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vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Attacking_midfielder"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Attacking midfielder</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Attacking_midfielder-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Attacking midfielder subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Attacking_midfielder-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Advanced_playmaker" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Advanced_playmaker"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Advanced playmaker</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Advanced_playmaker-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Trequartista" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Trequartista"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Trequartista</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Trequartista-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-"False_10"_or_"central_winger"" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#"False_10"_or_"central_winger""> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>"False 10" or "central winger"</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-"False_10"_or_"central_winger"-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Winger" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Winger"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Winger</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Winger-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Winger subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Winger-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Inverted_winger_and_raumdeuter" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Inverted_winger_and_raumdeuter"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Inverted winger and raumdeuter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Inverted_winger_and_raumdeuter-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-False_winger" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#False_winger"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>False winger</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-False_winger-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" 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mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Midfielder</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrocampista" title="Centrocampista – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Centrocampista" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrocampista" title="Centrocampista – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Centrocampista" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yar%C4%B1mm%C3%BCdafi%C9%99%C3%A7i_(futbol)" title="Yarımmüdafiəçi (futbol) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Yarımmüdafiəçi (futbol)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A8%DA%A9" title="هافبک – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="هافبک" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelandang_(s%C3%A9pakbola)" title="Gelandang (sépakbola) – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Gelandang (sépakbola)" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC" title="মধ্যমাঠের খেলোয়াড় – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মধ্যমাঠের খেলোয়াড়" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B0_(%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB)" title="Паўабаронца (футбол) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Паўабаронца (футбол)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B0_(%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB)" title="Паўабаронца (футбол) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Паўабаронца (футбол)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Полузащитник – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Полузащитник" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vezni_igra%C4%8D" title="Vezni igrač – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Vezni igrač" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreizer" title="Kreizer – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Kreizer" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migcampista" title="Migcampista – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Migcampista" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fotbalov%C3%BD_z%C3%A1lo%C5%BEn%C3%ADk" title="Fotbalový záložník – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Fotbalový záložník" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midtbanespiller" title="Midtbanespiller – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Midtbanespiller" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88" title="ميليو – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="ميليو" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittelfeldspieler" title="Mittelfeldspieler – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Mittelfeldspieler" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poolkaitsja" title="Poolkaitsja – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Poolkaitsja" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BC%CE%AD%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%82" title="Πλάγιος μέσος – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πλάγιος μέσος" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrocampista" title="Centrocampista – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Centrocampista" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezkampulo" title="Mezkampulo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Mezkampulo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdilari" title="Erdilari – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Erdilari" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A8%DA%A9" title="هافبک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="هافبک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milieu_de_terrain" title="Milieu de terrain – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Milieu de terrain" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imreoir_l%C3%A1r_p%C3%A1irce" title="Imreoir lár páirce – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Imreoir lár páirce" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrocampista" title="Centrocampista – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Centrocampista" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%EB%93%9C%ED%95%84%EB%8D%94" title="미드필더 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="미드필더" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai_buga_tsakiya" title="Mai buga tsakiya – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Mai buga tsakiya" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%BF%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D6%86%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BF%D5%A2%D5%B8%D5%AC)" title="Կիսապաշտպան (ֆուտբոլ) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կիսապաշտպան (ֆուտբոլ)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vezni_igra%C4%8D_(nogomet)" title="Vezni igrač (nogomet) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Vezni igrač (nogomet)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelandang_(sepak_bola)" title="Gelandang (sepak bola) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gelandang (sepak bola)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrocampista" title="Centrocampista – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Centrocampista" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%A9%D7%A8_(%D7%9B%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%9C)" title="קשר (כדורגל) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קשר (כדורגל)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glandhang" title="Glandhang – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Glandhang" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AA%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%AE%E1%83%91%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%98)" title="ნახევარმცველი (ფეხბურთი) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ნახევარმცველი (ფეხბურთი)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D2%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D2%93%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%88%D1%8B" title="Жартылай қорғаушы – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Жартылай қорғаушы" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiungo_(michezo)" title="Kiungo (michezo) – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Kiungo (michezo)" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yar%C3%AEgeha_nav%C3%AEn" title="Yarîgeha navîn – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Yarîgeha navîn" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%AD%E0%BA%87%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%B2%E0%BA%87" title="ກອງກາງ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ກອງກາງ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pussargs_(futbols)" title="Pussargs (futbols) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Pussargs (futbols)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saugas" title="Saugas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Saugas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6z%C3%A9pp%C3%A1ly%C3%A1s" title="Középpályás – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Középpályás" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4_(%D1%84%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB)" title="Среден ред (фудбал) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Среден ред (фудбал)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midfilder" title="Midfilder – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Midfilder" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B0_(%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B2)" title="मिडफील्डर (फुटबॉल) – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="मिडफील्डर (फुटबॉल)" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%97%E1%83%AE%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94_(%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A9%E1%83%AE%E1%83%91%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%98)" title="ოშქაშემათხილე (კუჩხბურთი) – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ოშქაშემათხილე (კუჩხბურთი)" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7_(%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87_%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85)" title="لاعب وسط (كوره قدم) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="لاعب وسط (كوره قدم)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemain_tengah" title="Pemain tengah – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Pemain tengah" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%81_%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%87" title="Хагас