relationship between age and the soccer performance in the elite male soccer players.

the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between age and the soccer performance of elite male soccer players were playing with an emphasis on post. sample of 396 soccer players (36 goalkeeper, 168 defenders, 123 midfielders and 69 forwards) participating in the 2010 world cup in south africa, with a mean age of 27.23 ± 3.71 years, height 181.45 ± 6.43 cm and body mass 75.89 ± 6.46 kg were given to targeted was collected about them. one-way analysis of variance and tukey post hoc test results showed goalkeepers older and heavier than other post and defenders had older than midfielders and forwards, and defenders were heavier than midfielders(p