Relative age effect in Turkish soccer

Authors : Olcay MULAZIMOGLU, Mehmet BAYANSALDUZ, Kerimhan KAYNAK, Hacer MULAZIMOGLU

Pages : 64-69

Doi:10.15314/tjse.14670

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Publication Date : 2016-05-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Relative Age Effect insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(RAE); refers to the difference between the individuals who were born in the early or the later period of the same year. The purpose of this study was to investigate the existence and prevalence of RAE in Turkish Soccer. The data were collected from 3074 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(530 professional players and 2544 amateur players); active players who play for eight different age categories of 19 soccer clubs in Turkish First Soccer League. The significance of the distributions by birth month, distributions by quarter-year and the differences between groups were analyzed through chi-square test. For all categories, first month insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(January%=22.10);, and first quarter insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Q1%=44.44); of distributions by birth month and were found to be significantly high insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.01);. The researchers observed the existence and prevalence of RAE in youth and professional teams of Turkish Soccer Clubs. Trainers should evaluate players carefully during talent selection, in order to eliminate this unfair competition. 
Keywords : birth month, relative age effect, soccer player, Turkish league

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