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box-to-box midfielder

box-to-box midfielder noun: a central midfielder who plays both defensively and attackingly, who runs a lot up and down the pitch.

Noun

box-to-box midfielder (plural box-to-box midfielders)

  1. a central midfielder who plays both defensively and attackingly, who runs a lot up and down the pitch.
    • When Rice signed for Arsenal from West Ham for £105m in 2023, he spent the first six months as a more traditional holding midfielder, before he moved to a box-to-box role following a winter training camp in January 2024.2025 October 21, Alex Howell, “The evolution of Rice - how midfielder became Arsenal's all-rounder”, in BBC Sport

Forms of box-to-box midfielder

pluralbox-to-box midfielders

Questions about box-to-box midfielder

What does box-to-box midfielder mean?
Box-to-box midfielder means a central midfielder who plays both defensively and attackingly, who runs a lot up and down the pitch.
What part of speech is box-to-box midfielder?
Box-to-box midfielder is a noun.
What is the plural of box-to-box midfielder?
The plural of box-to-box midfielder is box-to-box midfielders.

Words near box-to-box midfielder in the dictionary

  1. box-spring
  2. box-springs
  3. box-standard
  4. box-standards
  5. box-ticking
  6. box-to-box midfielder
  7. box-to-box midfielders
  8. box-tree
  9. box-trees
  10. box-turtle
  11. box-turtles

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