midfielder

English

Etymology

From midfield +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

midfielder (plural midfielders)

  1. (sports) A player who operates behind the attackers and in front of the defence.
    • 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpool's players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was an obvious injustice when the England Under-21 midfielder was shown the red card.
    • 2023 January 3, Ben Church, “How Christian Eriksen returned to football after suffering cardiac arrest on pitch”, in CNN‎[2]:
      Serie A club Inter Milan – whom Eriksen had been contracted to at the time of the incident – let the midfielder move abroad as he was unable to play in Italy unless the ICD device was removed.
    • 2023 March 30, Karen Carney, “Rodri’s Manchester City role shows holding midfielders are key to success”, in The Guardian‎[3]:
      Defensive midfielders have to see things before they happen in and out of possession.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Japanese: ミッドフィールダー (middofīrudā)

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