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Does running performance relate to the market value of elite male soccer players? A case study from the FIFA world cup

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Sociais::Ciências da Educação
datacite.subject.sdg04:Educação de Qualidade
dc.contributor.authorAbdullah Kılcı
dc.contributor.authorKoç, Muhammed Emin
dc.contributor.authorHülya Binokay
dc.contributor.authorAli Erdoğan
dc.contributor.authorOkan Kamiş
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Rafael
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-26T14:35:52Z
dc.date.available2026-01-26T14:35:52Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractThe study main aim was to investigate: the relationship between running performances and market values of soccer players playing in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, by playing position and all players; the comparisons by playing position; to analyse the relationship between running metrics and market values of the highest and lowest players ranked players. The relationship between running metrics and market values of 306 soccer players who participated in the tournament and played full time, as well as the 40 players with the highest (n = 20) and lowest (n = 20) market values was analysed. Overall, there was a very weak correlation between market values and total distance (r = 0.149), zone 3 (r = 0.153), zone 4 (r = 0.139), zone 5 (r = 0.160), high-speed runs (r = 0.132), sprints (r = 0.147), and top speed (r = 0.194) for all players (p < 0.05). Defenders showed very weak positive correlation between market values and top speed (r = 0.155, p < 0.05). Midfielders showed weak positive correlations between market values and zone 4 (r = 0.302, p < 0.05) and zone 5 (r = 0.369, p < 0.001), sprints (r = 0.367, p < 0.001), and top speed (r = 0.304, p < 0.05). Forwards showed no correlations (p > 0.05). While there is no significant correlation between running metrics and market value for players with the lowest market value (p > 0.05), there was a moderate negative correlation between total distance (r=-0.577) and zone 2 (r=-0.612) for the 20 players with the highest market value (p < 0.05). Moreover, there was a weak correlation with zone 5 (r = 0.450) and a moderate correlation with the top speed values (r = 0.596) (p < 0.05). Weak correlations between soccer players’ running performance and market values suggest that different running thresholds are important metrics, although other factors (e.g., technical skill, age, national and team club) may influence this relationship. In conclusion, since coaches and scouts aim to recruit relatively talented players within the limits of their budgets, selecting athletes with high aerobic and anaerobic performance, particularly those with a strong high-intensity running profile, can contribute to team success and potentially generate high transfer revenues in the future.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipRafael Oliveira is a research member of the Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health and Human Development which was funded by National Funds by FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology under the following project UI/04045. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results.
dc.identifier.citationKılcı, A., Koç, M.E., Binokay, H., Erdoğan, A., Kamiş, O. & Oliveira, R. (2025). Does running performance relate to the market value of elite male soccer players? A case study from the FIFA world cup. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil, 17, 109 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-025-01162-x
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-025-01162-x
dc.identifier.issn2052-1847
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.15/5951
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.relationUI/04045
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectfootball
dc.subjectOptical tracking systems
dc.subjectMarketing
dc.subjectTotal distance
dc.subjectSprint
dc.subjectWorld cup
dc.titleDoes running performance relate to the market value of elite male soccer players? A case study from the FIFA world cupeng
dc.typeresearch article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.titleBMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil
oaire.citation.volume17
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85
person.familyNameKoç
person.familyNameOliveira
person.givenNameMuhammed Emin
person.givenNameRafael
person.identifier.ciencia-id9C16-7F53-1375
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-3756-753X
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-6671-6229
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