---
title: "Search players"
method: POST
path: "/v1/search_players"
tags: ["Static reference"]
---

# Search players

`POST /v1/search_players`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://mcp.strikerapi.com`
- URL: `https://mcp.strikerapi.com/v1/search_players`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `x-api-key`
  - HTTP bearer

Use to find a player's id by name (accents optional), optionally within a club. Returns position, current club, last season and appearances. Costs 1 credit.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required: Full or partial name, e.g. Saka.
  - `team` string: Club id, abbreviation or name.
  - `limit` integer
  - `league` 'soccer' | 'mls' | 'laliga' | 'seriea' | 'bundesliga' | 'ligue1' | 'ucl' | 'championship' | 'nwsl' | 'ligamx' | 'uel' | 'uecl' | 'eredivisie' | 'primeira' | 'scotland' | 'brazil' | 'argentina': League. Defaults to soccer. One of: soccer, mls, laliga, seriea, bundesliga, ligue1, ucl, championship, nwsl, ligamx, uel, uecl, eredivisie, primeira, scotland, brazil, argentina.

## Response `200`

The result, wrapped in data.

- object
  - `data` object, required
    - `players` object[], required
    - `count` number, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid arguments.
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key.
- `402`: Not enough credits.
- `429`: Rate limited.

---

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