Relative age effects in European soccer: their association with contextual factors, impact on youth national teams' performance, and presence at the senior level
The findings presented the focus on youth success, the increased talent pool size, and the competition for selection interact to reiterate RAEs' prevalence in European soccer. Moreover, they highlighted initial RAEs define players' journey within the soccer system, whereby relatively older players remain overrepresented at the senior level, albeit to a weaker and lesser extent.
Authors
- Elvira Padua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5227-2567)
- Gabriele Morganti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9448-3872)
- Cristoforo Filetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3931-7879)
- Paolo Riccardo Brustio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8422-5132)
- Adam L. Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4929-1067)
- Bruno Ruscello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5381-9146)
- Gianluca Briotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0551-572X)
- Alexandra Lascu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0336-4654)
- Marco Porta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1997-4193)
Institutions
- University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
- Birmingham City University (GB)
- University of Canberra (AU)
- University of Turin (IT)
- Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (IT)
- Victoria University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
- Published
- 2025-02-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2025.1546978
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Sports Performance and Training
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.61