{"id":3947,"date":"2021-07-19T21:59:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T16:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sabguru.com\/en\/?p=3947"},"modified":"2021-07-24T21:52:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T16:22:08","slug":"why-dont-professional-footballers-play-in-the-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sabguru.com\/en\/why-dont-professional-footballers-play-in-the-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Why don’t professional footballers play in the Olympics ?"},"content":{"rendered":"
After a wonderful end of Euro 2020 and Copa America 2021, football fans are excited for another football tournament<\/strong>. There is a few time in the start of the new football season. But the fans need not to worry because the Tokyo 2020 Olympics<\/a> football is here to keep you busy for some days.<\/div>\n
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We all are aware of the fact that Olympics football is no where close to international football tournaments like World Cup, Euro and Copa America. Football at the Olympics is not given much attention. This is because, football at Olympics is a\u00a0platform for younger players and you can’t spot big footballer names in Olympics. Fans want to know\u00a0Why don’t professional footballers play in the Olympics.<\/div>\n
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Men\u2019s football was introduced in Olympic 1900 Games in Paris. In that tournament, Great Britain won the first gold medal. The Olympics football tournament has been contested since then except in 1932 due to a dispute between the IOC and FIFA.<\/p>\n

Can professional footballers play in the Olympics?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, IOC gave the permission to professional players to participate. An age limit was set at 23 and each team is allowed three \u201cover-age\u201d players. So, yes professional players can play in the Olympics.<\/p>\n

In fact, many big players like Neymar, Lionel Messi, Pep Guardiola have featured in Olympics.<\/p>\n

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Can professional footballers play in the Olympics?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lionel Messi won gold medal with Argentina in 2008 Olympics. Barcelona refused to give permission to Argentina to call him up until Pep Guardiola personally intervened to convince the club to let him go.<\/p>\n

Why don’t professional footballers play in the Olympics ?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Now the main reason behind Why don’t professional footballers play in the Olympics is that the Olympics are not an official FIFA event like World Cup, Euros and many more. Therefore, the clubs aren\u2019t required to allow their players to participate in the tournament.<\/p>\n

The following are another reasons as to why don’t professional footballers play in the Olympics :<\/strong><\/p>\n

Olympics are for\u00a0Under 23\u00a0players, with only three slots available for overage players\u00a0 per team. It is a\u00a0platform for young talents.<\/p>\n

Olympics are\u00a0not considered very important\u00a0in the football world. In games like basketball, hockey, volleyball, badminton, Olympics have a huge importance but it\u00b4s not considered a major tournament in football.<\/p>\n

As told earlier, Olympics are not an official even by FIFA. Therefore, FIFA doesn’t need to stop their domestic leagues\u00a0for the Olympics.<\/p>\n

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FIFA World Cup has established itself as the biggest tournament in the world. Therefore there is no need to have two international tournaments consisting of the best players from nations around the globe. The Olympics has established itself as a tournament for young talent like the U-20 and U-17 World Cups.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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