Injuries and young football players: an analysis in two clubs of Murcia Region

The scientific literature has showed the importance and the increase that injuries have had in football in the last years. The aim of the present work is to describe the injuries and to determine the most relevant factors of them, suffered by young football players of two clubs of Murcia Region. The sample is composed by 72 football players, of ages between 14 and 24 years, with an average of 17,2 years (+/- 2,7). The information relative to the sports data and injuries was gathered by means of an auto-report questionnaire. The results show that the injuries produced during trainings duplicate to those produced in matches; and that the most frequent injuries are muscular and of slight or moderate character. In view of the results it is discussed the importance of analyzing, among other aspects, the types of training realized by the implicated teams, since it could be a factor which causes injury.