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Goalkeepers Live Longer than Field Players: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis Based on World-Class Football Players.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this article is to study whether the position occupied by footballers on the pitch influences their life duration. It is known that various types of sporting activity (endurance, resistance, or mixed) may influence lifespan in different ways. However, there is a paucity of data regarding the role of different positions played in team sports such as football. Our research was based on elite international football players born before 1923 who took part in the first three football World Cups (n = 443) or played in the 1946/1947 season in the leading clubs of the main European leagues (n = 280). Goalkeepers were characterized by a 5-8-year longer life duration compared to their colleagues playing in other positions (World Cup: 82.0 ± 7.0 vs. 74.0 ± 8.0, p = 0.0047; European leagues: 83.0 ± 7.5 vs. 78.0 ± 8.0, p = 0.0023), with an absence of differences between defenders, midfielders, and forwards. Moreover, in both of the analyzed subgroups, the rate of survival until the 85th birthday was significantly higher among goalkeepers than among field players (p = 0.0102 and p = 0.0048, for both studied groups, respectively).

SUBMITTER: Smigielski W

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7504036 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Goalkeepers Live Longer than Field Players: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis Based on World-Class Football Players.

Śmigielski Witold W Gajda Robert R Małek Łukasz Ł Drygas Wojciech W

International journal of environmental research and public health 20200829 17

The purpose of this article is to study whether the position occupied by footballers on the pitch influences their life duration. It is known that various types of sporting activity (endurance, resistance, or mixed) may influence lifespan in different ways. However, there is a paucity of data regarding the role of different positions played in team sports such as football. Our research was based on elite international football players born before 1923 who took part in the first three football Wo ...[more]

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