Junior to senior transition pathway in Italian Football: The rocky road to the top is not determined by youth national team’s selections

• Gennaro Boccia,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy, Neuromuscular Function Research Group, School of Exercise & Sport Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

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• Paolo Riccardo Brustio ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: paoloriccardo.brustio@unito.it

  Affiliations Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy, Neuromuscular Function Research Group, School of Exercise & Sport Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8422-5132

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• Rocco Rinaldi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Human Movement and Health Sciences Università degli Studi di Roma Foro Italico, Rome, Italy

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• Ruggero Romagnoli,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Human Movement and Health Sciences Università degli Studi di Roma Foro Italico, Rome, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3114-4600

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• Marco Cardinale,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Aspetar Orthopedic Hospital, Department of Research and Scientific Support, Doha, Qatar, University College London, Institute of Sport Exercise and Health, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2777-8707

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• Maria Francesca Piacentini

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

  Affiliation Human Movement and Health Sciences Università degli Studi di Roma Foro Italico, Rome, Italy

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