Tactical Insights Powered by Artificial Intelligence
Kognia Sports Intelligence is redefining how football clubs and federations harness tactical data to improve performance.
Introducing Kognia
Built by football minds and powered by cutting-edge technology, Kognia blends firsthand expertise from the professional game with world-class artificial intelligence.
Our proprietary systems automatically detect and analyse tactical metrics to give teams a richer, actionable understanding of the game.
Trusted by leading clubs and national federations, Kognia is a founder-led organisation committed to supporting all areas of elite football - from youth development through to first-team.
The Kognia Story
The discipline of ecological physics, in which Kognia co-founders Maurici A. Lopez-Felip and Henry Harrison focused on for their groundbreaking PhD research, explores how organisms navigate their environment through continuous cycles of perception and action. In this view, organisms (players) and their environment should be considered inseparable and viewed as one dynamic system that evolves over time.
These principles are applied to Kognia's tactical data. In addition, through Maurici’s spell as Head of Research of the Methodology Department at FC Barcelona, these same principles were explored further at one of the most forward-thinking football clubs in Europe.
Leadership
Maurici López Felip, Co-founder and CEO
Maurici A. López-Felip is the co-founder and CEO of Kognia, where he leads the company’s mission to revolutionise football analysis through AI and cognitive science. He holds a PhD in Experimental Psychology from the University of Connecticut. Prior to founding Kognia, Maurici served as Head of Research in the Methodology Department at FC Barcelona. Under his guidance, Kognia has become a trusted partner for elite clubs, delivering tactical insights that reshape how the game is understood and coached.
Henry Harrison, Co-founder and CTO
Henry Harrison is the CTO and co-founder of Kognia, where he spearheads the development of cutting-edge AI and computer vision technologies for elite football analysis. With a background in engineering and a passion for tactical innovation, he’s the architect behind Kognia’s insights platform. Leading 20 engineers at Kognia, his work empowers coaches and analysts to decode the game with unprecedented clarity.
Josep Moya, Chief Finance & Strategy Officer
Josep Ma Moyà is the Chief Finance & Strategy Officer, where he oversees financial planning and strategic growth initiatives. With a background in business leadership and a deep understanding of the sports technology landscape, he plays a pivotal role in developing Kognia’s commercial vision. His guidance ensures the company remains agile, scalable, and focused on delivering tactical innovation to elite football clubs.
Luis Ferraz, Head of Artificial Intelligence
Luis leads a multidisciplinary team that leverages AI to unravel the complexities of soccer. He is particularly interested in extracting high-level semantics from spatio-temporal data such as tactical patterns, game phases, and the contextual meaning of player actions to provide insights into the game. In 2016, he earned his Ph.D. in Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Michael Fitzgerald, Chief Operations Officer
Leading Kognia’s global operations, Michael’s leadership focuses on scaling organisations, strengthening cross‑functional execution and supporting Kognia’s mission to deliver world-class tactical insight to football clubs globally. Michael brings extensive sports technology experience, most notably from his time at KinaTrax, where he worked closely with MLB teams as the business was acquired by Sony.
James Barber, Chief Revenue Officer
James Barber is the Chief Revenue Officer at Kognia, where he leads global commercial strategy and drives growth across global football markets. With a deep background in sports tech and data-driven innovation, he helps clubs, federations, and agencies harness AI-powered tactical insights to elevate performance.
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Foundations in academic research
Kognia is proud of its academic origins, which provide the foundations for a rigorous approach to our research and product development, and have several strategic partnerships with leading academic institutions.
