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Social and Behavioral Sciences

Retirement of professional soccer players – A systematic review from social sciences perspectives

Michael Bartha Department of Sports Science, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany;b Department of Sport Science, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, AustriaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Arne Güllichc Department of Sports Science, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6911-2236View further author information
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Torsten Schlesingere Department of Sport Management, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8260-7353View further author information
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Frank Schrödere Department of Sport Management, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, GermanyView further author information
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Eike Emricha Department of Sports Science, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, GermanyView further author information
Pages 903-914 | Accepted 11 Nov 2020, Published online: 09 Dec 2020

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Michael Barth, Frank Schröder, Eike Emrich & Torsten Schlesinger. (2022) The consumption and saving behaviour of professional football players – looking into a socio-economic problem. European Journal for Sport and Society 19:4, pages 305-322.
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Michael J. Schmid, Bryan Charbonnet, David Kurz, Merlin Örencik, Juerg Schmid & Achim Conzelmann. Beyond the final whistle: vocational careers of retired soccer players of the female Swiss national team. Soccer & Society 0:0, pages 1-17.
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Jürg Schmid, Achim Conzelmann, Robertino Engel, Andreas Kuettel & Michael J. Schmid. (2023) Retirement from elite sport and self-esteem: a longitudinal study over 12  years. Frontiers in Psychology 14.
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Luke Jones, Zoe Avner & Jim Denison. (2022) “After the Dust Settles”: Foucauldian Narratives of Retired Athletes' “Re-orientation” to Exercise. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living 4.
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