SofaScore is an

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for following sports statistics and results. The app is owned and developed by SofaIT from

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. In 2020, the app had 20 million users. It covers 20 different sports and around 11,000 different leagues and tournaments, and is available in more than 30 different languages. The app founders are Ivan Bešlić and Zlatko Hrkać, who previously worked on other

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projects during the era of "blogs and forums". They started the app for collecting sports results in 2010. After noticing large traffic on their site,

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invited them to

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in 2011. That year they formed a small office for programme developers. In 2012, just before the

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, they changed the apps' name to SofaScore in order to develop a brand. They developed a system of assessment of athletes' performances which differentiated them from other similar existing apps and gave them leverage in the market. The system also enables the tracking and assessment of young players from lower-tier leagues, that otherwise wouldn't get attention. Most users are from footballing countries like Germany, Italy, France, and the United Kingdom. The app is also much used in South America and Africa. In Africa, a special version of the app is available for low internet connectivity.

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