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Nutrition as a missing piece in the development of youth male soccer players: a scoping review and future directions

Diogo V. Martinho
1, 2
,
Oliver Gonzalo-Skok
3
,
Karim Chamari
4
,
Adam Field
5
,
Filipe Manuel Clemente
6, 7, 8
,
André Rebelo
9, 10
,
Élvio R. Gouveia
11, 2
,
Vitor Hugo Teixeira
12, 13, 14
,
Piotr Zmijewski
15
,
Pedro Mendes
1, 16
,
Pedro Campos
17, 18
,
Hugo Sarmento
1, 19

  1. University of Coimbra, Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, Coimbra, Portugal
  2. Interactive Technologies Institute, Laboratory of Robotics and Engineering Systems, Funchal, Portugal
  3. Department of Communication and Education, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Seville, Spain
  4. Naufar, Wellness and Recovery Center, Qatar
  5. Department of Sport and Exercise Science, Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
  6. Escola Superior Desporto e Lazer, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Rua Escola Industrial e Comercial de Nun’Álvares, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
  7. Sport Physical Activity and Health Research & Innovation Center, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
  8. Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport, Gdańsk, Poland
  9. Universidade Lusófona, CIDEFES, Centro de Investigação em Desporto, Educação Física e Exercício e Saúde, Lisboa, Portugal
  10. COD, Center of Sports Optimization, Sporting Clube de Portugal, Lisboa, Portugal
  11. Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
  12. Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Porto (FCNAUP), Porto, Portugal
  13. Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure (CIAFEL), Faculty of Sports, University of Porto (FADEUP), Porto, Portugal
  14. Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health, ITR, Porto, Portugal
  15. Institute of Sport – National Research Institute, 01-982 Warsaw, Poland
  16. Polytechnic of Coimbra, Coimbra Health School, Dietetics and Nutrition, Coimbra, Portugal
  17. Department of Informatics Engineering and Interactive Media Design, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
  18. WoWSystems Informática Lda, Funchal, Portugal
  19. University of Coimbra, CIPER, FCDEF, Coimbra, Portugal
Biol Sport. 2026;43:291–317
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2025.151654
Online publish date: 2025/09/09
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