back four

British  

noun

1. soccer the defensive players in many modern team formations: usually two fullbacks and two centre backs

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Example Sentences

There could be a debut for Liverpool captain Grace Fisk, who can play at centre-back or right-back, and has played in a back three as well as a back four.

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Frank's formation moved away from the five-man defence that drew so much fury against Arsenal, operating with a traditional back four protected by Rodrigo Bentancur and Archie Gray.

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Undoubtedly an elite unit, but where does Arsenal's back four rank when considering the best we've seen in the Premier League era since its inception in 1992?

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Paulo Ferreira, Ricardo Carvalho, John Terry and William Gallas made up the regular back four, with Petr Cech in goal, as Chelsea conceded just 15 times.

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With Edwin van der Sar between the sticks, a settled back four of Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Patrice Evra conceded just 22 league goals.

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