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Relative age effect in elite soccer: More early-born players, but no better valued, and no paragon clubs or countries

The paper analyses two datasets of elite soccer players (top 1000 professionals and UEFA Under-19 Youth League). In both, we find a Relative Age Effect (RAE) for frequency, but not for value. That is, while there are more players born at the start of the competition year, their transfer values are n...

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Autores principales: Doyle, John R., Bottomley, Paul A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5805271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29420576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192209