Barreira, João https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2652-8685
Marques, Elisa A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6969-6830
Brito, João https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1301-1078
Nakamura, Fábio Y. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5336-3652
Pimenta, Ricardo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0134-5038
Figueiredo, Pedro https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5515-3694
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (2022.09446.BD)
Article History
Received: 21 February 2026
Accepted: 29 April 2026
First Online: 7 May 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Portugal Football School (PFS 23/2023).
: Written and informed consent was obtained from participants or their legal guardians (athletes under the age of 18 years) prior to data collection.