The Relative Age Effect on Participation of Soccer Athletes in World Championships of the Uner-17 and Under-20 Categories between 2011 and 2015

Ferreira Junior AO, Portugal EMM, Correa MCQ, Costa Filho PN, Palma A. The Relative Age Effect on Participation of Soccer athletes in World Championships of the Under-17 and Under-20 Categories between 2011 and 2015. JEP online 2019;22(3):136-144. The purpose of this study was to identify the effect...

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Published in:Journal of exercise physiology online 2019-06, Vol.22 (3), p.136
Main Authors: de Oliveira Ferreira, Alessandro, Jr, da Matta Mello Portugal, Eduardo, Correa, Manuella Cerchiareto Quilelli, Filho, Paulo Nunes Costa, Palma, Alexandre
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Language:English
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Soccer players
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Summary:Ferreira Junior AO, Portugal EMM, Correa MCQ, Costa Filho PN, Palma A. The Relative Age Effect on Participation of Soccer athletes in World Championships of the Under-17 and Under-20 Categories between 2011 and 2015. JEP online 2019;22(3):136-144. The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of the relative age on soccer players of the national base teams that participated in the Under-17 (U-17) and Under-20 (U-20) World Championships promoted by FIFA from 2011 to 2015. The sample were composed by 3,021 athletes of the categories Under-17 (U-17; n = 1,509) and Under-20 (Under-20; n = 1,512) of 144 teams (U-17; n = 72 and U-20; n = 72). The Chi-Square Test was performed taking as reference the equal distribution of the athletes by terms of 3 months each. The highest prevalence of athletes born in the first trimester was found in the U-17 (44%) and in the U-20 categories (36%) (P
ISSN:1097-9751
1097-9751