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References from The Relative Age Effect Beyond Geography: Evidence of a Shared Pattern in Senior International Football. Local targets link to admitted publications; unresolved targets remain external evidence.
Talent identification and development in soccer
10.1080/02640410050120041 · 2000 · External reference
Talent identification and development in soccer since the millennium
10.1080/02640414.2020.1766647 · 2020 · External reference
Talent identification and development in male football: A systematic review
10.1007/s40279-017-0851-7 · 2018 · External reference
Family planning: Football style. The relative age effect in football
10.1177/101269029202700105 · 1992 · External reference
Unequal competition as an impediment to personal development: A review of the relative age effect in sport
10.1006/drev.2000.0516 · 2001 · External reference
Annual age-grouping and athlete development: A meta-analytical review of relative age effects in sport
10.2165/00007256-200939030-00005 · 2009 · External reference
The relative age effect in sport: A developmental systems model
10.1007/s40279-014-0248-9 · 2015 · External reference
Relative age effect in youth soccer: Analysis of the FIFA U17 World Cup competition
10.1111/j.1600-0838.2009.00961.x · 2010 · External reference
The relative age effect in youth soccer across Europe
10.1080/02640410400021310 · 2005 · External reference
The relative age effect at different age periods in soccer: A meta-analysis
10.1177/00315125231210585 · 2023 · External reference
The relative age effect in German elite youth soccer: Implications for a successful career
10.1123/ijspp.2015-0071 · 2016 · External reference
The relative age effect in European professional soccer: Did ten years of research make any difference?
10.1080/02640414.2012.721929 · 2012 · External reference
O Efeito da Idade Relativa: Análise da Copa do Mundo FIFA 2014
2014 · External reference
10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00278
10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00278 · External reference
10.1371/journal.pone.0264813
10.1371/journal.pone.0264813 · External reference
Relative Age Effect on the Men’s (1962–2022) and Women’s (1991–2023) FIFA World Cups: Analysis by Sex, Sporting Outcome and Confederation
2026 · External reference
10.1371/journal.pmed.0040296
10.1371/journal.pmed.0040296 · External reference
10.3390/sports5010005
10.3390/sports5010005 · External reference
10.3389/fspor.2025.1546978
10.3389/fspor.2025.1546978 · External reference
10.1371/journal.pone.0321245
10.1371/journal.pone.0321245 · External reference
Influences of player nationality, playing position, and height on relative age effects at women’s under-17 FIFA World Cup
10.1080/02640414.2012.718442 · 2013 · External reference
10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01465
10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01465 · External reference
10.3389/fspor.2024.1420220
10.3389/fspor.2024.1420220 · External reference
Relative age effect inverts when looking at career performance in elite youth academy soccer
2024 · External reference
The relative age effect and transition rates across a national soccer program in male and female youth to senior players: A longitudinal analysis
2026 · External reference
10.1371/journal.pone.0192209
10.1371/journal.pone.0192209 · External reference
10.1371/journal.pone.0283390
10.1371/journal.pone.0283390 · External reference
Unequal competition as an impediment to personal development: A review of the relative age effect in sport
10.1006/drev.2000.0516 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
The relative age effect in sport: A developmental systems model
10.1007/s40279-014-0248-9 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Talent identification and development in male football: A systematic review
10.1007/s40279-017-0851-7 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Talent identification and development in soccer
10.1080/02640410050120041 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
The relative age effect in youth soccer across Europe
10.1080/02640410400021310 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Influences of player nationality, playing position, and height on relative age effects at women’s under-17 FIFA World Cup
10.1080/02640414.2012.718442 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
The relative age effect in European professional soccer: Did ten years of research make any difference?
10.1080/02640414.2012.721929 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Talent identification and development in soccer since the millennium
10.1080/02640414.2020.1766647 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Relative age effect in youth soccer: Analysis of the FIFA U17 World Cup competition
10.1111/j.1600-0838.2009.00961.x · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
The relative age effect in German elite youth soccer: Implications for a successful career
10.1123/ijspp.2015-0071 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
The relative age effect at different age periods in soccer: A meta-analysis
10.1177/00315125231210585 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Family planning: Football style. The relative age effect in football
10.1177/101269029202700105 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
10.1371/journal.pmed.0040296
10.1371/journal.pmed.0040296 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
10.1371/journal.pone.0192209
10.1371/journal.pone.0192209 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
10.1371/journal.pone.0264813
10.1371/journal.pone.0264813 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
10.1371/journal.pone.0283390
10.1371/journal.pone.0283390 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
10.1371/journal.pone.0321245
10.1371/journal.pone.0321245 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Annual age-grouping and athlete development: A meta-analytical review of relative age effects in sport
10.2165/00007256-200939030-00005 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00278
10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00278 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01465
10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01465 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
10.3389/fspor.2024.1420220
10.3389/fspor.2024.1420220 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
10.3389/fspor.2025.1546978
10.3389/fspor.2025.1546978 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
10.3390/sports5010005
10.3390/sports5010005 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