хамгаалагч – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Хагас хамгаалагч" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middenvelder" title="Middenvelder – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Middenvelder" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF_(%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B2)" title="मध्यपङ्क्ति (फुटबल) – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="मध्यपङ्क्ति (फुटबल)" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC" title="ミッドフィールダー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ミッドフィールダー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midtbanespiller" title="Midtbanespiller – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Midtbanespiller" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midtbanespelar" title="Midtbanespelar – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Midtbanespelar" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarim_himoyachi" title="Yarim himoyachi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Yarim himoyachi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomocnik_(pi%C5%82ka_no%C5%BCna)" title="Pomocnik (piłka nożna) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Pomocnik (piłka nożna)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meio-campista" title="Meio-campista – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Meio-campista" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mijloca%C8%99_(fotbal)" title="Mijlocaș (fotbal) – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Mijlocaș (fotbal)" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_(%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB)" title="Полузащитник (футбол) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Полузащитник (футбол)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesfushori_(futboll)" title="Mesfushori (futboll) – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Mesfushori (futboll)" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Midfielder" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vezist_(nogomet)" title="Vezist (nogomet) – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Vezist (nogomet)" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%95%DA%95%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA_(%D8%AA%DB%86%D9%BE%DB%8C_%D9%BE%DB%8E)" title="ناوەڕاست (تۆپی پێ) – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ناوەڕاست (تۆپی پێ)" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%87_(%D1%84%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB)" title="Везни играч (фудбал) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Везни играч (фудбал)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelandang" title="Gelandang – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Gelandang" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittf%C3%A4ltare_(fotboll)" title="Mittfältare (fotboll) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Mittfältare (fotboll)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_(%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D)" title="நடுக்கள வீரர் (காற்பந்துச் சங்கம்) – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="நடுக்கள வீரர் (காற்பந்துச் சங்கம்)" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87" title="กองกลาง – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="กองกลาง" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BC%D2%B3%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80_(%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB)" title="Нимҳимоятгар (футбол) – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Нимҳимоятгар (футбол)" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Midfielder_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Midfielder (disambiguation)">Midfielder (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="noresize thumb tright" style=";"> <div class="thumbinner" style="overflow:hidden;width:262px;"> <div class="thumbimage" style="height:392px; overflow:hidden; position:relative; background-color:white;"> <div style=";left:8px; top:7px; width:250px; position:absolute;"> <figure class="mw-halign-right noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boisko.svg" title="File:Boisko.svg"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Boisko.svg/250px-Boisko.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="378" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Boisko.svg/375px-Boisko.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Boisko.svg/500px-Boisko.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="452" data-file-height="684" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div style="text-align:left; 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left:168px; top:60px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)#Striker" title="Forward (association football)">CF</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_125x60" style="position:absolute; left:125px; top:60px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)#Striker" title="Forward (association football)">CF</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_72x60" style="position:absolute; left:72px; top:60px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)#Striker" title="Forward (association football)">CF</a></span></div> </div> <div style="visibility:hidden"><figure class="mw-halign-right noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boisko.svg" title="File:Boisko.svg"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Boisko.svg/250px-Boisko.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="378" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Boisko.svg/375px-Boisko.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Boisko.svg/500px-Boisko.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="452" data-file-height="684" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption">The midfield positions highlighted in relation to other positions in association football</div> </div></div> <p>In the sport of <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a>, a <b>midfielder</b> takes an <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_association_football_terms#O" title="Glossary of association football terms">outfield position</a> primarily in the middle of the pitch.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCsport1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCsport1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As <a href="#Central_midfielder">central midfielders</a> often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. </p><p>The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on which <a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)" title="Formation (association football)">formation</a> is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the <b>midfield</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-ExpertFootball1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ExpertFootball1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)">defensive</a> units and <a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)">forward</a> units of a <a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)" title="Formation (association football)">formation</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Manager_(association_football)" title="Manager (association football)">Managers</a> frequently assign one or more midfielders to disrupt the opposing team's attacks, while others may be tasked with creating goals, or have equal responsibilities between attack and defence. Midfielders are the players who typically travel the greatest distance during a match. Midfielders arguably have the most possession during a game, and thus they are some of the fittest players on the pitch.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Midfielders are often assigned the task of <a href="/wiki/Assist_(association_football)" title="Assist (association football)">assisting</a> forwards to create scoring opportunities. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Central_midfielder">Central midfielder</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midfielder&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Central midfielder"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Centre_midfielder"></span> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Xavi_Hern%C3%A1ndez_-_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Xavi_Hern%C3%A1ndez_-_001.jpg/151px-Xavi_Hern%C3%A1ndez_-_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="151" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Xavi_Hern%C3%A1ndez_-_001.jpg/227px-Xavi_Hern%C3%A1ndez_-_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Xavi_Hern%C3%A1ndez_-_001.jpg/302px-Xavi_Hern%C3%A1ndez_-_001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="723" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Former <a href="/wiki/Spain_national_football_team" title="Spain national football team">Spain</a> midfielder <a href="/wiki/Xavi_(footballer,_born_1980)" title="Xavi (footballer, born 1980)">Xavi</a> was voted to the <a href="/wiki/FIFPro#FIFPro_World_XI" class="mw-redirect" title="FIFPro">FIFPro World XI</a> six consecutive years.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Central</b> or <b>centre midfielders</b> are players whose role is divided mostly equally between attacking and defensive duties to control the play in and around the centre of the pitch. These players will try to <a href="/wiki/Passing_(association_football)" title="Passing (association football)">pass</a> the ball to the team's <a href="#Attacking_midfielder">attacking midfielders</a> and forwards and may also help their team's attacks by making runs into the opposition's <a href="/wiki/Penalty_area" title="Penalty area">penalty area</a> and attempting <a href="/wiki/Shooting_(association_football)" title="Shooting (association football)">shots</a> on goal themselves. They also provide secondary support to <a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)">attackers</a>, both in and out of possession. </p><p>When the opposing team has the ball, a central midfielder may drop back to protect the goal or move forward and <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_association_football_terms#P" title="Glossary of association football terms">press</a> the opposition ball-carrier to recover the ball. A centre midfielder defending their goal will move in front of their <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)#Centre-back" title="Defender (association football)">centre-backs</a> to block long <a href="/wiki/Shooting_(association_football)" title="Shooting (association football)">shots</a> by the opposition and possibly track opposition midfielders making runs towards the goal. