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What to include in an athlete profile

Your athlete profile is your digital sports identity. Whether you are an amateur runner, a footballer, a tennis player, a swimmer or a coach, a good profile helps other people understand who you are, what you do and what you are looking for right now.

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Start with the basics

Your profile should establish context in one glance: name, sport, location, position or discipline and level. For example — Daniel Smith, football, central midfielder, Málaga, competitive amateur.

Add your experience

Explain your sporting background without writing your life story. Focus on what helps other athletes, coaches and clubs place you.

  • Clubs and teams you have played for
  • Competitions and leagues entered
  • Championships or notable results
  • Coaching or captaincy roles
  • Years of experience in the sport
  • Any relevant qualifications

Add statistics

Statistics are particularly valuable in performance sports: 5K, 10K and marathon times for runners; appearances, goals and assists in football; points, rebounds and assists in basketball; times and distances in swimming; handicap and tournament results in golf.

Upload photos and videos

Visual evidence makes a profile far more interesting and far more credible.

  • Competition and match photos
  • Training footage
  • Highlight or technique clips
  • Personal bests and race screenshots
  • Tournament result sheets
  • Team photos with context

Show your goals

This is the most commonly missed section. "Training for my first half marathon" or "looking for an amateur football club for next season" gives other people a concrete reason to contact you.

Keep it updated

Your profile should evolve with you. Add new achievements, competitions, personal bests and experiences until it becomes a running record of your sporting journey.

Step by step

  1. 01

    Fill in the header

    Name, sport, position, location and level.

  2. 02

    Write three lines of background

    Clubs, years played, notable competitions.

  3. 03

    Add measurable results

    Times, stats or rankings relevant to your sport.

  4. 04

    Upload two visuals

    One photo and one clip beats ten blurry images.

  5. 05

    State your current goal

    What you are training for or looking for right now.

Frequently asked questions

How long should an athlete bio be?

Three to five sentences. Anyone scanning your profile decides in seconds whether you fit what they need, and the structured fields — sport, position, level, location — do most of the work.

Do I need highlight video to be taken seriously?

No, but even one clear clip of you playing helps. Phone footage from the sideline is fine; what matters is that a coach can see how you move rather than only read about it.

Does AthletiLink cost anything?

No. Building an athlete profile, browsing players, teams and coaches, posting to the feed and messaging other members is free.

Can I look around before creating an account?

Yes. Profiles, the feed, club and coach pages are all publicly browsable. You only need an account to message people, post or save someone.

Does joining guarantee I get a place on a team?

No platform can promise that. What a complete, current profile does is help you become far more discoverable to the clubs, coaches and players already looking for someone with your sport, level and availability.

Start with your profile

Publish your sport, level, location and availability, then message the athletes, teams and coaches near you. Free, and it helps you become far more discoverable.

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