Table 1 Tackle and injury characteristics of contact situations as function of the location of the injury.

	Head/neck	Torso	Thigh	Knee	Lower leg	Ankle	Foot	Other*
Total	40	20	26	19	22	38	7	25
Tackle code
B‐st	2	0	1	1	0	4	1	1
B‐si	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
B‐vj	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
S‐st	5	4	12	6	6	13	0	7
S‐sl	2	0	2	7	8	6	1	3
S‐vj	7	5	1	0	0	2	0	4
F‐st	5	5	5	1	3	7	2	5
F‐si	3	2	4	4	5	4	2	3
F‐vj	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	1
Action
One‐footed	11	9	20	17	17	32	7	14
Two‐footed	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0
Upper body	11	11	5	1	2	4	0	8
Heads	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Others	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	3
Playing position
Goalkeeper	4	3	2	3	0	1	2	5
Defender	16	9	11	7	7	16	1	12
Midfielder	11	5	10	5	8	14	3	1
Forward	9	2	3	4	8	7	1	7

B, from behind; F, from the front; S, from the side; si, sliding‐in; st, staying on feet; vj, vertical jump.

*Upper extremity, shoulder, hip and groin.