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footballer
[ foot-baw-ler ]
noun
- a football player, especially a member of a college or professional team.
- Chiefly British. a soccer player.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of footballer1
Example Sentences
BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team looks into why more and more footballers are investing in football clubs, rather than going into management.
"It allows us to celebrate Kevin as the footballer, and the amazing achievements he managed over 20 years as a footballer, but it also allows us to discover Kevin the man."
Retired Premier League footballer Kevin Campbell died of natural causes after becoming seriously ill with heart and kidney failure, a coroner has concluded.
Former footballer Tom Lwanga, who played for Uganda's national team when the Cranes reached the finals of the 1978 Africa Cup of Nations, agreed.
Yet, while money is always a factor when it comes to contractual negotiations, it wasn't the determining consideration for a footballer at the peak of his powers.
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