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Individual tactical actions were analyzed using Instat Scout\u00ae, considering variables such as fouls, shots, shots on target, goals, successful dribbles, passes, successful passes, ball losses, ball recoveries, and challenges won.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The cluster analysis classified the players into two groups: \u201chigh-involvement\u201d (HIGH) and \u201clow-involvement\u201d (LOW), based on their average effective playing time, sRPE, and PL. A linear mixed model was used to examine the differences in external and internal load and technical-tactical variables between the two groups, accounting for individual repeated measures. Considering absolute values, HIGH players presented higher sRPE, RPE, total PL, shots, goals, passes, successful passes, ball losses and recoveries, and challenges won (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.001\u20130.039; ES\u2009=\u20090.43\u20132.48), when compared to their LOW counterparts. However, when analyzed relative to effective time, LOW players reached higher total PL and shots per minute (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.001\u20130.012; ES\u2009=\u20090.39\u20130.93) when compared to HIGH players. Non-significant differences were found for the rest of the variables.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>In summary, these results emphasize the importance of normalizing internal and external load variables and technical-tactical performance variables per effective playing time in futsal. 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