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Reeves, MJ and Roberts, SJ (2019) A Bioecological Perspective on Talent Identification in Junior-Elite Soccer: A Pan-European Perspective. Journal of Sports Sciences, 38 (11-12). pp. 1259-1268. ISSN 0264-0414
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Abstract
Elite soccer clubs across Europe spend ever-increasing sums of money on transfers and salaries for world-class players. Consequently, clubs’ talent identification and development processes for junior players have become more professionalised. Based on a holistic ecological approach, this study presents an analysis of talent identification practices across some of the most productive soccer academies in Europe (N = 11). Data were collected via semi-structured interviews with 11 heads of academy recruitment from clubs in the ‘big five’ European leagues. Clubs were purposively sampled based on their player productivity ranking. Interviews ranged from 52:26 minutes to 114:06 minutes in length (m = 87:53 ± 20.10 minutes). This study argues that holistic ecological approaches the environments were characterised through the interplay of factors that ranged from high-level internal to international level relationships. This resulted in the identification and recruitment of players from local and international environments. The purpose of recruitment was suggested to have a dual purpose: recruitment of players for the first team; recruitment of players for further development/monitoring and/or selling to another club.
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| Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Sports Sciences on 9 Dec 2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02640414.2019.1702282 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences, 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV561 Sports > GV711 Coaching G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV561 Sports |
| Divisions: | Sport & Exercise Sciences |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Dec 2019 14:01 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Mar 2023 10:45 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1080/02640414.2019.1702282 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/11831 |
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