Anthropometric characteristics of chilean professional football players

Translated title of the contribution: Anthropometric characteristics of chilean professional football players

Carlos Jorquera Aguilera, Fernando Rodríguez Rodríguez, María Ignacia Torrealba Vieira, José Campos Serrano, Natalia Gracia Leiva, Francis Holway

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Abstract

The trend in the formation in football, determines that the anthropometric variables are important when defining among other things, the most suitable playing position. These morphological parameters are an essential part of the evaluation and selection of athletes. These patterns can determine the physical evolution of football from an early age, which helps tremendously in the operation thereof. Anthropometrically, a total of 406 professional footballers from 15 Chilean clubs were evaluated, of which 12 belong to the first division clubs and 3 to First B. There are differences in some basic anthropometric variables by playing position, which places us at a disadvantage compared to other international players, such as height. No differences in the Phantom or the somatotype by playing position, i.e. variables are relatively homogeneous. This could suggest that a player can perform at any position in the game, but we have seen that the height, weight and fat mass are different for each position, so that each player has their own characteristics and their role in the coaches and trainers should be fixed at the time of placing each player on their specific function.

Translated title of the contributionAnthropometric characteristics of chilean professional football players
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)609-614
Number of pages6
JournalInternational Journal of Morphology
Volume31
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2013

Keywords

  • Anthropometry
  • Field position
  • Soccer

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