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)#4.E2.80.933.E2.80.933" title="Formation (association football)">4–3–3</a> and <a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)#4.E2.80.935.E2.80.931" title="Formation (association football)">4–5–1</a> formations each use three central midfielders. The <a href="/wiki/4-4-2_formation" class="mw-redirect" title="4-4-2 formation">4−4−2</a> formation may use two central midfielders,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in the <a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)#Common_modern_formations#4-2-3-1" title="Formation (association football)">4–2–3–1</a> formation one of the two deeper midfielders may be a central midfielder. Prominent central midfielders are known for their ability to pace the game when their team is in possession of the ball, by dictating the tempo of play from the centre of the pitch. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Box-to-box_midfielder">Box-to-box midfielder</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midfielder&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Box-to-box midfielder"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_big_4-0.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/The_big_4-0.jpg/200px-The_big_4-0.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/The_big_4-0.jpg/300px-The_big_4-0.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/The_big_4-0.jpg/400px-The_big_4-0.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3888" /></a><figcaption>A hardworking box-to-box midfielder, <a href="/wiki/Steven_Gerrard" title="Steven Gerrard">Steven Gerrard</a> has been lauded for his effectiveness both offensively and defensively;<sup id="cite_ref-thetimes.co.uk_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thetimes.co.uk-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his ability to make late runs from behind into the penalty area.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The term <i>box-to-box midfielder</i> refers to central midfielders who are hard-working and who have good all-round abilities, which makes them skilled at both defending and attacking.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCsport3_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCsport3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These players can therefore track back to their own box to make tackles and block shots and also carry the ball forward or run to the opponents' box to try to score.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beginning in the mid-2000s, the change of trends and the decline of the standard 4–4–2 formation (in many cases making way for the 4–2–3–1 and 4–3–3 formations) imposed restrictions on the typical box-to-box midfielders of the 1980s and 1990s, as teams' two midfield roles were now often divided into "holders" or "creators", with a third variation upon the role being described as that of a "carrier" or "surger".<sup id="cite_ref-WilsonHolding13_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WilsonHolding13-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some notable examples of box-to-box midfielders are <a href="/wiki/Lothar_Matth%C3%A4us" title="Lothar Matthäus">Lothar Matthäus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Seedorf" title="Clarence Seedorf">Clarence Seedorf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bastian_Schweinsteiger" title="Bastian Schweinsteiger">Bastian Schweinsteiger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steven_Gerrard" title="Steven Gerrard">Steven Gerrard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johan_Neeskens" title="Johan Neeskens">Johan Neeskens</a>, <a href="/wiki/S%C3%B3crates" title="Sócrates">Sócrates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yaya_Tour%C3%A9" title="Yaya Touré">Yaya Touré</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arturo_Vidal" title="Arturo Vidal">Arturo Vidal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Vieira" title="Patrick Vieira">Patrick Vieira</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lampard" title="Frank Lampard">Frank Lampard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Robson" title="Bryan Robson">Bryan Robson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Keane" title="Roy Keane">Roy Keane</a>, and more recently, <a href="/wiki/Jude_Bellingham" title="Jude Bellingham">Jude Bellingham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mezzala">Mezzala</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midfielder&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mezzala"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Italian football, the term <i>mezzala</i> (literally "half-winger" in Italian) is used to describe the position of the one or two central midfielders who play on either side of a holding midfielder and/or playmaker. The term was initially applied to the role of an <a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)#Inside_forward" title="Forward (association football)">inside forward</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)#WM" title="Formation (association football)">WM</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)#Metodo_(2–3–2–3)" title="Formation (association football)">Metodo</a></i> formations in Italian, but later described a specific type of central midfielder. The Mezzala is often a quick and hard-working attack-minded midfielder, with good skills and noted offensive capabilities, as well as a tendency to make overlapping attacking runs, but also a player who participates in the defensive aspect of the game, and who can give width to a team by drifting out wide; as such, the term can be applied to several different roles. In English, the term has come to be seen as a variant of the box-to-box midfielder role.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wide_midfielder">Wide midfielder</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midfielder&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Wide midfielder"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Beckham_2010_LA_Galaxy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/David_Beckham_2010_LA_Galaxy.jpg/220px-David_Beckham_2010_LA_Galaxy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/David_Beckham_2010_LA_Galaxy.jpg/330px-David_Beckham_2010_LA_Galaxy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/David_Beckham_2010_LA_Galaxy.jpg/440px-David_Beckham_2010_LA_Galaxy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1719" data-file-height="2574" /></a><figcaption>A wide midfielder, <a href="/wiki/David_Beckham" title="David Beckham">David Beckham</a> was lauded for his range of passing, vision, <a href="/wiki/Cross_(association_football)" title="Cross (association football)">crossing</a> ability and <a href="/wiki/Curl_(association_football)" title="Curl (association football)">bending</a> free-kicks, which enabled him to create chances for teammates or score goals.<sup id="cite_ref-Kings_of_the_free-kick_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kings_of_the_free-kick-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-United_Legends_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Legends-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ESPN_2002_Profile_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPN_2002_Profile-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Left and right midfielders have a role balanced between attack and defence while they play a lot of crosses in the box for forwards. They are positioned closer to the <a href="/wiki/Touch-line" class="mw-redirect" title="Touch-line">touchlines</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Association_football_pitch" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football pitch">pitch</a>. They may be asked to <a href="/wiki/Cross_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross (football)">cross</a> the ball into the opponent's penalty area to make scoring chances for their teammates, and when defending they may put pressure on opponents who are trying to cross.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Common modern formations that include left and right midfielders are the <a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)#4.E2.80.934.E2.80.932" title="Formation (association football)">4−4−2</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)#4.E2.80.934.E2.80.931.E2.80.931" title="Formation (association football)">4−4−1−1</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)#4.E2.80.932.E2.80.933.E2.80.931" title="Formation (association football)">4–2–3–1</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)#4.E2.80.935.E2.80.931" title="Formation (association football)">4−5−1</a> formations.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Wilson_(writer)" title="Jonathan Wilson (writer)">Jonathan Wilson</a> describes the development of the 4−4−2 formation: "…the winger became a wide midfielder, a shuttler, somebody who might be expected to cross a ball but was also meant to put in a defensive shift."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two notable examples of wide midfielders are <a href="/wiki/David_Beckham" title="David Beckham">David Beckham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs">Ryan Giggs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Italian football, the role of the wide midfielder is known as <i>tornante di centrocampo</i> or simply <i>tornante</i> ("returning"); it originated from the role of an <a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)#Outside_forward" title="Forward (association football)">outside forward</a>, and came to be known as such as it often required players in this position to track back and assist the back-line with defensive duties, in addition to aiding the midfield and attacking.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wing-half">Wing-half<span class="anchor" id="Wing_half"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midfielder&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Wing-half"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The historic position of <b>wing-half</b> (not to be confused with <i>mezzala</i>) was given to midfielders (half-backs) who played near the side of the pitch. It became obsolete as wide players with defensive duties have tended to become more a part of the defence as <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)#Full-back" title="Defender (association football)">full-backs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Defensive_midfielder">Defensive midfielder</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midfielder&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Defensive midfielder"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mario_Balotelli_shot_Euro_2012_final_02_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Mario_Balotelli_shot_Euro_2012_final_02_cropped.jpg/220px-Mario_Balotelli_shot_Euro_2012_final_02_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Mario_Balotelli_shot_Euro_2012_final_02_cropped.jpg/330px-Mario_Balotelli_shot_Euro_2012_final_02_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Mario_Balotelli_shot_Euro_2012_final_02_cropped.jpg/440px-Mario_Balotelli_shot_Euro_2012_final_02_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="410" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Spain_national_football_team" title="Spain national football team">Spain</a> holding midfielder <a href="/wiki/Sergio_Busquets" title="Sergio Busquets">Sergio Busquets</a> (16, red) moves to block a shot from Italian striker <a href="/wiki/Mario_Balotelli" title="Mario Balotelli">Mario Balotelli</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Defensive midfielders are midfield players who focus on protecting their team's <a href="/wiki/Association_football_pitch#Goals" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football pitch">goal</a>. These players may defend a <a href="/wiki/Marking_(association_football)#Zonal_marking" title="Marking (association football)">zone</a> in front of their team's <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)">defence</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Marking_(association_football)#Man-to-man_marking" title="Marking (association football)">man mark</a> specific opposition attackers.