footballer
Americannoun
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a football player, especially a member of a college or professional team.
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Chiefly British. a soccer player.
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Growing up in the metropolis of Abidjan in Ivory Coast, he decided early to become a professional footballer.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
His family revealed that the retired footballer spent his final years coaching athletes at Eagle High in Idaho.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Just hours after Chelsea made Morgan Rogers the most expensive British footballer in history by spending £117m to sign him from Aston Villa, they are in talks to loan Alejandro Garnacho to the Villans.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The Sun is the only paper to lead on something other than Burnham, instead focusing on the death of former England footballer and manager Kevin Keegan at the age of 75.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
She wishes I didn’t have scabby knees from running around kicking canisters and falling down pretending I was the greatest footballer in the world.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
Manning's earlier research has explored whether digit ratio can provide information about alcohol consumption, outcomes after contracting COVID-19, and oxygen consumption in footballers.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Professional footballers are used to carrying out instructions, even if they don't agree with the direction.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
The smoke-filled sky and extremely hot temperatures have already been experienced by some footballers.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
So whisper it, while England's semi-final reaching footballers are giving World Cup fans plenty to be excited about, here on Merseyside the country's golfers might do something similar.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Even today, fine footballers and baseball players and runners and all other great sportsmen are much admired by the general public and advertisers use them to sell breakfast cereals.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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