centre half
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The peak of the chaos came seven minutes into stoppage time when Toulouse failed on multiple occasions to clear their lines, allowing young centre half Quansah to seemingly slam home his first senior goal.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2023
If it was only to be expected that Klopp’s much lauded centre half would hold his own, Van Dijk will certainly have had more comfortable afternoons.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 28, 2019
“Could someone please tell the club that we urgently need a centre half? I’d take Fikayo Tomori, this season’s Kurt Zouma.”
From The Guardian ● Aug. 8, 2019
"Their centre half was asking how is he still playing at that age," Rooney said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 29, 2013
In the latter you have all the play before you, but from centre half hints can be passed unobserved to the front line.
From Association Football And How To Play It by Cameron, John
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