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# GET /football/players/{player_id}

> Retrieve a player's profile including nationality, position, date of birth, height, and current team details.

Get player details

## Endpoint

```text theme={null}
GET https://api.thestatsapi.com/api/football/players/{player_id}
```

## Path parameters

| Name        | Type   | Required | Description            |
| ----------- | ------ | -------- | ---------------------- |
| `player_id` | string | Yes      | Example: `pl_29627593` |

## Response (200)

```json theme={null}
{
  "data": {
    "id": "pl_29627593",
    "name": "Alexander Isak",
    "first_name": "Alexander",
    "last_name": "Isak",
    "position": "M",
    "date_of_birth": "1994-09-08T00:00:00.000Z",
    "age": 29,
    "nationality": "Sweden",
    "height_cm": 179,
    "current_team": {
      "id": "tm_0406",
      "name": "Liverpool",
      "jersey_number": 18
    }
  }
}
```

<Note>
  This page is generated from the live API contract at `https://api.thestatsapi.com/llms.txt`.
</Note>