Georginio Wijnaldum

There were loads of managers who said, 'You have to concentrate on being a winger because you have more potential there.' But I was like, 'You can say what you want, but I'm a midfielder, and I know what's the best for me.

Dutch Athlete

Eniola Aluko

We can be tackled but referees are there to police dangerous challenges. Forwards are protected by the laws of the game and the way it's played, while defenders and midfielders have to throw themselves about a bit more.

English Athlete

Xabi Alonso

The midfielders are important: they have to offer themselves to receive the ball and make good use of it, take choices, try not to lose the ball and defend. But I don't feel like a leader at all.

Spanish Athlete

Paul Pogba

The most important thing is to be a midfielder first, not scoring goals. You have to make the game, make an assist for the team, and if you can score, it's a plus for the team.

French Athlete

Paul Scholes

As a striker, as I originally was, and then an attacking midfielder, it has always been my aim in life to embarrass goalkeepers: to dominate them, to force them into mistakes.

Yaya Toure

I am a midfielder who is mainly involved in the defensive phases, even if I also like to help build moves - I would say that my foremost quality is my generosity.

Ivorian Athlete

Frenkie de Jong

I try to have a picture when I receive the ball and know where everyone is. That's one of the most important things for a midfielder.

N'Golo Kante

I am not one of the best midfielders in the world or something like that.

Ross Barkley

I want to be regarded as a world-class midfielder.

Ander Herrera

It is very important as a midfielder to score.

Clarifies the general role a midfielder plays within a team's formation in soccer.

Player Role

A midfielder must be adaptable, able to defend, attack, and support teammates as needed.

Versatile Position

Understand that 'midfielder' refers to the role specifically in the context of soccer, not other sports.

Football Context

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 at the same physical coordinate as being politically informed by art, a grass-laden theater for liberation. We spend a week looking at how the midfielder would explain Black Lives Matter,

Midfielder