It learns what is normal for that individual and surfaces meaningful deviations, contributing signals and longitudinal context for performance and medical staff. It is a decision support tool, not a replacement for clinical judgment.