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. 2021 Jun 29;12:673434. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.673434

Table 2.

Quarterly distribution (n and %) for playing position by gender and competitive level.

GEN POS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 χ2 df p Vc
n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n %
M Formative categories (U-19/U-21)
GK 4 13.3 3 10.0 11 36.7 2 6.7 3 10.0 2 6.7 2 6.7 3 10.0 16.93 7 0.018 0.75
W 6 11.1 15 27.8 8 14.8 6 11.1 10 18.5 5 9.3 2 3.7 2 3.7 19.19 7 0.008 0.60
L 17 24.3 7 10.0 9 12.9 11 15.7 8 11.4 7 10.0 5 7.1 6 8.6 11.60 7 0.115 0.41
CB 9 25.0 6 16.7 6 16.7 3 8.3 9 25.0 1 2.8 1 2.8 1 2.8 18.67 7 0.009 0.72
P 10 26.3 9 23.7 6 15.8 3 7.9 0 0 2 5.3 2 5.3 6 15.8 11.74 6 0.068 0.56
Senior category
GK 5 27.8 10 55.6 0 0 3 16.7 - - - - - - - - 4.33 2 0.115 0.49
W 11 34.4 6 18.8 8 25.0 7 21.9 - - - - - - - - 1.75 3 0.626 0.23
L 8 24.2 3 9.1 4 12.1 18 54.5 - - - - - - - - 17.06 3 0.001 0.72
CB 11 45.8 4 16.7 8 33.3 1 4.2 - - - - - - - - 9.67 3 0.022 0.63
P 6 25.0 0 0 6 25.0 12 50.0 - - - - - - - - 3.00 2 0.223 0.35
W Formative categories (U-18/U-20)
GK 9 40.9 0 0 2 9.1 4 18.2 3 13.6 1 4.5 0 0 3 13.6 10.73 5 0.057 0.70
W 5 11.9 9 21.4 9 21.4 7 16.7 2 4.8 3 7.1 5 11.9 2 4.8 10.95 7 0.141 0.51
L 4 8.2 9 18.4 5 10.2 9 18.4 3 6.1 9 18.4 4 8.2 6 12.2 7.33 7 0.396 0.39
CB 5 20.8 2 8.3 3 12.5 6 25.0 2 8.3 2 8.3 3 12.5 1 4.2 6.67 7 0.464 0.53
P 2 9.1 4 18.2 0 0 4 18.2 1 04.5 2 9.1 6 27.3 3 13.6 5.36 6 0.498 0.49
Senior category
GK 7 46.7 1 6.7 7 46.7 0 0 - - - - - - - - 4.80 2 0.091 0.57
W 11 34.4 14 43.8 2 6.3 5 15.6 - - - - - - - - 11.25 3 0.010 0.59
L 9 29.0 11 35.5 5 16.1 6 19.4 - - - - - - - - 2.94 3 0.402 0.31
CB 6 42.9 3 21.4 2 14.3 3 21.4 - - - - - - - - 2.57 3 0.463 0.43
P 6 28.6 5 23.8 2 9.5 8 38.1 - - - - - - - - 3.57 3 0.312 0.41

GEN,” gender; “M,” men; “W,” women; “POS,” playing position; “GK,” goalkeeper; “W,” wing; “LB,” back; “CB,” centre-back; “P,” pivot; “Q1-Q4/Q8,” birth quarter; “χ2,” Chi square; “df,” degrees of freedom; “p,” level of significance; “Vc,” Cramer's V.