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box-to-box midfielders

box-to-box midfielders is the plural of box-to-box midfielder.

Meaning of box-to-box midfielder

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

Questions about box-to-box midfielders

What is box-to-box midfielders the plural of?
Box-to-box midfielders is the plural of box-to-box midfielder.

Words near box-to-box midfielders in the dictionary

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

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