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Defensive midfielders may also move to the <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)#Full-back" title="Defender (association football)">full-back</a> or <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)#Centre-back" title="Defender (association football)">centre-back</a> positions if those players move forward to join in an attack.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-theguardian.com_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theguardian.com-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sergio_Busquets" title="Sergio Busquets">Sergio Busquets</a> described his attitude: "The <a href="/wiki/Manager_(association_football)" title="Manager (association football)">coach</a> knows that I am an obedient player who likes to help out and if I have to run to the wing to cover someone's position, great."<sup id="cite_ref-theguardian.com_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theguardian.com-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A good defensive midfielder needs good positional awareness, anticipation of the opponent's play, marking, tackling, interceptions, passing and great stamina and strength (for their tackling). In South American football, this role is known as a <i>volante de marca</i>, while in Mexico it is known as <i>volante de contención</i>. In Portugal, it is instead known as <i>trinco</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Holding_midfielder">Holding midfielder</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midfielder&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Holding midfielder"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yaya_Toure_9229.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Yaya_Toure_9229.JPG/170px-Yaya_Toure_9229.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="291" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Yaya_Toure_9229.JPG/255px-Yaya_Toure_9229.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Yaya_Toure_9229.JPG/340px-Yaya_Toure_9229.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1172" data-file-height="2004" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Yaya_Tour%C3%A9" title="Yaya Touré">Yaya Touré</a>, pictured playing for the <a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast_national_football_team" title="Ivory Coast national football team">Ivory Coast</a> in 2012, was a versatile holding midfielder; although his playing style initially led him to be described by pundits as a "carrier", due to his ability to carry the ball and transition from defence to attack, he later adapted to more of a playmaking role.</figcaption></figure> <p>A holding or deep-lying midfielder stays close to their team's <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)">defence</a>, while other midfielders may move forward to attack.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The holding midfielder may also have responsibilities when their team has the ball. This player will make mostly short and simple passes to more attacking members of their team but may try some more difficult passes depending on the team's strategy. <a href="/wiki/Marcelo_Bielsa" title="Marcelo Bielsa">Marcelo Bielsa</a> is considered a pioneer in the use of a holding midfielder in defence.<sup id="cite_ref-WilsonHolding13_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WilsonHolding13-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This position may be seen in the <a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)#Common_modern_formations#4-2-3-1" title="Formation (association football)">4–2–3–1</a> and <a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)#Common_modern_formations#4–4–2_diamond_or_4–1–2–1–2" title="Formation (association football)">4–4–2 diamond</a> formations.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writer Jonathan Wilson has identified three different types of holding midfielder, namely the <i>destroyer</i>, the <i>creator</i>, and the <i>carrier</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-WilsonHolding13_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WilsonHolding13-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:30em; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>…we knew that <a href="/wiki/Zinedine_Zidane" title="Zinedine Zidane">Zidane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_(footballer)" title="Raúl (footballer)">Raúl</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_Figo" title="Luís Figo">Figo</a> didn't track back, so we had to put a guy in front of the <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)">back four</a> who would defend. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style=""><a href="/wiki/Arrigo_Sacchi" title="Arrigo Sacchi">Arrigo Sacchi</a> describes <a href="/wiki/Real_Madrid_C.F." class="mw-redirect" title="Real Madrid C.F.">Real Madrid</a>'s need for <a href="/wiki/Claude_Mak%C3%A9l%C3%A9l%C3%A9" title="Claude Makélélé">Claude Makélélé</a> as a holding midfielder.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>Initially, a defensive midfielder, or "destroyer", and a playmaker, or "creator", were often fielded alongside each other as a team's two holding central midfielders. The destroyer was usually responsible for making tackles, regaining possession, and distributing the ball to the creator, while the creator was responsible for retaining possession and keeping the ball moving, often with long passes out to the flanks, in the manner of a more old-fashioned deep-lying playmaker or <i>regista</i> (see below).<sup id="cite_ref-WilsonHolding13_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WilsonHolding13-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Earlier examples of a destroyer are <a href="/wiki/Nobby_Stiles" title="Nobby Stiles">Nobby Stiles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Wimmer" title="Herbert Wimmer">Herbert Wimmer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Marco_Tardelli" title="Marco Tardelli">Marco Tardelli</a>, while later examples include <a href="/wiki/Claude_Mak%C3%A9l%C3%A9l%C3%A9" title="Claude Makélélé">Claude Makélélé</a> and <a href="/wiki/Javier_Mascherano" title="Javier Mascherano">Javier Mascherano</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-WilsonHolding13_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WilsonHolding13-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although several of these players also possessed qualities of other types of midfielders, and were therefore not confined to a single role.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Early examples of a creator would be <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rson" title="Gérson">Gérson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Hoddle" title="Glenn Hoddle">Glenn Hoddle</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sunday_Oliseh" title="Sunday Oliseh">Sunday Oliseh</a>, while more recent examples are <a href="/wiki/Xabi_Alonso" title="Xabi Alonso">Xabi Alonso</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-WilsonHolding13_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WilsonHolding13-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as <a href="/wiki/Michael_Carrick" title="Michael Carrick">Michael Carrick</a> and <a href="/wiki/Keira_Walsh" title="Keira Walsh">Keira Walsh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The latest and third type of holding midfielder developed as a box-to-box midfielder, or "carrier" or "surger", neither entirely destructive nor creative, who is capable of winning back possession and subsequently advancing from deeper positions either by distributing the ball to a teammate and making late runs into the box, or by carrying the ball themselves; recent examples of this type of player are <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Seedorf" title="Clarence Seedorf">Clarence Seedorf</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bastian_Schweinsteiger" title="Bastian Schweinsteiger">Bastian Schweinsteiger</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Sami_Khedira" title="Sami Khedira">Sami Khedira</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fernandinho_(footballer,_born_May_1985)" title="Fernandinho (footballer, born May 1985)">Fernandinho</a> are destroyers with carrying tendencies. <a href="/wiki/Luka_Modri%C4%87" title="Luka Modrić">Luka Modrić</a> is a carrier with several qualities of the <i>regista</i>, and <a href="/wiki/Yaya_Tour%C3%A9" title="Yaya Touré">Yaya Touré</a> was a carrier who became a playmaker later in his career after losing his stamina.<sup id="cite_ref-WilsonHolding13_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WilsonHolding13-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/N%27Golo_Kant%C3%A9" title="N'Golo Kanté">N'Golo Kanté</a> started out as the quintessential destroyer, but developed carrying tendencies under <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Conte" title="Antonio Conte">Antonio Conte</a> at <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deep-lying_playmaker">Deep-lying playmaker</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midfielder&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Deep-lying playmaker"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Andrea_Pirlo_Juventus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Andrea_Pirlo_Juventus.jpg/170px-Andrea_Pirlo_Juventus.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Andrea_Pirlo_Juventus.jpg/255px-Andrea_Pirlo_Juventus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Andrea_Pirlo_Juventus.jpg/340px-Andrea_Pirlo_Juventus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="535" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>Italian deep-lying playmaker <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Pirlo" title="Andrea Pirlo">Andrea Pirlo</a> executing a pass for Juventus. Pirlo is often regarded as one of the best deep-lying playmakers of all time.