Usually means: Central player linking defense, attack.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word midfielder:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. midfielder: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. midfielder: Merriam-Webster
  3. midfielder: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. midfielder: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Midfielder, midfielder: Wordnik
  6. midfielder: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. midfielder: Wiktionary
  8. midfielder: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. midfielder: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. midfielder: Dictionary.com
  11. Midfielder(association football), Midfielder (association football), Midfielder (disambiguation), Midfielder (football), Midfielder: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. midfielder: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. midfielder: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. midfielder: Encyclopedia

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Midfielder: Sports Definitions

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▸ noun:  (sports) A player who operates behind the attackers and in front of the defence.

Similar:
defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder, front man, trequartista, middle infielder, sweeper, midstager, libero, player-manager, supplier, more...

Opposite:
defender

Types:
enganche, regista, more...

Phrases:
attacking midfielder, defensive midfielder, box-to-box midfielder, more...

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Similar:
defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder, front man, trequartista, middle infielder, sweeper, midstager, libero, player-manager, supplier, more...

Opposite:
defender

Types:
enganche, regista, more...

Phrases:
attacking midfielder, defensive midfielder, box-to-box midfielder, more...



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