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Colin Calderwood
*Proceeds to quote you*
See this from the Dane Scarlett thread... you may need 2 hours to ponder it
Off the back of this post I actually went to UEFA’s official definition and it made me laugh.
It’s like the football folks had it simple: 3 years with the club between 15 and 21.
And then the lawyers got hold of it and you end up with this
A "club-trained player" is a player who, between the ages of 15 (or the start of the season during which the player turns 15) and 21 (or the end of the season during which the player turns 21), and irrespective of the player's nationality and age, has been registered with the player's current club for a period, continuous or not, of three entire seasons (i.e. a period starting with the first official match of the relevant national championship and ending with the last official match of that relevant national championship) or of 36 months. In the context of this paragraph, the season immediately preceding a player’s 15th birthday may be counted if the player's birthday is after the last match of the relevant national championship but before or on 30 June (winter championships) or 31 December (summer championships), and the season immediately following the player's 21st birthday may be counted if the player's birthday is on or after 1 July (winter championships) or 1 January (summer championships) but before the first match of the relevant national championship.
