> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.matchely.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Set up your profile

> The wizard steps, what is required, and why your level matters.

Your profile is what lets other players find you and lets Matchely suggest
opponents at your level. A wizard walks you through it the first time.

## The steps

<Steps>
  <Step title="Name">
    Your name as people know you on court.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Gender and date of birth">
    Used for categories and for gender-based rankings.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Your sports">
    Pick the ones you play. You can have several, and each carries its own
    level — nobody plays tennis and volleyball at the same level.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Your level in each sport">
    Nine levels, from **Beginner** to **Professional**, each with a description
    of what it means. Matchely turns your choice into a number from 1 to 99.
  </Step>

  <Step title="City">
    This is what puts you in the local showcase and in your region's rankings.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Phone">
    So organizers and partners can reach you. You decide who sees the number.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Warning>
  **All of these steps are required** — including gender, date of birth, and
  phone. And the level is required for **every** sport you added: if you listed
  three and rated two, your profile is still incomplete and no competition will
  accept your entry. It is the number-one cause of "the Join button does
  nothing".
</Warning>

## Your username

It is generated automatically from your name, and it is your profile's address.

## Photo and cover

The photo helps more than you would think: on court, people recognize faces.
The cover is the banner at the top of your profile.

## Your level moves on its own

The number you picked is only a starting point. Your matches feed the
calculation, and the number shown on your profile is **updated once a day**.

<Note>
  Redoing the self-assessment **overwrites** the calculated number, and
  removing a sport from your profile **erases its rating history**. Think twice
  before doing either.
</Note>

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Rating and ranking" icon="chart-line" href="/en/rating-and-ranking">
    Where each number comes from.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Public profile and privacy" icon="eye" href="/en/network/public-profile">
    What shows to whom, and how to turn it off.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>