Distances covered by professionals football midfielders in matches of top competitions in the world
Abstract
Introduction: Football is an intermittent sport with different physiological capacities involved, where physical trainings are the basis for tactical and technical aspects. In a football match, there are several factors that influence the athlete's displacement, being important to consider their functions in their respective sectors. In this context, the midfield is considered as a sector of big aerobic need, where players have many functions, coursing distances greater than the others. Objective: This study aimed to understand of quantitatively way, characterizing, through the displacements analyzed in recent studies, the distances covered by the professional football midfielders (MC) in matches of top competitions in the world. Materials and Methods: Systematic literature review, using primary and secondary searches in computerized databases. Results: The research resulted in 6 articles that presented results that fit on the objective, recruiting 302 male athletes, using videos, with the average distance covered by players in meters (m) 11000, 10537, 12009, 10894, 11839, 11770. Discussion: The average values found in the recent years demonstrate that they are next to the average values found in the 90s. Another relevant factor, 41% of the analyzed athletes showed superior average to 12000 m, 8% between 11000-11999 m and 51% inferior to 10999 m. Conclusion: Over the past 10 years, the reached average distances in matches, by professional midfielders (MC) were understood between 10537 to 12009 m. Top European athletes showed higher values than the South Americans. However, due to lack of research with South Americans, instigates up that more studies be conducted in this direction.
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