Conde-Pipo, J.; Latorre, J.A.; Gimenez-Blasi, N.; Olea-Serrano, F.; Requena, B.; Mariscal-Arcas, M. Comparative Analysis of Body Composition Profiles among Latin American Elite Football Players Competing in Europe. Appl. Sci.2023, 13, 6778.
Conde-Pipo, J.; Latorre, J.A.; Gimenez-Blasi, N.; Olea-Serrano, F.; Requena, B.; Mariscal-Arcas, M. Comparative Analysis of Body Composition Profiles among Latin American Elite Football Players Competing in Europe. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 6778.
Conde-Pipo, J.; Latorre, J.A.; Gimenez-Blasi, N.; Olea-Serrano, F.; Requena, B.; Mariscal-Arcas, M. Comparative Analysis of Body Composition Profiles among Latin American Elite Football Players Competing in Europe. Appl. Sci.2023, 13, 6778.
Conde-Pipo, J.; Latorre, J.A.; Gimenez-Blasi, N.; Olea-Serrano, F.; Requena, B.; Mariscal-Arcas, M. Comparative Analysis of Body Composition Profiles among Latin American Elite Football Players Competing in Europe. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 6778.
Abstract
Knowledge of body composition is essential for athletes for their sport performance. It has yet to be determined whether differences in body composition are present between international and non-international players playing in the same elite professional club competition. Similarly, it is not yet clear whether differences in body composition according to ethnic origin exist in the elite professional game, where relative homogeneity is to be expected among soccer players. There is no single anthropometric profile that guarantees sporting success, as the somatotype of football players differs according to their individual characteristics. The aim of this study was to assess the description and comparison of the body composition profile of latin american professional football players playing in european leagues. The sample was composed of 238 subjects football players from European professional football leagues. Differences were found in all variables measured. The present study shows that in Latin American professional football players playing in Europe, there are significant differences in different body composition variables such as weight, height, WC, skinfold and fat values. This means that the treatment of these data and the possible classifications of sporting performance carried out in football clubs should be different to other European or African-American football players.
Keywords
Football; athletic performance; body composition; Latin-American soccers
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Dietetics and Nutrition
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