Defender (association football)
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from scoring. There are four types of defender - centre back, sweeper, full back, and wing back. The job of the centre back, centre half, central defender, or stopper is to stop opposing players, particularly the strikers, from scoring, and to bring the ball out from their penalty area. As their name suggests, they play in a central position. The position was formerly referred to as centre half, although the emphasis of the centre half was more forward thinking in action. In the early part of the 20th century, when most teams employed the 2-3-5 formation, the two players at...
ISBN: 978-6-1309-3881-9
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Дата выхода: июль 2011