</figcaption></figure> <p>A deep-lying playmaker (Strolling 10) is a holding midfielder who specialises in ball skills such as passing, rather than defensive skills like tackling.<sup id="cite_ref-revive_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-revive-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When this player has the ball, they may attempt longer or more complex passes than other holding players. They may try to set the tempo of their team's play, retain possession, or build plays through short exchanges, or they may try to pass the ball long to a <a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)#Centre-forward" title="Forward (association football)">centre forward</a> or winger, or even pass short to a teammate in <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_association_football_terms#H" title="Glossary of association football terms">the hole</a>, the area between the opponents' defenders and midfielders.<sup id="cite_ref-revive_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-revive-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Italy, the deep-lying playmaker is known as a <i>regista</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whereas in Brazil, it is known as a "meia-armador".<sup id="cite_ref-MTV:_Playmaker_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MTV:_Playmaker-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Italy, the role of the <i>regista</i> developed from the centre half-back or <i>centromediano metodista</i> position in <a href="/wiki/Vittorio_Pozzo" title="Vittorio Pozzo">Vittorio Pozzo</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)#Metodo_(2–3–2–3)" title="Formation (association football)">metodo</a></i> system (a precursor of the central or holding midfield position in the 2–3–2–3 formation), as the <i>metodista</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s responsibilities were not entirely defensive but also creative; as such, the <i>metodista</i> was not solely tasked with breaking down possession, but also with starting attacking plays after winning back the ball.<sup id="cite_ref-ritiri_e_regista_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ritiri_e_regista-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Writer <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Wilson_(writer)" title="Jonathan Wilson (writer)">Jonathan Wilson</a> instead described <a href="/wiki/Xabi_Alonso" title="Xabi Alonso">Xabi Alonso</a>'s holding midfield role as that of a "creator", a player who was responsible for retaining possession in the manner of a more old-fashioned deep-lying playmaker or <i>regista</i>, noting that: "although capable of making tackles, [Alonso] focused on keeping the ball moving, occasionally raking long passes out to the flanks to change the angle of attack."<sup id="cite_ref-WilsonHolding13_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WilsonHolding13-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2-3-5_(pyramid).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/2-3-5_%28pyramid%29.svg/120px-2-3-5_%28pyramid%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/2-3-5_%28pyramid%29.svg/180px-2-3-5_%28pyramid%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/2-3-5_%28pyramid%29.svg/240px-2-3-5_%28pyramid%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="416" data-file-height="582" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)#2–3–5_(Pyramid)" title="Formation (association football)">2–3–5 formation</a>: the wing-halves (yellow) flank the centre half.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Centre-half">Centre-half</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midfielder&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Centre-half"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The historic central half-back position gradually retreated from the midfield line to provide increased protection to the back line against centre-forwards – that <a href="/wiki/Centre-back" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre-back">dedicated defensive role in the centre</a> is still commonly referred to as a "centre-half" as a legacy of its origins.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Italian football jargon, this position was known as the <i>centromediano metodista</i> or <i>metodista</i>, as it became an increasingly important role in <a href="/wiki/Vittorio_Pozzo" title="Vittorio Pozzo">Vittorio Pozzo</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)#Metodo_(2–3–2–3)" title="Formation (association football)">metodo</a></i> system, although this term was later also applied to describe players who operated in a central holding-midfielder role, but who also had creative responsibilities in addition to defensive duties.<sup id="cite_ref-ritiri_e_regista_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ritiri_e_regista-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attacking_midfielder">Attacking midfielder</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midfielder&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Attacking midfielder"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An attacking midfielder is a midfield or forward player who is positioned in an advanced midfield position, usually between central midfield and the team's forwards, and who has a primarily offensive role.<sup id="cite_ref-Talk_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Talk-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some attacking midfielders are called <i>trequartista</i> or <i>fantasista</i> (<a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it">three-quarter specialist</i>, i.e. a creative <a href="/wiki/Playmaker#Advanced_playmakers" title="Playmaker">playmaker</a> between the forwards and the midfield), who are usually mobile, creative and highly skilful players, known for their deft touch, technical ability, dribbling skills, vision, ability to shoot from long range, and passing prowess. </p><p>However, not all attacking midfielders are trequartistas – some attacking midfielders are very vertical and are essentially auxiliary attackers who serve to link-up play, hold up the ball, or provide the final pass, i.e. <a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)#Second_striker" title="Forward (association football)">secondary strikers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-number10_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-number10-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As with any attacking player, the role of the attacking midfielder involves being able to create space for attack.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to positioning along the field, attacking midfield may be divided into <i>left</i>, <i>right</i> and <i>central attacking midfield</i> roles but most importantly they are a striker behind the forwards. A central attacking midfielder may be referred to as a <i><a href="/wiki/Playmaker" title="Playmaker">playmaker</a></i>, or <i>number 10</i> (due to the association of the <a href="/wiki/Squad_number_(association_football)" title="Squad number (association football)">number 10 shirt</a> with this position).<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Advanced_playmaker">Advanced playmaker</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midfielder&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Advanced playmaker"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Playmaker#Advanced_playmakers" title="Playmaker">Playmaker § Advanced_playmakers</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Francesco_Totti_Chelsea_vs_AS-Roma_10AUG2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Francesco_Totti_Chelsea_vs_AS-Roma_10AUG2013.jpg/220px-Francesco_Totti_Chelsea_vs_AS-Roma_10AUG2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Francesco_Totti_Chelsea_vs_AS-Roma_10AUG2013.jpg/330px-Francesco_Totti_Chelsea_vs_AS-Roma_10AUG2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Francesco_Totti_Chelsea_vs_AS-Roma_10AUG2013.jpg/440px-Francesco_Totti_Chelsea_vs_AS-Roma_10AUG2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4167" data-file-height="4031" /></a><figcaption>Italian offensive playmaker <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Totti" title="Francesco Totti">Francesco Totti</a> in action for <a href="/wiki/A.S._Roma" class="mw-redirect" title="A.S. Roma">Roma</a> in 2013</figcaption></figure> <p>These players typically serve as the offensive pivot of the team, and are sometimes said to be "playing in the hole", although this term can also be used as deep-lying forward. The attacking midfielder is an important position that requires the player to possess superior technical abilities in terms of passing and <a href="/wiki/Dribbling#Association_football" title="Dribbling">dribbling</a>, as well as, perhaps more importantly, the ability to read the opposing defence to deliver defence-splitting passes to the striker. </p><p>This specialist midfielder's main role is to <a href="/wiki/Assist_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Assist (football)">create good shooting and goal-scoring opportunities</a> using superior vision, control, and technical skill, by making <a href="/wiki/Cross_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross (football)">crosses</a>, <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/through_ball" class="extiw" title="wikt:through ball">through balls</a>, and headed <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knockdown" class="extiw" title="wikt:knockdown">knockdowns</a> to teammates. They may try to set up shooting opportunities for themselves by <a href="/wiki/Dribbling#Association_football" title="Dribbling">dribbling</a> or performing a <a href="/wiki/Give-and-go" title="Give-and-go">give-and-go</a> with a teammate. Attacking midfielders may also make runs into the opponents' penalty area to shoot from another teammate's pass.<sup id="cite_ref-ExpertFootball1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ExpertFootball1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Where a creative attacking midfielder, i.e. an <a href="/wiki/Playmaker#Advanced_playmakers" title="Playmaker">Advanced playmaker</a>, is regularly utilised, they are commonly the team's star player, and often wear the <a href="/wiki/Squad_number_(association_football)" title="Squad number (association football)">number 10 shirt</a>. As such, a team is often constructed so as to allow their attacking midfielder to roam free and create as the situation demands. One such popular formation is the 4–4–2 "diamond" (or 4–1–2–1–2), in which defined attacking and defensive midfielders replace the more traditional pair of central midfielders. Known as the "<i>fantasista</i>" or "<i>trequartista</i>" in Italy,<sup id="cite_ref-number10_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-number10-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Spain, the offensive playmaker is known as the "<i>Mediapunta</i>, in Brazil, the offensive playmaker is known as the "<i>meia atacante</i>",<sup id="cite_ref-MTV:_Playmaker_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MTV:_Playmaker-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whereas in Argentina and Uruguay, it is known as the "<i>enganche</i>".