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António J. Figueiredo

Researcher at University of Coimbra

Publications -  143
Citations -  3568

António J. Figueiredo is an academic researcher from University of Coimbra. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Football. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 131 publications receiving 2719 citations. Previous affiliations of António J. Figueiredo include Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra & Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora.

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Biological maturation of youth athletes: assessment and implications

Robert M. Malina, +4 more
- 01 Jul 2015 - 
TL;DR: Commonly used methods for assessing status and estimating timing and two relatively recent anthropometric (non-invasive) methods (status—percentage of predicted near adult height attained at observation, timing—predicted maturity offset/age at PHV) are described and evaluated.
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Characteristics of youth soccer players who drop out, persist or move up

António J. Figueiredo, +3 more
- 23 Jul 2009 - 
TL;DR: An important role for growth and maturity status, functional capacities, and sport-specific skills as factors in attrition, persistence, and moving up in youth soccer is suggested.
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Youth soccer players, 11-14 years: Maturity, size, function, skill and goal orientation

António J. Figueiredo, +3 more
- 09 Jul 2009 - 
TL;DR: Variation in body size associated with maturity status in youth soccer players is similar to that for adolescent males in general, but soccer players who vary in maturity status do not differ in functional capacities, soccer-specific skills and goal orientation.
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What Performance Analysts Need to Know About Research Trends in Association Football (2012–2016): A Systematic Review

Hugo Sarmento, +5 more
- 01 Apr 2018 - 
TL;DR: A systematic review of published articles on match analysis in adult male football, identify and organize common research topics, and synthesize the emerging patterns of work between 2012 and 2016 according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines are conducted.
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Discrimination of u-14 soccer players by level and position.

MJ Coelho e Silva, +8 more
- 09 Sep 2010 - 
TL;DR: The present study compared the characteristics of regionally selected and non-selected under-14 players (U-14) as a group and by position to adopt a multidimensional approach including variables related to the physiological, perceptual, cognitive and tactical demands.