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

ABSTRACT: 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 ana

SUBMITTER: Bongiovanni T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10299074 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature