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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Origin of footballer
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It's not as complicated as assessing whether a footballer has dived – this is a cut and dried thing that anybody can enter a debate into.
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
Just hours before that, Beckham had become the first professional footballer to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with actor Cruise once again by his side.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
“You were far better to come,” he urged, struggling into the habergeon like a footballer putting on bis jersey.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
A number of lower league and non-league footballers have also appeared on the often controversial dating show over the years.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Players can spend money on virtual card packs containing a random selection of star footballers to build a dream squad.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
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
The smoke-filled sky and extremely hot temperatures have already been experienced by some footballers.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Us footballers all jumped up and pumped our fists and went, “Ouu! Ouu!”
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
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