soccermatics (version 0.9.5)

soccerShortenName: Extract player surname

Description

Helper function to extract last name (including common nobiliary particles) from full player names

Usage

soccerShortenName(names)

Arguments

names

vector of strings containing full player name

Examples

# NOT RUN {
data(statsbomb)
statsbomb$name <- soccerShortenName(statsbomb$player.name)

# }