The birthdate distributions were categorized into four quartiles (January-March, Q1 April-June, Q2 July-September, Q3 October-December, Q4) and compared to a uniform distribution using Chi-square analysis with Cramer’s V ( Vc ) as a measure of effect size. A total of 20,401 soccer players participating in 47 different tournaments were analyzed. The aim of the current study was to investigate the variations in RAE in male and female international youth world-cup tournaments (U17 and U20) in the period from 1997–2019 and in international senior world-cup-tournaments from 2006–2019. Thus, relatively older soccer players in their cohort can be favored in talent identification, selection, and development. In soccer, January 1 st is the common cut-off date when categorizing players in competitions according to their chronological age, which potentially disadvantages those within the cohort who were born later in the year. League leaders Guangzhou Evergrande, who are coached by former Italian World Cup winner Marcello Lippi, are led by creative midfielder Conca, the Argentine previously the best paid player in the league.The relative age effect (RAE) is a statistical bias observed across sport contexts and consists of a systematic skewness in birth date distribution within an annual-age cohort. Shanghai aren’t the only ones lavishly spending, however. He will line up in a Shanghai forward line already boasting former France international Nicolas Anelka, Colombian creative midfielder Giovanni Moreno and coached by former Argentine boss Sergio Batista. They are enjoying the boom time and flush with global media interest after enticing household names such as Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba from the sport’s traditional power bases of Europe.ĭrogba, fresh from scoring the decisive penalty in the Champions League final for Chelsea against Bayern Munich in May, is expected to arrive in China this week to join Shanghai Shenhua and earn a reported weekly wage of $300,000 a week. SHANGHAI (Reuters) - With the corrupt heading to jail and big name signings rolling in, Chinese soccer is basking in an unusually positive period, but experts have warned the galactico-style transfer policy is unsustainable and investment is being ploughed into the wrong areas.Ĭhina’s rich soccer club owners are not interested in hearing that though.
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