However, goalkeepers were not at higher risk.
There is a 50% chance that soccer players will get dementia. These are the findings of a report in The Lancet Public Health. Scientists say the finding is based on research done on thousands of players in Sweden. Of these, it was found that one in 11 is suffering from dementia.
A staggering 537 people out of 6,007 were diagnosed. It shows that heading the ball damages the brain. “Male football players in the Swedish top division had a 1.5-fold increased risk of neurodegenerative disease compared with population controls who were matched on sex, age and region of residence.”
Another research paper by Glasgow university also showed that former soccer players in Scotland were 3.5 times more likely to get dementia.
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