association football player
Let an agent handle footballers as a role: positions, registration, contracts, transfers and eligibility from the rules of FIFA and national associations, career records from official sources, and privacy and neutrality for living people.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle footballers as a role: positions, registration, contracts, transfers and eligibility from the rules of FIFA and national associations, career records from official sources, and privacy and neutrality for living people.
A person who plays association football, from amateur and youth players to professionals under contract with clubs, registered with a national association, subject to competition rules on eligibility, transfers and conduct, and in the professional game recorded with statistics, positions, honours and career histories.
What it is for: Playing association football.
It can be explain positions and roles on the pitch; relay registration, transfer and eligibility rules; relay career records from official sources; route personal data questions with privacy in mind.
Distinguishing features
Defined by the role, not by a physical type
Registration and eligibility rules govern who may play where
Professional status brings contracts and transfer rules
Living people require privacy and sourced facts
What it looks like
A person in team kit on a football pitch; no defining physical form.
How it is recognised
Registered with a club or association
Position, squad number and career record
Referees, coaches and other football roles are separate entries
Related models
is a kind of - the general category
plays - the sport
is registered with - the employer or member club
is regulated by - eligibility and transfers
In practice
Families and kinds
goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and forwards
amateur, youth and professional players
international players representing a national team
players in variants such as futsal, beach and powerchair football
women and men players under the same rules
Identifiers
association registration number per association not public
squad number 1 to 99 per season
database identifiers league and federation databases career records
Standards and regulation
FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players
National association registration and eligibility rules
Employment and image rights law
Anti-doping rules
Failure modes and hazards
Injury and long-term health effects such as concussion
Contract and transfer disputes
Privacy and false statements about living people
Abuse and discrimination in the game
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Role What a footballer does.
Positions and levels.
Position
Positions.
Position
Position.
- What positions and roles exist, and what does each do? definition
- Is the question about a player role or about another football role? boundary
Level
Amateur to professional.
Level
Level.
- What distinguishes amateur, youth, professional and international players under the rules? definition
- Which entry fits a national team? action
Rules Registration and transfers.
The game is regulated.
Eligibility
Eligibility rules.
Eligibility
Eligibility.
- What rules govern registration, eligibility and playing for a national team? provenance
- Which entry fits FIFA regulations? action
Contracts
Contracts and transfers.
Contracts
Contracts.
- How do contracts, transfers and agents work under the regulations, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own contract, which needs a lawyer or union? boundary
Record Careers and data.
Facts must be sourced.
Career
Career records.
Career
Career.
- Where are appearances, goals and honours recorded officially? provenance
- Is the statement about a living person sourced and neutral? boundary
Privacy
Privacy.
Privacy
Privacy.
- What personal data about players may be relayed, and what stays private? boundary
- Which entry fits data protection? action
Welfare Health and development.
Players are people.
Health
Health and safety.
Health
Health.
- What do governing bodies say about injury, concussion and player welfare? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own injury, which needs a clinician? boundary
Development
Youth and careers.
Development
Development.
- How are players developed, and what happens after playing careers end? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should positions be separate entries?
- How should official career databases be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming individual players; they should be split off