centre-back

See also: centreback and centre back

English

Alternative forms

• centre back, centreback
• center back, center-back, centerback

Noun

centre-back (plural centre-backs)

1. (soccer) A central defender, a player who plays in the centre of defence, just in front of the goalkeeper
   • 2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Ferguson was incensed as referee Martin Atkinson pointed to the spot - and United's sense of injustice deepened when Nemanja Vidic was sent off in stoppage time after receiving a second yellow card for a foul on Ramires, ruling the centre-back out of the visit to Liverpool on Sunday.

Translations

a central defender

• Georgian: ცენტრალური მცველი (cenṭraluri mcveli)
• German: Innenverteidiger (de) m
• Greek: σέντερ μπακ (el) m (sénter bak), κεντρικός αμυντικός m (kentrikós amyntikós)
• Icelandic: miðvörður m
• Polish: stoper (pl) m
• Portuguese: zagueiro central m
• Swedish: mittback (sv) c

See also

• full-back
• wingback

Anagrams

• center back