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Redirect

{{WorldFootball.net playerTemplate:WorldFootball.net player}}

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Template:WorldFootball.net displays an external link to an association football (soccer) player's profile at the WorldFootball.net website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

Omit the ID to use the Wikidata property.

Article name as link text: {{WorldFootball.net |new_id= NEWID }}; {{WorldFootball.net |id= ID }}; {{WorldFootball.net | ID }}

Parameter as link text: {{WorldFootball.net |new_id= NEWID |name= NAME }}; {{WorldFootball.net |id= ID |name= NAME }}; {{WorldFootball.net | ID | NAME }}

Archived link: {{WorldFootball.net|new_id=NEWID|name=NAME|id=ID|archive=NUMBER}}; {{WorldFootball.net|id=ID|name=NAME|archive=NUMBER}}; {{WorldFootball.net|ID|NAME|archive=NUMBER}}

Examples

Article name as link text

Usage in Gregory van der Wiel: * {{WorldFootball.net |new_id= pe1199 }}; * {{WorldFootball.net |new_id= pe1199 |id= gregory-van-der-wiel |archive= 20250907164839 }}; * {{WorldFootball.net |id= gregory-van-der-wiel |archive= 20250907164839 }}; * {{WorldFootball.net | gregory-van-der-wiel }}

Output

Gregory van der Wiel at WorldFootball.net
Gregory van der Wiel at WorldFootball.net (archive)
Gregory van der Wiel at WorldFootball.net (archived)
Gregory van der Wiel at WorldFootball.net

New ID and URLs: https://www.worldfootball.net/pe1199/; https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe1199/; https://www.weltfussball.com/person/pe1199/ (in German); https://www.weltfussball.de/person/pe1199/ (in German); https://www.weltfussball.at/person/pe1199/ (in German); https://www.voetbal.com/person/pe1199/ (in Dutch); https://www.mondefootball.fr/person/pe1199/ (in French); https://www.livefutbol.com/person/pe1199/ (in Spanish)

Old ID and URLs (redirect to new ID and URL): https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/gregory-van-der-wiel/ (archive); https://www.weltfussball.com/spieler_profil/gregory-van-der-wiel/ (in German); https://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/gregory-van-der-wiel/ (in German); https://www.weltfussball.at/spieler_profil/gregory-van-der-wiel/ (in German); https://www.voetbal.com/speler_profiel/gregory-van-der-wiel/ (in Dutch); https://www.mondedufoot.fr/fiche_du_joueur/gregory-van-der-wiel/ (in French); https://www.livefutbol.com/ficha_jugador/gregory-van-der-wiel/ (in Spanish); https://old.calcio.com/profilo_giocatori/gregory-van-der-wiel/ (in Italian) (formerly www.calcio.com); https://por.worldfootball.net/jogador_perfil/gregory-van-der-wiel/ (in Portuguese); https://pol.worldfootball.net/profil_zawodnika/gregory-van-der-wiel/ (in Polish)

Parameter as link text

Usage: * {{WorldFootball.net |new_id= pe918 |name= Kaká }}; * {{WorldFootball.net |new_id= pe918 |name= Kaká |id= kaka_2 |archive= 20250908130716 }}; * {{WorldFootball.net |id= kaka_2 | name= Kaká |archive= 20250908130716 }}; * {{WorldFootball.net | kaka_2 | Kaká }}

Output

Kaká at WorldFootball.net
Kaká at WorldFootball.net (archive)
Kaká at WorldFootball.net (archived)
Kaká at WorldFootball.net

New ID and URLs: https://www.worldfootball.net/pe918/; https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe918/; https://www.weltfussball.com/person/pe918/ (in German); https://www.weltfussball.de/person/pe918/ (in German); https://www.weltfussball.at/person/pe918/ (in German); https://www.voetbal.com/person/pe918/ (in Dutch); https://www.mondefootball.fr/person/pe918/ (in French); https://www.livefutbol.com/person/pe918/ (in Spanish)

Old ID and URLs (redirect to new ID and URL): https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/kaka_2/ (archive); https://www.weltfussball.com/spieler_profil/kaka_2/ (in German); https://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/kaka_2/ (in German); https://www.weltfussball.at/spieler_profil/kaka_2/ (in German); https://www.voetbal.com/speler_profiel/kaka_2/ (in Dutch); https://www.mondedufoot.fr/fiche_du_joueur/kaka_2/ (in French); https://www.livefutbol.com/ficha_jugador/kaka_2/ (in Spanish); https://old.calcio.com/profilo_giocatori/kaka_2/ (in Italian) (formerly www.calcio.com); https://por.worldfootball.net/jogador_perfil/kaka_2/ (in Portuguese); https://pol.worldfootball.net/profil_zawodnika/kaka_2/ (in Polish)

No parameters and Wikidata property not defined

Usage: * {{WorldFootball.net}}

Output

{{WorldFootball.net}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:WorldFootball.net in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for WorldFootball.net

This template displays an external link to an association football (soccer) player's profile at the WorldFootball.net website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
New ID	`new_id`	The ID portion of the new URL, such as https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe1199/ or https://www.worldfootball.net/pe1199/. This parameter is optional if the Old ID is used or if Wikidata properties P14795 or P2020 exist, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P14795 Example pe1199	String	optional
Old ID	`id` `1`	The ID portion of the old URL, such as https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/gregory-van-der-wiel/. This parameter is optional if the New ID is used or if Wikidata properties P14795 or P2020 exist, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P2020 Example gregory-van-der-wiel	String	optional
Name	`name` `2`	The link text, which should be the player's name. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as "(footballer)" or "(soccer)". Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}} Example Gregory van der Wiel	String	optional
Internet Archive date/time	`archive`	Number representing the date/time in an Internet Archive URL for the old ID. It causes the template to use an archived URL link starting with https://web.archive.org/web/{{{archive}}}/ and display "(archived)". Example 20250907164839	Number	optional

Tracking categories

template using |new_id=

Category:WorldFootball.net template using new ID (7,454) – 29.8% of approximately 25,000 total transclusions
Category:WorldFootball.net template using new_id parameter different from Wikidata (2)
Category:WorldFootball.net template using new_id parameter not in Wikidata (2,892)

old ID (using |id= or unnamed first parameter) different from or not in Wikidata property P2020

old ID not matching pattern or new ID without |new_id= parameter

Category:WorldFootball.net template with ID not matching pattern (6)

template missing ID

External links

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Usage

Examples

Article name as link text

Parameter as link text

No parameters and Wikidata property not defined

TemplateData

Tracking categories

See also

External links