The Factors in Professional Soccer Can Lead to Players Injuries

Zhifan Pu; Chenyu Wang

doi:10.54254/2753-7048/2024.24808

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The Factors in Professional Soccer Can Lead to Players Injuries

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The Factors in Professional Soccer Can Lead to Players Injuries

Zhifan Pu ^1* Chenyu Wang ²

¹ Sichuan University

² Wuhan Haidian Foreign Language ShiYan School

^*Corresponding author: 2023141450111@stu.scu.edu.cn

Published on 11 July 2025

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ISBN (Print): 978-1-80590-251-5

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Abstract

Due to various types of injuries, players may miss different numbers of matches. If a key player is absent, it can significantly impact the outcome of games. Even if the player is not central to the coach's strategy, their absence can affect substitutions. Injuries can also impact a player's career; if a player suffers from too many injuries, their athletic career may be shorter than that of healthier players. This is why player’s injuries are a crucial factor in professional sports. Therefore, identifying potential factors that lead to injuries is essential for improving the performance of professional football teams. Quantifying different degrees of injuries is a key step in this research, and using the monetary loss from missed matches to assess injury levels best meets the needs of professional sports managers.

Keywords:

Football analytics, Correlation coefficient, risk of injuries, Physical confrontation, match-loss

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Pu,Z.;Wang,C. (2025). The Factors in Professional Soccer Can Lead to Players Injuries. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,105,43-56.

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The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study will be available from the authors upon reasonable request.

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