Dimitri ACOUMAMBO

About

My research focuses on cognitive, perceptual, and decision-making processes involved in learning and expertise development in sport. Situated within the fields of cognitive science and educational psychology, my work examines how expert athletes acquire, structure, and mobilise knowledge across different stages of their career, with a particular focus on football.

I investigate expertise through the study of cognitive processes such as reasoning, memory, and decision-making, using empirical data collected in applied sport contexts. A specific interest of my research concerns the role of digital technologies and data-based approaches in the analysis of learning, performance, and training environments.

Overall, my work aims to contribute to a better understanding of expertise in sport and to support the development of evidence-based training and educational strategies grounded in cognitive theory.

Employment

• Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour Associate Professor
  2025 - Present
• Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France PhD Candidat
  2020 - 2025

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (9)

• Declarative recognition as a marker of tactical learning in youth football: A developmental analysis
  Football Studies 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.footst.2026.100075
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• Multi-criteria decision-making in soccer: a bibliometric analysis
  Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 2026 DOI: 10.1057/s41599-026-06968-9
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• Assessing the stability of tactical learning in youth footballers: the contribution of a metacognitive double-pass method
  Frontiers in Cognition 2026 DOI: 10.3389/fcogn.2026.1664983
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• From immediate recognition to judgement stability: assessing declarative tactical learning in youth football
  Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy 2026 DOI: 10.1080/17408989.2026.2629918
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• Mapping the Field: A Systematic Review with Bibliometric Analysis of Tactical Knowledge Assessment in Sports (2000-2024)
  Staps 2026
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• Auto-perception des apprentissages tactiques chez de jeunes footballeurs d’élite : Comparaison de trois méthodes d’évaluation
  2025 DOI: 10.70675/d6a000a3zf332z45fezbdbazba6247767df1
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• Data reliability in the assessment of tactical knowledge in young elite footballers
  Congrès International de Médecine et des Sciences du Sport 2024
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• Size of use of knowledge of tactical actions in elite youth footballers: U-13, U-15 and U-18
  Mardi des chercheurs 2024
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• Development of tactical lexicon among young footballers 12 to 15 years
  2023
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