About the Authors

Kerry Peek

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft

Kerry.Peek@FIFA.org

Affiliations Sydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, FIFA Medical, Fédération Internationale de Football Association, Zurich, Switzerland

Andrew G. Ross

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Sydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Physiotherapy Department, College of Sport, Health and Engineering, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

Paula R. Williamson

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Data Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Julia Georgieva

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Sydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Curtin School of Allied Health, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

Thor Einar Andersen

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway, The Norwegian Football Association’s Sports Medical Centre, Oslo, Norway

Tim Meyer

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Sports and Preventive Medicine, Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Germany

Vincent Gouttebarge

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Section Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Football Players Worldwide (FIFPRO), Hoofddorp, The Netherlands

Sara Dahlen

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway

Mike Clarke

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Andreas Serner

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation FIFA Medical, Fédération Internationale de Football Association, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

KP, AS, TM, TEA, VG are all currently employed by non-profit football organisations. AS and KP declare employment with FIFA. TM is chairman of UEFA´s and the German FA´s (DFB) Medical Committee as well as of the German League Organisation´s (DFL) working group “Medicine in Professional Football”. TEA is Chief Medical Officer of the Football Association of Norway (NFF). VG is the Chief Medical Officer at FIFPRO. JG has been a paid contracted Injury Spotter for FIFA organised tournaments (2023). TM and VG are non-paid members of FIFA’s Heading Expert Group. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All authors declare no other relevant financial or non-financial competing interests.