Template:WorldFootball.net
{{{name}}} at WorldFootball.net
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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/person/pe1199/
- https://www.weltfussball.de/person/pe1199/ (in German)
- https://www.weltfussball.at/person/pe1199/ (in German)
- https://www.weltfussball.com/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.de/spieler_profil/gregory-van-der-wiel/ (in German)
- https://www.weltfussball.at/spieler_profil/gregory-van-der-wiel/ (in German)
- https://www.weltfussball.com/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
- New ID and URLs
- https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe918/
- https://www.weltfussball.de/person/pe918/ (in German)
- https://www.weltfussball.at/person/pe918/ (in German)
- https://www.weltfussball.com/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.de/spieler_profil/kaka_2/ (in German)
- https://www.weltfussball.at/spieler_profil/kaka_2/ (in German)
- https://www.weltfussball.com/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 at WorldFootball.netLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New ID | new_id | The ID portion of the new URL, such as https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe1199/. This parameter is optional if the Old ID is used or if Wikidata property P2020 exists, but required if not.
| 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 property P2020 exists, but required if not.
| 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)".
| 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 |
Tracking categories
- new ID using
|new_id=parameter
- Category:WorldFootball.net template using new ID (5,622) – 24.4% of approximately 23,000 total transclusions
- old 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 P2020
- Category:WorldFootball.net template with ID different from Wikidata (220)
- Category:WorldFootball.net template with ID not in Wikidata (4,258)
- template missing ID
See also
External links
- WorldFootball.net
- Search page at WorldFootball.net at the Wayback Machine (archived 2025-08-28)