trequartista
trequartista noun: a player who operates between the midfielders and the strikers, acting as a playmaker and creating chances for their team to score.
Noun
trequartista (plural trequartistas)
- A player who operates between the midfielders and the strikers, acting as a playmaker and creating chances for their team to score.
- The trequartista is the pivotal role in attack, though it is neither a striker nor a creator, per se, but three-quarters of both those positions.2013 April 16, Rob Hughes, “After 2 Decades of Creativity: Why Stop Now?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2022
- However, the classic Italian trequartista role, which generally refers to a number 10 playing behind two strikers, was under threat. Arrigo Sacchi's emphasis on a heavy pressing 4-4-2 left no place for a languid trequartista, and therefore players like Baggio were having to prove their worth.2019, Michael W. Cox, Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football, PublicAffairs, →ISBN
Forms of trequartista
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Origin of trequartista
Borrowed from Italian trequartista.
Questions about trequartista
- What does trequartista mean?
- Trequartista means a player who operates between the midfielders and the strikers, acting as a playmaker and creating chances for their team to score.
- What part of speech is trequartista?
- Trequartista is a noun.
- What is the plural of trequartista?
- The plural of trequartista is trequartistas.
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