Funkcionalne osobitosti nogometaša različitih dobnih skupina

The main aim of this research was to establish the functional characteristics of young
soccer players: pioneers, cadets and juniors. The study included 66 first-league football players
from Croatia. The participants were divided in three age groups: U-15; pioneers (N=22), U-17;
cadets (N=22) and U-19; juniors (N=22). Further, every age group was divided in three
subsamples: defense players, mi…