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How Do Football Playing Positions Differ in Body Composition? A First Insight into White Italian Serie A and Serie B Players

The present study aimed to investigate how playing positions differ in specific body composition variables in professional soccer players with respect to specific field zones and tactical lines. Five hundred and six Serie A and B professional soccer players were included in the study and analyzed ac...

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Autores principales: Bongiovanni, Tindaro, Rossi, Alessio, Genovesi, Federico, Martera, Giulia, Puleo, Giuseppe, Orlandi, Carmine, Spedicato, Mirco, Iaia, F. Marcello, Del Vescovo, Riccardo, Gallo, Stefano, Cannataro, Roberto, Ripari, Patrizio, Micheli, Matteo Levi, Cataldi, Stefania, Trecroci, Athos
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10299074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37367244
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jfmk8020080
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author Bongiovanni, Tindaro
Rossi, Alessio
Genovesi, Federico
Martera, Giulia
Puleo, Giuseppe
Orlandi, Carmine
Spedicato, Mirco
Iaia, F. Marcello
Del Vescovo, Riccardo
Gallo, Stefano
Cannataro, Roberto
Ripari, Patrizio
Micheli, Matteo Levi
Cataldi, Stefania
Trecroci, Athos
author_facet Bongiovanni, Tindaro
Rossi, Alessio
Genovesi, Federico
Martera, Giulia
Puleo, Giuseppe
Orlandi, Carmine
Spedicato, Mirco
Iaia, F. Marcello
Del Vescovo, Riccardo
Gallo, Stefano
Cannataro, Roberto
Ripari, Patrizio
Micheli, Matteo Levi
Cataldi, Stefania
Trecroci, Athos
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description The present study aimed to investigate how playing positions differ in specific body composition variables in professional soccer players with respect to specific field zones and tactical lines. Five hundred and six Serie A and B professional soccer players were included in the study and analyzed according to their playing positions: goalkeepers (GKs), central backs (CBs), fullbacks (FBs), central midfielders (MIDs), wide midfielders (WMs), attacking midfielders (AMs), second strikers (SSs), external strikers (ESs), and central forwards (CFs), as well as their field zones (central and external) and tactical lines (defensive, middle, and offensive). Anthropometrics (stature and body mass) of each player were recorded. Then, body composition was obtained by means of bioelectric impedance analysis (BIA). GKs and CFs were the tallest and heaviest players, with no differences from each other. Likewise, GKs and CFs, along with CBs, were apparently more muscular (for both upper and lower limbs) and fatter at the same time compared with the other roles. Overall, players of the defensive line (CBs and FBs), along with those playing in central field zones (CBs, MIDs, AMs, SSs, and CFs), were significantly (p < 0.05) superior in almost all anthropometric and body composition variables than those of middle and offensive line and external zones, respectively.
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spelling pubmed-102990742023-06-28 How Do Football Playing Positions Differ in Body Composition? A First Insight into White Italian Serie A and Serie B Players Bongiovanni, Tindaro Rossi, Alessio Genovesi, Federico Martera, Giulia Puleo, Giuseppe Orlandi, Carmine Spedicato, Mirco Iaia, F. Marcello Del Vescovo, Riccardo Gallo, Stefano Cannataro, Roberto Ripari, Patrizio Micheli, Matteo Levi Cataldi, Stefania Trecroci, Athos J Funct Morphol Kinesiol Article The present study aimed to investigate how playing positions differ in specific body composition variables in professional soccer players with respect to specific field zones and tactical lines. Five hundred and six Serie A and B professional soccer players were included in the study and analyzed according to their playing positions: goalkeepers (GKs), central backs (CBs), fullbacks (FBs), central midfielders (MIDs), wide midfielders (WMs), attacking midfielders (AMs), second strikers (SSs), external strikers (ESs), and central forwards (CFs), as well as their field zones (central and external) and tactical lines (defensive, middle, and offensive). Anthropometrics (stature and body mass) of each player were recorded. Then, body composition was obtained by means of bioelectric impedance analysis (BIA). GKs and CFs were the tallest and heaviest players, with no differences from each other. Likewise, GKs and CFs, along with CBs, were apparently more muscular (for both upper and lower limbs) and fatter at the same time compared with the other roles. Overall, players of the defensive line (CBs and FBs), along with those playing in central field zones (CBs, MIDs, AMs, SSs, and CFs), were significantly (p < 0.05) superior in almost all anthropometric and body composition variables than those of middle and offensive line and external zones, respectively. MDPI 2023-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10299074/ /pubmed/37367244 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jfmk8020080 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Bongiovanni, Tindaro
Rossi, Alessio
Genovesi, Federico
Martera, Giulia
Puleo, Giuseppe
Orlandi, Carmine
Spedicato, Mirco
Iaia, F. Marcello
Del Vescovo, Riccardo
Gallo, Stefano
Cannataro, Roberto
Ripari, Patrizio
Micheli, Matteo Levi
Cataldi, Stefania
Trecroci, Athos
How Do Football Playing Positions Differ in Body Composition? A First Insight into White Italian Serie A and Serie B Players
title How Do Football Playing Positions Differ in Body Composition? A First Insight into White Italian Serie A and Serie B Players
title_full How Do Football Playing Positions Differ in Body Composition? A First Insight into White Italian Serie A and Serie B Players
title_fullStr How Do Football Playing Positions Differ in Body Composition? A First Insight into White Italian Serie A and Serie B Players
title_full_unstemmed How Do Football Playing Positions Differ in Body Composition? A First Insight into White Italian Serie A and Serie B Players
title_short How Do Football Playing Positions Differ in Body Composition? A First Insight into White Italian Serie A and Serie B Players
title_sort how do football playing positions differ in body composition? a first insight into white italian serie a and serie b players
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10299074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37367244
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jfmk8020080
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