ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2025
The role of playing position in soccer injury characteristics: evidence from sub-elite athletes.
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- A Position-Specific, Time-Efficient Warm-Up Injury Prevention Program in Male Football Players: A Season-Long Intervention Study.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Sport Injury Profile and Influence of Playing Position in Egyptian Professional Soccer Players: A Prospective Cohort Study.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- Week-by-Week Predictive Value of External Load Ratios on Injury Risk in Professional Soccer: A Logistic Regression and ROC Curve Analysis Approach.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Observational
- Concussions in Portuguese Professional Football: A Preliminary Epidemiological Study.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Injury Pattern According to Player Position in Male Amateur Football Players in Greece: A Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The adolescent football mind: how age and playing position influence competitive state anxiety, self-confidence, and cognitive interference in Indian footballers.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Sport injury prevention strategies and sporting behaviors of male professional footballers - A cross-sectional study.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical AssociationArticle
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Abstract
This study examines the association between playing position and injury characteristics among sub-elite male soccer players in South Africa. Using a cross-sectional survey, 223 players from four universities were assessed for injury prevalence, type, mechanism, and severity during the 2023 soccer season. Midfielders experienced the highest injury frequency (43.6%), followed by defenders (30.0%), forwards (17.9%), and goalkeepers (8.6%). Lower limb injuries were predominant across all positions (89.6%), with defenders (94.6%) and midfielders (95.1%) at greatest risk, while goalkeepers sustained a significant proportion of upper limb injuries (44.4%) due to their specialized role. Soft tissue injuries were most common among midfielders (78.0%) and defenders (67.6%), whereas goalkeepers reported higher rates of bone-related injuries (66.7%). Defensive actions, such as tackling, accounted for most injuries among defenders (56.8%), while aerial play contributed substantially to goalkeeper injuries. No statistically significant differences in injury severity were found across positions. These findings highlight the influence of playing position on injury characteristics and underscore the need for position-specific injury prevention strategies tailored to sub-elite soccer players.
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