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network graph of world cup players countries and clubs
library(rvest)
library(tidyverse)
library(tidygraph)
library(ggraph)
wc_squads <- read_html("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_squads") %>%
html_table()
teams <- c("Egypt", "Russia", "Saudi Arabia", "Uruguay",
"Iran", "Morocco", "Portugal", "Spain",
"Australia", "Denmark", "France", "Peru",
"Argentina", "Croatia", "Iceland", "Nigeria",
"Brazil", "Costa Rica", "Serbia", "Switzerland",
"Germany", "Mexico", "South Korea", "Sweden",
"Belgium", "England", "Panama", "Tunisia",
"Colombia", "Japan", "Poland", "Senegal")
df <-
map_df(1:32, ~ {
wc_squads[[.x]] %>%
mutate(Country = teams[.x]) %>%
select(Player, Country, Club)
}) %>%
rownames_to_column("id")
country_clubs <- df %>%
select(Country, Club) %>%
group_by_all() %>%
summarise(weight = n()) %>%
filter(Country %in% c("Brazil", "France", "Germany", "Spain", "Belgium"))
wc_network <- as_tbl_graph(country_clubs) %>%
mutate(type = if_else(name %in% df$Country, "Country", "Club"))
ggraph(wc_network) +
geom_edge_arc(aes(width = weight), alpha = .25, colour = "white") +
scale_edge_width(range = c(0.2, 2)) +
geom_node_point(aes(colour = type, size = type), show.legend = FALSE) + #
scale_size_manual(values = c(2, 10)) +
geom_node_text(aes(label = name), family = "Iosevka", colour = "white",
repel = TRUE, size = 3, show.legend = FALSE) +
theme_graph(background = "#2E3440", text_colour = "white",
base_family = "Iosevka", foreground = NA) +
labs(title = "World Cup 2018 | Club Country Network",
subtitle = "Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Spain",
caption = "@paulcampbell91 | Source: Wikipedia",
edge_width = "Players")
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PaulC91 commented Jun 14, 2018

wc_network

@sandravizz
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great work, I only get a one-dimensional network (arc) using mac, do you have an idea way?

@stewartli
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learn something new. thank you so much.

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