Physiological Profile of Brazilian Elite Soccer Players: Comparison between U-17, U-20 and professionals

Abstract

Possible diff erences in the physical values related to characteristics of the age group and the play positions in soccer. The aims to analyze the isokinetic muscle strength profi les, anthropometric, neuromuscular and cardiovascular characteristics, comparing age, categories and play positions. 105 players divided into U-17, U-20, Professional and six play positions. The isokinetic test, anthropometric measurements, counter-movement jump test with arms and yo-yo intermittent recovery test were performed. Signifi cant diff erences (p<0.05) were found in the professionals compared to U-20 and U-17 for body mass, height, body fat, VO 2max and for U-17 in relation to professionals in the isokinetic test. Signifi cant diff erences were also found between play positions (p<0.05) for body mass, height, VO 2max and isokinetic. Soccer athletes playing in diff erent positions have diff erent profi les of physiological characteristics and U-17 have a lower level of strength compared to professionals, suggesting the importance of training specifi city.

Comparative Study of Anthropometric Measurement and Body Composition between Junior Soccer and Volleyball Players from the Serbian National League

“…Th erefore, a low percentage of body fat of soccer and volleyball players from this study, which was signifi cantly lower than the percentage of body fat of subjects from the control group, showed that our players have a high level of physical performance. However, soccer players had signifi cantly lower percentage of body fat, as expected, because many previous studies recognized soccer as a predominantly aerobic sport (Santos-Silva, Fonseca, De Castro, Greve, & Hernandez, 2007;Herdy et al, 2018), while anaerobic energy is essential only to performance in sprints, high-intensity runs, and duel plays, all of which may contribute to the fi nal outcome of a game (Sporis, Ruzic, & Leko, 2008;Gardasevic, Georgijev, & Bjelica, 2012). Volleyball training contains more anaerobic activity than soccer, mostly due to intermittent nature of the game and continuous changes in response to diff erent off ensive and defensive situations.…”

“…Th ere is a lack of data from Eastern Europe, especially the Western Balkan region. Hence, this study aims to verify if data collected regarding anthropometrical characteristics and body composition of Western Balkan athletes, where general population had specifi c measures (Popovic, 2017;Masanovic, 2018a), support previous studies that have evaluated ideal anthropometric profi les of successful soccer players (Saether, 2017;Herdy, Costa, Simao, & Selfe, 2018) and volleyball players (Bayios et al, 2006;Gaurav, M. Singh, & S. Singh, 2010), giving an insight into requirements for competing at the zenith of related sports.…”

“…Mentioned offi cial statistical data proved that soccer players were tall enough removing all doubts about having to be taller than the general population. Th e tendency to recruit taller soccer players is not unsworn in the scientifi c literature yet (Popovic, Smajic, Joksimovic, & Masanovic, 2010;Nikolaidis & Vassilios-Karydis, 2011;Herdy et al, 2018). On the other hand, volleyball players tend to be tall because they are players handling a ball above their heads (Gaurav et al, 2010) and their body height helps them to reach high and close to the net as well as to defend the ball against the opponents.…”

Differences in Anthropometric Characteristics between Junior Handball and Volleyball Players

“…Moreover, the results of this study suggest that volleyball players from this study have anthropometric characteristics that are at the level of the world's leading teams, until the handball players are at such a high level. Morphological characteristics of elite handball and volleyball players appear to be of great interest for some authors (Bayios, Bergeles, Apostolidis, Noutsos, & Koskolou, 2006;Popovic et al, 2014;Barraza et al, 2015;Herdy, Costa, Simão, & Selfe, 2018) with the interest of finding the best morphology somatotype for particular sports, competition levels and player positions as well. Comparison of anthropometrics should support coaches with better understanding of specific demands of certain sport, where particular morphology profile of athlete, combined with motor and functional abilities, should express its full potential (Gusic et al 2017).…”

Comparative study of anthropometric measurement and body composition between soccer players from different competitive levels, elite and sub-elite

“…Playing soccer at an amateur league level is reflected in the massive number of recipients and the widespread distribution in each environment [6]. On the contrary, elite soccer can be defined as an activity aimed at achieving the greatest accomplishments in sport, and we can mark the sport result as the basic measuring unit of success [7,8].…”