<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some examples of the advanced playmaker would be <a href="/wiki/Zico_(footballer)" title="Zico (footballer)">Zico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Totti" title="Francesco Totti">Francesco Totti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Messi" title="Lionel Messi">Lionel Messi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diego_Maradona" title="Diego Maradona">Diego Maradona</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_De_Bruyne" title="Kevin De Bruyne">Kevin De Bruyne</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Michel_Platini" title="Michel Platini">Michel Platini</a>. </p><p>There are also some examples of more flexible advanced playmakers, such as <a href="/wiki/Zinedine_Zidane" title="Zinedine Zidane">Zinedine Zidane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rui_Costa" title="Rui Costa">Rui Costa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kak%C3%A1" title="Kaká">Kaká</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Iniesta" title="Andrés Iniesta">Andrés Iniesta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juan_Rom%C3%A1n_Riquelme" title="Juan Román Riquelme">Juan Román Riquelme</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Silva" title="David Silva">David Silva</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Louisa_Cadamuro" title="Louisa Cadamuro">Louisa Cadamuro</a>. These players could control the tempo of the game in deeper areas of the pitch while also being able to push forward and play line-breaking through balls.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Year_Zero_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Year_Zero-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-scudiero_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scudiero-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-necib_cbc_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-necib_cbc-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-go-to_man_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-go-to_man-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mesut_%C3%96zil" title="Mesut Özil">Mesut Özil</a> can be considered as a classic 10 who adopted a slightly more direct approach and specialised in playing the final ball. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trequartista">Trequartista</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midfielder&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Trequartista"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The trequartista description has been used in <a href="/wiki/Football_in_Italy" title="Football in Italy">Italian football</a> to describe a player who is seemingly playing as an attacking midfielder in a 4–3–1–2 formation, but who eventually drops deeper into midfield, drawing opposing players out of position and creating space to be exploited by teammates making attacking runs; the trequartista will eventually sit in a central midfield role and function as a <a href="/wiki/Playmaker#Deep-lying_playmakers" title="Playmaker">deep-lying playmaker</a>. The trequartista is, therefore, usually a creative and tactically intelligent player with good vision, technique, movement, passing ability, and striking ability from a distance. They should also be a hard-working player, who is able to read the game and help the team defensively.<sup id="cite_ref-Horncastle:_Riccardo_Montolivo_straddles_both_sides_of_the_Germany/Italy_divide_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Horncastle:_Riccardo_Montolivo_straddles_both_sides_of_the_Germany/Italy_divide-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Rooney" title="Wayne Rooney">Wayne Rooney</a> has been deployed in a similar role, on occasion; seemingly positioned as a number 10 behind the main striker, he would often drop even deeper into midfield to help his team retrieve possession and start attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""False_10"_or_"central_winger""><span id=".22False_10.22_or_.22central_winger.22"></span><span class="anchor" id="fals10"></span> "False 10" or "central winger"</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midfielder&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: "False 10" or "central winger""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mesut_%C3%96zil.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Mesut_%C3%96zil.jpg/220px-Mesut_%C3%96zil.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="271" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Mesut_%C3%96zil.jpg/330px-Mesut_%C3%96zil.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Mesut_%C3%96zil.jpg 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="473" /></a><figcaption>Advanced playmaker <a href="/wiki/Mesut_%C3%96zil" title="Mesut Özil">Mesut Özil</a> was used as a false 10 with <a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">Germany</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2010 FIFA World Cup">2010 FIFA World Cup</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The "false 10" or "central winger"<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a type of midfielder, which differs from the trequartista. Much like the "<a href="/wiki/False_9" class="mw-redirect" title="False 9">false 9</a>", their specificity lies in the fact that, although they seemingly play as an attacking midfielder on paper, unlike a traditional playmaker who stays behind the striker in the centre of the pitch, the false 10's goal is to move out of position and drift wide when in possession of the ball to help both the wingers and fullbacks to overload the flanks. This means two problems for the opposing midfielders: either they let the false 10 drift wide, and their presence, along with both the winger and the fullback, creates a three-on-two player advantage out wide; or they follow the false 10, but leave space in the centre of the pitch for wingers or onrushing midfielders to exploit. False 10s are usually traditional wingers who are told to play in the centre of the pitch, and their natural way of playing makes them drift wide and look to provide deliveries into the box for teammates. On occasion, the false-10 can also function in a different manner alongside a false-9, usually in a 4–6–0 formation, disguised as either a 4–3–3 or 4–2–3–1 formation. When other forwards or false-9s drop deep and draw defenders away from the false-10s, creating space in the middle of the pitch, the false-10 will then also surprise defenders by exploiting this space and moving out of position once again, often undertaking offensive dribbling runs forward towards goal, or running on to passes from false-9s, which in turn enables them to create goalscoring opportunities or go for goal themselves.<sup id="cite_ref-The_False-10_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_False-10-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Winger">Winger</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midfielder&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Winger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Left winger" redirects here. For the comics character, see <a href="/wiki/Left-Winger" title="Left-Winger">Left-Winger</a>. For the political position, see <a href="/wiki/Left-wing_politics" title="Left-wing politics">Left-wing politics</a>. For the ice hockey position, see <a href="/wiki/Winger_(ice_hockey)" title="Winger (ice hockey)">Winger (ice hockey)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Right winger" redirects here. For the political position, see <a href="/wiki/Right-wing_politics" title="Right-wing politics">Right-wing politics</a>.</div> <div class="noresize thumb tright" style=";"> <div class="thumbinner" style="overflow:hidden;width:262px;"> <div class="thumbimage" style="height:392px; overflow:hidden; position:relative; background-color:white;"> <div style=";left:8px; top:7px; width:250px; position:absolute;"> <figure class="mw-halign-right noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boisko.svg" title="File:Boisko.svg"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Boisko.svg/250px-Boisko.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="378" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Boisko.svg/375px-Boisko.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Boisko.svg/500px-Boisko.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="452" data-file-height="684" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div style="text-align:left; background-color:transparent; line-height:110%;"> <div id="annotation_124x360" style="position:absolute; left:124px; top:360px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)">GK</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_156x300" style="position:absolute; left:156px; top:300px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)#Centre-back" title="Defender (association football)">CB</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_96x300" style="position:absolute; left:96px; top:300px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)#Centre-back" title="Defender (association football)">CB</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_216x300" style="position:absolute; left:216px; top:300px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)#Full-back" title="Defender (association football)">RB</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_36x300" style="position:absolute; left:36px; top:300px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)#Full-back" title="Defender (association football)">LB</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_210x240" style="position:absolute; left:210px; top:240px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)#Wing-back" title="Defender (association football)">RWB</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_30x240" style="position:absolute; left:30px; top:240px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)#Wing-back" title="Defender (association