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Playing position and match location affect the number of high-intensity efforts more than the quality of the opposition in elite football players

Ryland Morgans
1
,
Daeeun Kweon
1, 2
,
Ben Ryan
2
,
Wonwoo Ju
3
,
Piotr Zmijewski
4, 5
,
Rafael Oliveira
6, 7, 8
,
Sigrid Olthof
9

1.
School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK
2.
Brentford FC Football Research Centre, Brentford FC, London, UK
3.
High Performance Group, Korea Football Association, Republic of Korea
4.
Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, 00-809 Warsaw, Poland
5.
Research and Development Center Legia Lab, Legia Warszawa, Poland
6.
Research Centre in Sports Sciences, Health and Human Development, 5001–801 Vila Real, Portugal
7.
Sports Science School of Rio Maior – Instituto Politecnico de Santarem, 2040–413 Rio Maior, Portugal
8.
Life Quality Research Centre, 2040–413 Rio Maior, Portugal
9.
Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
Biol Sport. 2024; 41(3): 29–37
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2024.133669
Online publish date: 2023/12/20
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