Meanings
plural attacking midfielders
- ball gamesA midfield player who specialises more in attacking duties.
1 more example
Brajan Gruda came off the bench to score an 89th-minute goal to give Brighton their first win of the Premier League season, while condemning Manchester City to back-to-back defeats. The German attacking midfielder finished calmly to seal a comeback success after he rounded James Trafford, who had made a brilliant save to deny Jan Paul van Hecke moments earlier.
2025 August 31, Adwaidh Rajan, “Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2025Synonyms: AM
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA midfield player who specialises more in attacking duties.
Translations
Dutch aanvallende middenvelder
- aanvallende middenveldermidfield player
Italian trequartista
- trequartistamidfield player
Polish ofensywny pomocnik
- ofensywny pomocnikmidfield player
Portuguese meia-atacante, meia
- meia-atacantemidfield player
- meiamidfield player
Romanian mijlocaș ofensiv
- mijlocaș ofensivmidfield player
Spanish mediapunta
- mediapuntamidfield player
Swedish offensiv mittfältare
- offensiv mittfältaremidfield player
Cite this entry
attacking midfielder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attacking%20midfielder
“attacking midfielder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attacking%20midfielder. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “attacking midfielder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attacking%20midfielder.
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