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1. en.wikipedia.org › Defender_(association_football)Defender (association football) - Wikipedia

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   Defender (association football) England women's captain Leah Williamson (left) defends for Arsenal. In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into five main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, defensive ...

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     LW. CF. The most common positions used in association...

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     Association football, commonly known as football, or soccer,...

   • Formation (association football)

     Formation (association football) Programme for an 1887 game...

   • Category:Association football defenders

     Men's association football defenders ‎ (3 C, 47,421 P)...

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   Defender (association football) A defender in football is a player, who plays in at the back of the formation. There are many positions classed as a defender, mainly: The defenders are the first number when referring to formations, for example: 4-3-3 is the formation. This formation shows that there are four defenders, three midfielders and ...

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   Wikimedia Commons has media related to Men's association football defenders. Association football is the official name of the sport governed by the International Federation of Association Football ( FIFA ). It is known in some parts of the world as " soccer "; a derivative of the word "association". Mostly, it is known simply as " football ".

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   What is a defender in football?

   • England women's captain Leah Williamson (left) defends for Arsenal. In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into five main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, defensive midfielders, sweepers, and wing-backs.

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   When did a football team use a defender?

   • With some variations, it was used by most top-level teams up to the 1930s. For the first time, a balance between attacking and defending was reached.

   Formation (association football) - Wikipedia

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   What role does a player play in association football?

   • As association football is a fluid and fast-moving game, a player's position (with the exception of the goalkeeper) in a formation does not define their role as tightly as that of rugby player, nor are there breaks in play where the players must line up in formation (as in gridiron football ).

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   What are the different types of defenders in football?

   • In defence, there were full-backs, known as the left-back and right-back; in midfield, left-half, centre-half and right-half; and for the forward line there were outside-left (or left wing), inside-left, centre-forward, inside-right and outside-right (or right wing).

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