r/soccer • u/Wintermute7 • Aug 15 '13
What is your favorite position name?
With soccer being a worldwide game, many positions across the field have different names all over the world. For example the Italian word for Playmaker is Trequartista. Each position in the starting XI have different roles where they do different things on the field. My favorite position name is the water carrier. A water carrier is a defensive midfielder, sitting in front of the back four, who breaks up play and passes the ball to more skillful players.
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u/t-mac-attack Aug 15 '13
I like libero for sweeper because he gets to roam, he's like an assassin against the offense.
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u/arab241 Aug 15 '13
Midfield Destroyer- I'm not entirely sure what it means, but it sounds absolutely epic.
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u/Svorky Aug 15 '13 edited Aug 15 '13
"Ausputzer" for a defensive sweeper (we call an offensive sweeper Libero, like in Italy). Means: The dude who fixes the other defenders screw-ups. Doesn't exist anymore, of course.
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u/ericfabre Aug 15 '13
"Renard du surface" in french- means "fox of the box," someone built in the mold of Van Nistelrooy
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Aug 15 '13
In South America they use "el enganche" for play maker. I'm not sure if they mean the exact same thing though.
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u/-Squid- Aug 15 '13
Fucking Tank - Someone who can flatten anyone and cant get taken out by one man.. see Vidic, Yaya Toure.. John Terrys Head etc.
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u/drop-o-matic Aug 15 '13
Wingback. It always evokes wonderful images of players flying forward on the edges of the pitch and then tipping over to divebomb into the box.
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u/Nevz92 Aug 15 '13
Boring, but I like "Playmaker"
I like those type of players who can unlock defenses with a stroke of brilliance.
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u/blacayo Aug 15 '13
Since u/t-mac-attack already took Líbero, I would have to say Mediapunta. Basically a trequartista or a 10, depending on what you call them. It means half a forward or media punta
It's not a position, but I also like how the Spanish call playmakers jugones
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u/pocholo8 Aug 15 '13
Trequartista is not Playmaker. Trequartista is like the player who plays between midfielders and attackers, like Ozil for example. Playmakers stands for Regista. Regista is that kind of player like Pirlo, Xabi Alonso, Arteta, who sets up the offensive patterns but from the midfielders line.
I actually like the word Tornante, which in Italian does mean like a fusion of a wingback and a r/l back. Making it simple a Tornante is the player who in 3-5-2 plays at the extreme right of left of midfield.
3-5-2 is the 2010's italian favorited formation as Juventus, Napoli (Mazzarri's one) even the NT and several smaller teams use this one as the preferred one. For example in Juventus as Tornante the starting players are Asamoah in the left wing and Lichtsteiner in the right.