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Transfermarkt is a German-based website that has footballing information, such as scores, results, transfer news, and fixtures. Despite its extensive database, the website should not be used as a source in articles, because it does not meet Wikipedia's standards of reliability. This is because much of the website's content is user-generated. To quote the site's login page: ''Whether player, manager, club, or match report – as a Transfermarkt user you can edit and complete almost all data yourself. Simply click the gear, fill in the form, and click submit.'', which means that the website qualifies as a self-published source.

Discussion history
Below is a list of discussions across various Wikipedia forums, in which the reliability of Transfermarkt is discussed.
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/Archive 40 – 27–28 January 2010 – Discussion on concerns about excessive use of Transfermarkt by a particular user
 * Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 68 – 30 June 2010 – Brief discussion of the acceptability of Transfermarkt as an external link
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/Archive 57 – 9–10 July 2011 – Discussion concerning the acceptability of transfermarkt as a soruce
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/Archive 61 – 21 November 2011 – Discussion concerning user-privileges on Transfermarkt
 * Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 121 – 3–5 May 2012 – RSN discussion concerning the acceptability of Transfermarkt as a source
 * Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 150 – 5–15 June 2013 – RSN discussion concerning the acceptability of Transfermarkt as a source
 * Templates for discussion/Log/2013 June 29 – 20 June–10 July 2013 – Proposed deletion of Template:Transfermarkt on reliability grounds
 * External links/Noticeboard/Archive 13 – 10 July 2013 – ELN thread on the acceptability of transfermarkt as an external link, which failed to generate any responses
 * Templates for discussion/Log/2013 December 10 – 10–18 December 2013 – Proposed deletion of Template:Transfermarkt on reliability grounds
 * Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive829 – 15 February 2014 – ANI thread concerning the removal of Transfermarkt references from articles on reliability grounds
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/Archive 87 – 13 July 2014 – Discussion concerning the acceptability of transfermarkt as a soruce