Template:Soccerway/doc
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Template:Soccerway displays an external link to an association football (soccer) player's profile at Soccerway.com.
| File:Information icon4.svg | In 2025, Soccerway.com switched to the same player ID used at Flashscore.com; see Template:Flashscore and (P8259). Many old Soccerway player IDs redirect to the new ID. The |archive= parameter may be used to display an archived copy of the original from the Internet Archive. |
Usage
[edit source]Omit ID to use the Wikidata property. Omit NAME to use Wikipedia article name as link text.
- External link
* {{Soccerway|new_id=NEWID|name=NAME}}* {{Soccerway|id=ID|name=NAME}}* {{Soccerway|ID|NAME}}
- Citation with access date
{{Soccerway|new_id=NEWID|name=NAME|access-date=DATE}}{{Soccerway|id=ID|name=NAME|access-date=DATE}}{{Soccerway|ID|NAME|access-date=DATE}}
- Archived external link
{{Soccerway|id=ID|name=NAME|archive=NUMBER}}{{Soccerway|ID|NAME|archive=NUMBER}}
- Archived citation with access date
{{Soccerway|id=ID|name=NAME|archive=NUMBER|access-date=DATE}}{{Soccerway|ID|NAME|archive=NUMBER|access-date=DATE}}
Examples
[edit source]External links
[edit source]- Usage in Mateja Zver with article name as link text
* {{Soccerway|new_id=zver-mateja/p0DFdwlo}}* {{Soccerway|new_id=zver-mateja/p0DFdwlo|id=mateja-zver/45569|archive=20240605050544}}* {{Soccerway|id=mateja-zver/45569|archive=20240605050544}}* {{Soccerway|45569}}
- Output
-
- Mateja Zver at Soccerway
- Mateja Zver at Soccerway (archive)
- Mateja Zver at Soccerway (archived)
- Mateja Zver at Soccerway
- New ID at Soccerway.com
- https://www.soccerway.com/player/zver-mateja/p0DFdwlo/
- Old ID at Soccerway.com (redirect to new ID)
- https://int.soccerway.com/players/mateja-zver/45569/ (archive 2024-06-05)
- https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/45569/ (archive 2025-02-22)
Citation with access date
[edit source]- Usage with parameter as link text
{{Soccerway | new_id= wong-emily/l8HTsA0Q | name= Emily Wong | access-date= 4 May 2026 }}{{Soccerway | id= emily-lauren-wong/875204 | name= Emily Wong | access-date= 4 May 2026 }}{{Soccerway | 875204 | Emily Wong | access-date= May 4, 2026 }}
- Output
- Emily Wong at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
- Emily Wong at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
- Emily Wong at Soccerway. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
- New ID at Soccerway.com
- https://www.soccerway.com/player/wong-emily/l8HTsA0Q/
- Old ID at Soccerway.com (redirect to new ID)
- https://int.soccerway.com/players/emily-lauren-wong/875204/ (archive 2024-09-16)
- https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/875204/
Archived pages
[edit source]- Usage in Javier Saviola with article name as link text
{{Soccerway | id= javier-saviola/121 | archive= 20250220025537 | access-date= 4 May 2026 }}{{Soccerway | 121 | archive= 20250220002921 }}
- Output
- Javier Saviola at Soccerway (archived). Retrieved 4 May 2026.
- Javier Saviola at Soccerway (archived)
- Archived URLs using old ID
- https://web.archive.org/web/20250220025537/https://int.soccerway.com/players/javier-saviola/121/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20250220002921/https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/121/
No parameters and Wikidata property not defined
[edit source]- Usage
{{Soccerway}}
- Output
- Soccerway/doc at SoccerwayLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
TemplateData
[edit source]TemplateData for Soccerway
This template displays an external link to an association football (soccer) player's profile at Soccerway.com.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New ID | new_id | The ID portion of a new Soccerway player URL, such as https://www.soccerway.com/player/zver-mateja/p0DFdwlo/. This parameter is optional if the Old ID is used or if Wikidata property P2369 exists, but required if not.
| String | optional |
| Old ID | id 1 | The ID portion of an old Soccerway player URL, such as https://int.soccerway.com/players/mateja-zver/45569/ (which as of 2025 redirects to a new URL such as https://www.soccerway.com/player/zver-mateja/p0DFdwlo/). This parameter is optional if the New ID is used or if Wikidata property P2369 exists, but required if not.
| String | optional |
| Name | name 2 | The link text, which should be the name of the player. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as "(footballer)" or "(soccer)".
| String | optional |
| Internet Archive date/time | archive | Number representing the date/time in an Internet Archive URL for the soccerway.com link. It causes the template to use an archived URL link starting with https://web.archive.org/web/{{{archive}}}/ and display "(archived)".
| Number | optional |
| Access Date | access-date accessdate | The date when the Soccerway profile was last accessed. It allows the template to be used as a reference, rather than as an external link. This parameter is optional. | Date | optional |
Tracking categories
[edit source]- new ID using
|new_id=parameter
- Category:Soccerway template using new ID (1,531) – 1.8% of approximately 83,000 total transclusions
- ID not matching pattern or new ID without
|new_id=parameter
- old ID (using
|id=or unnamed first parameter) different from or not in Wikidata property P2369 - Only the number at the end of the template ID is compared with Wikidata
- mateja-zver/45569 → 45569
- 45569 → 45569
- Category:Soccerway template with ID different from Wikidata (487)
- Category:Soccerway template with ID not in Wikidata (5,961)
- template missing ID
See also
[edit source]- Other Soccerway templates
- Template:Soccerway coach for link to Soccerway.com coach page (archived link)
- Template:Soccerway referee for link to Soccerway.com referee page (archived link)
- Related templates
- Template:Flashscore for link to Flashscore.com player page (same ID as new Soccerway.com player page)
- Template:Scorebar for link to Scorebar.com player page (same ID number as old Soccerway.com player page)
- Association football external link templates which convert ID to number before Wikidata comparison
- {{BDFA}}
- {{BeSoccer}}
- {{ESPN FC}}
- {{FBref player}}
- {{FootballFacts.ru}}
- {{NFT player}}