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Francine De Oliveira, Victor Gonçalves Corrêa Neto, Rafael José Silva Barbosa, Igor Ramathur Telles Jesus, Jefferson da Silva Novaes, Estêvão Rios Monteiro
AbstractIntroduction:Nowadays, female soccer can be considered one of fastest growing sports trends.However, investigations regarding female soccer players’performance are still scarce comparingto male soccer players. The purpose of this study was to compare the athletic profile of femalesoccer players from adult and youth categories of a professional soccer club.Material and methods:Forty-two female soccer players from a professional soccer club wererecruited for this investigation (adult categoryn= 21; youth categoryn= 21). Performance testswere randomly assigned. Aerobic capacity, sprint, change-of-direction ability, and power perfor-mance were assessed.Results:There were no significant differences between groups for any of the proposed parame-ters. Also, better unilateral jump performance for the right leg was observed among adult play-ers (p= 0.05).Conclusions:The study suggests that there is no clear discrepancy between youth and adult cat-egories regarding power, sprint, change-of-direction ability, and aerobic performance. However,a trend towards lower limb asymmetry was observed among adult players.© 2023 CONSELL CATALÀ DE L'ESPORT. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. This is an open accessarticle under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
