Nutritional requirements in soccer players: A review

Abstract

Soccer, or football, is a very popular team sport that may be characterized as strength and power-contact sport that calls for hard training and competition. This review's objective is to critically evaluate the reported scientific literature that is now in the public domain and that relates to the energy needs of young people and professional soccer players, both male and female. The purpose of this study is to offer practitioners evidence-based dietary solutions to use in order to enhance soccer performance. Therefore, the focus of this examination is on the nutritional guidelines that athletes must adhere to in order to increase their high-intensity movements throughout the game.