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PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure were searched from 1 January 2016 to 24 August 2022. The primary outcome was overall injuries, and the secondary outcomes were severe, ankle, knee, and lower extremity injuries. Risk ratios (RRs) were calculated for each outcome. Methodological quality was assessed using the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale. A total of 230 articles were screened, 6 of which were finally included in the meta-analysis. Compared with normal warm-up training, FIFA11+ Kids significantly reduced overall injury risk (RR = 0.52 [95% CI, 0.44\u20130.62]; p &lt; 0.00001), severe injury risk (RR = 0.33 [95% CI, 0.18\u20130.61]; p = 0.0004), lower extremity injury risk (RR = 0.51 [95% CI, 0.41\u20130.65]; p &lt; 0.00001), knee injury risk (RR = 0.45 [95% CI, 0.29\u20130.72]; p = 0.0009), and ankle injury risk (RR = 0.56 [95% CI, 0.35\u20130.89]; p = 0.01) in young football players. 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