Soccer
Inflation - Players' Market Value/ Price
Age
Prime Age
some get better with age
Goalkeepers
27-30
Comparison to the market prices 10 years ago and NOW
Increase
Neymar Jr.
Ousmane Dembélé
Philippe Coutinho
Injury rates
Relatively high as a young player
Harder to recover from injury as players get older (30s)
Most common injuries
Hamstring injury
They get paid more
More competition between Clubs to get a certain player (more bidding)
Player's Market price is much higher now
Effects of Social Media
Clubs
Players
History
Country
English League (Premier League)
Itallian League (Serie A)
Spanish League (La Liga)
French Clubs (Ligue 1)
Number of titles the club have won
Number of European Cups they have won (eg. UEFA Champions League)
222 million euros
105 million euros
160 million euros
Known to be a more defensive oriented league
Known to be the most competitive league in the world
Many Top-tier clubs within the league
Does that effect players' performance? (Harder League)
Eg: Real Madrid have won 10 Champions league title
Does that make them the best European Team of all time?
Do players perform better when they transfer into a big club?
Or does that effect the player's performance negatively? (Peer pressure, high expectations)
Does that put pressure on the player?
Eden Hazard
100 million euros
The league is usually dominated by 1/2 club (s)
Do players score more goals in the league?
Home of 2 most popular clubs (Real Madrid and Barcelona)
Media hypes up players or downgrades them
If a player has a really bad game -) memes, news, statistics showing the certain player's poor performance
if a player has a good game-) eg: Ronaldo scores 5 goals, fans and media react and call him the greatest of all time, best goalscorer and statistics show how good he was in that match or season
Is it a hard league to score a lot of because all teams are very defensive?
Players performance
All time
By season
By country
Good/Great season
Bad/Horrible season
Reputation decreases
Players get memed
Market Value decreases
Market Value increases
Reputation increases and fans may hype the player
Player gets praised
Will be called in to join the national team
Low chance of being called in to join their national team
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Ankle sprain.
Knee sprain.
Calf strains.
Clavicle fracture.
Eg: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, CR7 etc.
Better with age
MORE EXPERIENCE!!!
World Cup/European World Cup/Olympics
Players will get more attention
Non-soccer fans watch these events
Non-soccer fans will recognize you if you put in a good performance
Eg. Almost Everyone knows Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar etc