football)">LWB</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_156x240" style="position:absolute; left:156px; top:240px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="#Defensive_midfielder">DM</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_90x240" style="position:absolute; left:90px; top:240px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="#Defensive_midfielder">DM</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_204x192" style="position:absolute; left:204px; top:192px; font-size:20px; font-weight:bolder; font-size:20; line-height:22px;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="#Wide_midfielder">RM</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_27x192" style="position:absolute; left:27px; top:192px; font-size:20px; font-weight:bolder; font-size:20; line-height:22px;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="#Wide_midfielder">LM</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_153x192" style="position:absolute; left:153px; top:192px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="#Central_midfielder">CM</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_87x192" style="position:absolute; left:87px; top:192px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="#Central_midfielder">CM</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_205x140" style="position:absolute; left:205px; top:140px; font-size:20px; font-weight:bolder; font-size:20; line-height:22px;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="#Attacking_midfielder">RAM</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_25x140" style="position:absolute; left:25px; top:140px; font-size:20px; font-weight:bolder; font-size:20; line-height:22px;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="#Attacking_midfielder">LAM</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_145x140" style="position:absolute; left:145px; top:140px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="#Attacking_midfielder">CAM</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_85x140" style="position:absolute; left:85px; top:140px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="#Attacking_midfielder">CAM</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_216x85" style="position:absolute; left:216px; top:85px; font-size:20px; font-weight:bolder; font-size:20; line-height:22px;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)#Winger" title="Forward (association football)">RW</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_36x85" style="position:absolute; left:36px; top:85px; font-size:20px; font-weight:bolder; font-size:20; line-height:22px;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)#Winger" title="Forward (association football)">LW</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_156x85" style="position:absolute; left:156px; top:85px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)#Centre_forward" title="Forward (association football)">CF</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_96x85" style="position:absolute; left:96px; top:85px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)#Centre_forward" title="Forward (association football)">CF</a></span></div> </div> <div style="visibility:hidden"><figure class="mw-halign-right noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boisko.svg" title="File:Boisko.svg"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Boisko.svg/250px-Boisko.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="378" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Boisko.svg/375px-Boisko.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Boisko.svg/500px-Boisko.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="452" data-file-height="684" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption">Players in the bold positions can be referred to as wingers.</div> </div></div> <p>In modern football, the terms winger or wide player refer to a non-defender who plays on the left or right sides of the pitch. These terms can apply to left or right midfielders, left or right attacking midfielders, or left or right <a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)">forwards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Left or right-sided defenders such as <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)#Wing-back" title="Defender (association football)">wing-backs</a> or <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)#Full-back" title="Defender (association football)">full-backs</a> are generally not called wingers. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)#2.E2.80.933.E2.80.935_.28Pyramid.29" title="Formation (association football)">2−3−5</a> formation popular in the late 19th century wingers remained mostly near the touchlines of the pitch, and were expected to cross the ball for the team's <a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)#Inside_forward" title="Forward (association football)">inside</a> and <a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)#Centre-forward" title="Forward (association football)">centre forwards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Traditionally, wingers were purely attacking players and were not expected to track back and defend. This began to change in the 1960s. In the <a href="/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1966 FIFA World Cup">1966 World Cup</a>, <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a> <a href="/wiki/Manager_(association_football)" title="Manager (association football)">manager</a> <a href="/wiki/Alf_Ramsey" title="Alf Ramsey">Alf Ramsey</a> did not select wingers from the quarter-final onwards. This team was known as the "Wingless Wonders" and led to the modern 4–4–2 formation.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FIFA_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIFA-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This has led to most modern wide players having a more demanding role in the sense that they are expected to provide defensive cover for their full-backs and track back to repossess the ball, as well as provide skilful crosses for centre forwards and strikers.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCsport2_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCsport2-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some forwards are able to operate as wingers behind a lone striker. In a three-man midfield, specialist wingers are sometimes deployed down the flanks alongside the central midfielder or playmaker. </p><p>Even more demanding is the role of <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)#Wing-back" title="Defender (association football)">wing-back</a>, where the wide player is expected to provide both defence and attack.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCsport4_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCsport4-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the role of winger can be classed as a forward or a midfielder, this role instead blurs the divide between defender and midfielder. Italian manager <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Conte" title="Antonio Conte">Antonio Conte</a> has been known to use wide midfielders or wingers who act as wing-backs in his trademark <a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)#3–5–2" title="Formation (association football)">3–5–2</a> and <a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)#3–4–3" title="Formation (association football)">3–4–3 formations</a>, for example; these players are expected both to push up and provide width in attack as well as track back and assist their team defensively.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On occasion, the role of a winger can also be occupied by a different type of player. For example, certain managers have been known to use a "wide target man" on the wing, namely a large and physical player who usually plays as a centre-forward, and who will attempt to win aerial challenges and hold up the ball on the flank, or drag full-backs out of position; <a href="/wiki/Romelu_Lukaku" title="Romelu Lukaku">Romelu Lukaku</a>, for example, has been used in this role on occasion.<sup id="cite_ref-FM1_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FM1-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another example is <a href="/wiki/Mario_Mand%C5%BEuki%C4%87" title="Mario Mandžukić">Mario Mandžukić</a> under manager <a href="/wiki/Massimiliano_Allegri" title="Massimiliano Allegri">Massimiliano Allegri</a> at Juventus during the 2016–17 season; normally a striker, he was instead used on the left flank, and was required to win aerial duels, hold up the ball, and create space, as well as being tasked with pressing opposing players.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:396px-Boisko_PositionsWMidfield.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/396px-Boisko_PositionsWMidfield.PNG/220px-396px-Boisko_PositionsWMidfield.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="316" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/396px-Boisko_PositionsWMidfield.PNG/330px-396px-Boisko_PositionsWMidfield.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/396px-Boisko_PositionsWMidfield.PNG 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="575" /></a><figcaption>Wingers are indicated in red, while the "wide men" (who play to the flanks of the central midfielders) are indicated in blue.</figcaption></figure> <p>Today, a winger is usually an attacking midfielder who is stationed in a wide position near the touchlines.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCsport2_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCsport2-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wingers such as <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews">Stanley Matthews</a> or <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Johnstone" title="Jimmy Johnstone">Jimmy Johnstone</a> used to be classified as outside forwards in traditional W-shaped formations, and were formally known as "<a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)#Outside_forward" title="Forward (association football)">Outside Right</a>" or "<a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)#Outside_forward" title="Forward (association football)">Outside Left</a>", but as tactics evolved through the last 40 years, wingers have dropped to deeper field positions and are now usually classified as part of the midfield, usually in 4–4–2 or 4–5–1 formations (but while the team is on the attack, they tend to resemble 4–2–4/2–4–4 and 4–3–3 formations respectively). </p><p>The responsibilities of the winger include: </p> <ul><li>Providing a "wide presence" as a passing option on the flank.</li> <li>To beat the opposing full-back either with skill or with speed.</li> <li>To read passes from the midfield that give them a clear crossing opportunity, when going wide, or that give them a clear scoring opportunity, when cutting inside towards the goal.</li> <li>To double up on the opposition winger, particularly when they are being "double-marked" by both the team's full back and winger.</li></ul> <p>The prototypical winger is fast, tricky and enjoys 'hugging' the touchline, that is, running downfield close to the touchline and delivering crosses. However, players with different attributes can thrive on the wing as well. Some wingers prefer to cut <i>infield</i> (as opposed to staying wide) and pose a threat as playmakers by playing diagonal passes to forwards or taking a shot at goal. Even players who are not considered quick, have been successfully fielded as wingers at club and international level for their ability to create play from the flank. Occasionally wingers are given a free role to roam across the front line and are relieved of defensive responsibilities. