• Born to win? Investigating the relative age effect in the big five European women's football leagues 

      Pérez-González, Benito; Iván-Baragaño, Iyán; Bonal, José; León-Quismondo, Jairo; Fernández-Luna, Álvaro; Burillo, Pablo (Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2025)
      Introduction: This study examines the presence of the Relative Age Effects (RAEs) among players in the top five European women's football leagues during the 2023/24 season. Methods: A total of 1,634 professional players ...
    • Jensen’s problem of governance revisited by the relative age effect on spanish football 

      Torres-Pruñonosa, Jose; Burillo, Pablo; Fernández-Luna, Álvaro; Pérez-González, Benito (Cultura, Ciencia Y Deporte, 2025)
      This study analyses Jensen's problem of governance by examining the Relative Age Effect (thereinafter RAE) on Spanish Football. We analysed the players of thetop eight Spanish football academies (n=736). Four of the academies ...