[OC] Birth months of FIFA World Cup players. The top three are January, February and March, possibly due to the "Relative age effect"Josquius t1_iyo8u3k wrote
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Yes. Big historic issue in England that your chances of being scouted are much higher if you're born in the second half of the year so are the biggest in your age group.
These days scouts actively seek to look beyond this. Trying to look at fundamental ability rather than heavily physique related performance.
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