Nutrition plays a crucial role in the match performance and recovery of the athlete. To apply
the principles of sports nutrition in football this book provides nutrition basics as well as
insight into the physiological demands of the game itself by looking into what elite players
eat and drink. Appropriate food choices and timing are also important for a player to perform
hard avoid illness and recuperate from injury. This book uses the UEFA 2020 Expert Group
Consensus Review on Nutrition in Elite Football to give evidence-based guidelines for
optimizing football performance through appropriate nutrition and the latest comprehensive
information on nutrition guidelines for professional players-also relevant to the amateur
player. Included are the specific needs of female players and match officials and relevant
issues such as eating during travel and food hygiene. Finally the book provides some sample
meal plans for training match and recovery days including recipes by two top performance
chefs who regularly prepare meals for elite players. The science behind sports nutrition is
evolving fast. Knowing what the top professional players are eating and drinking can help
amateur players improve their own performance recovery and health.
