Template:Soccerway/doc

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Redirects

{{Soccerway player}}
{{Soccerway.com}}

This template uses Lua:

Template:Soccerway displays an external link to an association football (soccer) player's profile at Soccerway.com.

Usage[edit]

Unnamed parameters: {{Soccerway | ID }}; {{Soccerway | ID | NAME }}

Named parameters: {{Soccerway | id= ID }}; {{Soccerway | id= ID | name= NAME }}; {{Soccerway | id= ID | name= NAME | access-date= ACCESS DATE }}

Using Wikidata property: {{Soccerway}}; {{Soccerway | name= NAME }}; {{Soccerway | name= NAME | access-date= ACCESS DATE }}

Examples[edit]

Unnamed parameters[edit]

URLs: https://int.soccerway.com/players/javier-saviola/121/; https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/121/

Usage: {{Soccerway | javier-saviola/121 | Javier Saviola }}; {{Soccerway | 121 | Javier Saviola }}

Output: Javier Saviola at Soccerway; Javier Saviola at Soccerway

Named parameters[edit]

URLs: https://int.soccerway.com/players/matthew-cooper/253988/; https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/253988/

Usage: {{Soccerway | id= matthew-cooper/253988 | name= Matthew Cooper | access-date= 11 May 2024 }}; {{Soccerway | id= 253988 | name= Matthew Cooper | access-date= 11 May 2024 }}

Output: Matthew Cooper at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 May 2024.; Matthew Cooper at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

No parameters and Wikidata property not defined[edit]

Usage: {{Soccerway}}

Output: {{Soccerway}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

TemplateData[edit]

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TemplateData for Soccerway

This template displays an external link to an association football (soccer) player's profile at Soccerway.com.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
ID	`id` `1`	The ID portion of the URL, such as matthew-cooper/253988 or 253988 in https://int.soccerway.com/players/matthew-cooper/253988/. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P2369 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P2369	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)". Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}}	String	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