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahrez_free_kick_1_(16476351346).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Mahrez_free_kick_1_%2816476351346%29.jpg/220px-Mahrez_free_kick_1_%2816476351346%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Mahrez_free_kick_1_%2816476351346%29.jpg/330px-Mahrez_free_kick_1_%2816476351346%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Mahrez_free_kick_1_%2816476351346%29.jpg/440px-Mahrez_free_kick_1_%2816476351346%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4570" data-file-height="3045" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Algeria_national_football_team" title="Algeria national football team">Algerian international</a> <a href="/wiki/Riyad_Mahrez" title="Riyad Mahrez">Riyad Mahrez</a> has often been deployed as a winger throughout his career.</figcaption></figure> <p>The typical abilities of wingers include: </p> <ul><li>Technical skill to beat a full-back in a one-to-one situation.</li> <li>Pace, to beat the full-back one-on-one.</li> <li>Crossing ability when out wide.</li> <li>Good off-the-ball ability when judging a pass from the midfield or from fellow attackers.</li> <li>Good passing ability and composure, to retain possession while in opposition territory.</li> <li>The modern winger should also be comfortable on either wing so as to adapt to quick tactical changes required by the coach.</li></ul> <p>Although wingers are a familiar part of football, the use of wingers is by no means universal. There are many successful football teams who operate without wingers. A famous example is <a href="/wiki/Carlo_Ancelotti" title="Carlo Ancelotti">Carlo Ancelotti</a>'s late 2000s <a href="/wiki/A.C._Milan" class="mw-redirect" title="A.C. Milan">Milan</a>, who typically plays in a narrow midfield diamond formation or in a Christmas tree formation (4–3–2–1), relying on full-backs to provide the necessary width down the wings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inverted_winger_and_raumdeuter">Inverted winger and raumdeuter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midfielder&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Inverted winger and raumdeuter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rapinoe_candlestick.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Rapinoe_candlestick.jpg/220px-Rapinoe_candlestick.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Rapinoe_candlestick.jpg/330px-Rapinoe_candlestick.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Rapinoe_candlestick.jpg/440px-Rapinoe_candlestick.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2103" data-file-height="1626" /></a><figcaption>USWNT midfielder <a href="/wiki/Megan_Rapinoe" title="Megan Rapinoe">Megan Rapinoe</a> (left) has been deployed as an inverted winger throughout her career.</figcaption></figure> <p>An inverted winger is a modern tactical development of the traditional winger position. Most wingers are assigned to either side of the field based on their <a href="/wiki/Footedness" title="Footedness">footedness</a>, with right-footed players on the right and left-footed players on the left.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This assumes that assigning a player to their natural side ensures a more powerful cross as well as greater ball protection along the <a href="/wiki/Touch-line" class="mw-redirect" title="Touch-line">touch-lines</a>. However, when the position is inverted and a winger instead plays inside-out on the opposite flank (i.e., a right-footed player as a left inverted winger), they effectively become supporting strikers and primarily assume a role in the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As opposed to traditionally pulling the opponent's <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)#Full-back" title="Defender (association football)">full-back</a> out and down the flanks before crossing the ball in near the <a href="/wiki/Football_pitch#Pitch_boundary" title="Football pitch">by-line</a>, positioning a winger on the opposite side of the field allows the player to cut-in around the <a href="/wiki/Penalty_area" title="Penalty area">18-yard box</a>, either threading passes between defenders or shooting on goal using the dominant foot.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This offensive tactic has found popularity in the modern game due to the fact that it gives traditional wingers increased mobility as playmakers and goalscorers,<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> such as the left-footed right winger <a href="/wiki/Domenico_Berardi" title="Domenico Berardi">Domenico Berardi</a> of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Sassuolo_Calcio" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Sassuolo Calcio">Sassuolo</a> who achieved 30 career goals faster than any player in the past half-century of <a href="/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Serie A football</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Not only are inverted wingers able to push full-backs onto their weak sides, but they are also able to spread and force the other team to defend deeper as forwards and <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)#Wing-back" title="Defender (association football)">wing-backs</a> route towards the goal, ultimately creating more scoring opportunities.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arjen_Robben_20120609.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Arjen_Robben_20120609.jpg/220px-Arjen_Robben_20120609.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Arjen_Robben_20120609.jpg/330px-Arjen_Robben_20120609.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Arjen_Robben_20120609.jpg/440px-Arjen_Robben_20120609.jpg 2x" data-file-width="578" data-file-height="656" /></a><figcaption>Although naturally left-footed <a href="/wiki/Arjen_Robben" title="Arjen Robben">Arjen Robben</a> (left, 11) has often been deployed as an inverted winger on the right flank throughout his career, which allows him to cut inside and shoot on goal with his stronger foot.</figcaption></figure> <p>Other midfielders within this tactical archetype include <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Messi" title="Lionel Messi">Lionel Messi</a><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Eden_Hazard" title="Eden Hazard">Eden Hazard</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as <a href="/wiki/Megan_Rapinoe" title="Megan Rapinoe">Megan Rapinoe</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team">USWNT</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clubs such as <a href="/wiki/Real_Madrid_C.F." class="mw-redirect" title="Real Madrid C.F.">Real Madrid</a> often choose to play their wingers on the "wrong" flank for this reason; former Real Madrid coach <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mourinho" title="José Mourinho">José Mourinho</a> often played <a href="/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Di_Mar%C3%ADa" title="Ángel Di María">Ángel Di María</a> on the right and <a href="/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo" title="Cristiano Ronaldo">Cristiano Ronaldo</a> on the left.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former <a href="/wiki/FC_Bayern_Munich" title="FC Bayern Munich">Bayern Munich</a> manager <a href="/wiki/Jupp_Heynckes" title="Jupp Heynckes">Jupp Heynckes</a> often played the left-footed <a href="/wiki/Arjen_Robben" title="Arjen Robben">Arjen Robben</a> on the right and the right-footed <a href="/wiki/Franck_Rib%C3%A9ry" title="Franck Ribéry">Franck Ribéry</a> on the left.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the foremost practitioners of playing from either flank was German winger <a href="/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Grabowski" title="Jürgen Grabowski">Jürgen Grabowski</a>, whose flexibility helped Germany to third place in the <a href="/wiki/1970_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1970 FIFA World Cup">1970 World Cup</a>, and the world title in <a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1974 FIFA World Cup">1974</a>. </p><p>A description that has been used in the media to label a variation upon the inverted winger position is that of an "attacking", "false", or "goalscoring winger", as exemplified by Cristiano Ronaldo's role on the left flank during his time at Real Madrid in particular. This label has been used to describe an offensive-minded inverted winger, who will seemingly operate out wide on paper, but who instead will be given the freedom to make unmarked runs into more advanced central areas inside the penalty area to get on the end of passes and crosses and score goals, effectively functioning as a <a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)#Striker" title="Forward (association football)">striker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This role is somewhat comparable to what is known as the <i>raumdeuter</i> role in German football jargon (literally "space interpreter"), as exemplified by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_M%C3%BCller" title="Thomas Müller">Thomas Müller</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Dele_Alli" title="Dele Alli">Dele Alli</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Cahill" title="Tim Cahill">Tim Cahill</a>, namely an attacking-minded wide player, who will move into effective central attacking areas to find spaces from which they can receive passes and score or assist goals, while other teammates create space for their runs by drawing opponents away from them.<sup id="cite_ref-FM1_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FM1-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="False_winger">False winger</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midfielder&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: False winger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The "false winger" or "seven-and-a-half" is a label which has been used to describe a type of player who normally plays centrally, but who instead is deployed out wide on paper; during the course of a match, however, they will move inside and operate in the centre of the pitch to drag defenders out of position, congest the midfield and give their team a numerical advantage in this area, so that they can dominate possession in the middle of the pitch and create chances for the forwards; this position also leaves space for full-backs to make overlapping attacking runs up the flank. <a href="/wiki/Samir_Nasri" title="Samir Nasri">Samir Nasri</a>, who has been deployed in this role, once described it as that of a "non-axial playmaker".<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span 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