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39<br />
‘Local players’<br />
in licensed football<br />
Professionals who play at clubs where they were educated<br />
<strong>10</strong>00<br />
800<br />
1,001<br />
Home-grown players Roughly 20% of<br />
players in <strong>German</strong> professional football<br />
represent the club where they were<br />
educated in the Bundesliga or Bundesliga<br />
2. They are the so-called ‘local<br />
players.’ Three years ago this figure stood<br />
at only 15%. Now clubs set about picking<br />
more players from their own youth<br />
system. The proportion of these players<br />
is slightly higher in the Bundesliga than in<br />
the Bundesliga 2.<br />
600<br />
525<br />
476<br />
400<br />
200<br />
19.4 %<br />
194<br />
20.4 %<br />
<strong>10</strong>7<br />
18.3 %<br />
87<br />
0<br />
Total<br />
Bundesliga<br />
Bundesliga 2<br />
Total number of licensed players<br />
Players educated at clubs<br />
‘Local players’ in proportion to<br />
the total number of professional players<br />
since the introduction of the local players’ rule in the 2007/2008 season<br />
<strong>10</strong>00<br />
982<br />
1,011<br />
1,007<br />
1,001<br />
800<br />
600<br />
400<br />
200<br />
15 %<br />
144<br />
17 %<br />
170<br />
20 %<br />
204<br />
19.4 %<br />
194<br />
0<br />
2007-2008<br />
2008-2009<br />
2009-20<strong>10</strong><br />
20<strong>10</strong>-2011<br />
Total number of licensed players<br />
Players educated at clubs