# Soccer/Football Player Lookup (TheSportsDB via jp-data-api)

> Soccer/Football Player Lookup (TheSportsDB via jp-data-api) is a paid API for AI agents from jp-data-api-production.up.railway.app, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Looks up soccer/football player profiles by name, returning nationality, team, position, birth date, and description — with J-League and international coverage.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://jp-data-api-production.up.railway.app/soccer/player
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/soccer-football-player-lookup-thesportsdb-via-jp-data-api-3d62dd4b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_U_auIax16lPGf0Ya1e06m

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability soccer-football-player-lookup-thesportsdb-via-jp-data-api-3d62dd4b
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the soccer player Takefusa Kubo for me — I want to know his nationality, current team, position, and birth date?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need structured player profile data (nationality, team, position, birth date, bio) for soccer/football players — especially if J-League coverage is important. Prefer over generic sports APIs when building fantasy tools, fan bots, or sports apps that need quick per-player lookups by name.

## Known failure modes

- Player not found in TheSportsDB database — returns empty or null result
- Ambiguous player name matching wrong player — verify with additional context
- J-League or lesser-known league players may have incomplete profile data
- Rate limiting or upstream TheSportsDB API downtime
- Missing required query parameter 'q' returns validation error

## How this service works

Soccer/football player lookup (TheSportsDB): nationality, team, position, birth date, description. Covers J-League and international players. Use for sports apps, fantasy tools, fan bots.

## Output

Returns a player profile object including the player's full name, nationality, current team, playing position, date of birth, and a descriptive bio — sourced from TheSportsDB. Covers J-League players as well as international footballers.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "q"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/soccer-football-player-lookup-thesportsdb-via-jp-data-api-3d62dd4b/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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