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OPN Puts Footballer-Founded Brands Front and Centre of OPN Rewards
OPN is giving professional footballers who have built brands of their own a featured place inside OPN Rewards, starting with Lui e Lei, the loungewear label founded by footballer Kyle Jameson.
20 September 2026
Partnership
Ultimate Sevens Partners With OPN to Become Official Athlete Passport Provider for Inaugural Championship
Ultimate Sevens has appointed OPN as its Official Athlete Passport Provider for its inaugural Championship season, bringing performance data and digital athlete profiles to the new rugby sevens competition.
18 September 2026
Company
Hereford-Based Founders Grow Sports Tech Business Across Professional Football and Beyond
OPN, founded by Aaron Wildig, Toby Wildig and Emily Fenton, now works with more than 70 squads across the UK and is beginning to expand from football into rugby.
14 September 2026
Partnership
OPN Agrees Opta Deal to Make Football Data More Accessible for Clubs
OPN has partnered with Opta, Stats Perform's renowned sports data brand, to bring industry-leading football data into the Digital Athlete Passport for professional clubs.
4 August 2026
Partnership
OPN Expands PFA Partnership to Give Out-of-Contract Players Greater Visibility Through Digital Athlete Passports
OPN has expanded its partnership with the Professional Footballers' Association to provide out-of-contract players with verified performance data and greater visibility to clubs during the summer transfer window.
10 June 2026
Partnership
PFA Expands Pre-Season Camp to 12 Weeks, Adds First WSL and WSL2 Programme
The PFA has expanded its pre-season training camp for out-of-contract players to 12 weeks and introduced dedicated WSL and WSL2 camps for the first time, with OPN continuing as official camp partner.
9 June 2026
Insight
The Invisible Work Behind Elite Sport
Behind every training session sits hours of coordination between coaches, medics and performance staff. That work is invisible, and it decides performance.
20 March 2026
Insight
Building What Modern Football Actually Needs: The Thinking Behind OPN 2.0
What modern football actually needs from performance technology, and how that question shaped OPN 2.0.
20 February 2026
Insight
The Hidden Performance Factor Every Football Team Should Take Seriously: Dental Health
Dental health is rarely part of a performance plan. The evidence says it should be.
13 February 2026
Insight
Sleep, Performance, and Football: Why Better Decisions Matter More Than Perfect Nights
Sleep is one of the most powerful recovery tools a footballer has. Here is why the goal is better decisions, not perfect nights.
6 February 2026
Insight
Why Athlete Management Is Broken (And What We’re Building Instead)
Whiteboards, WhatsApp threads and disconnected tools: why the way clubs manage players is broken, and the principles behind what OPN is building instead.
29 January 2026