box-to-box midfielder

noun

a central midfielder who plays both defensively and attackingly, who runs a lot up and down the pitch.

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Meanings

nounbox-to-box midfielder (plural box-to-box midfielders)

plural box-to-box midfielders

  1. ball gamesa central midfielder who plays both defensively and attackingly, who runs a lot up and down the pitch.

    When Rice signed for Arsenal from West Ham for £105m in 2023, he spent the first six months as a more traditional holding midfielder, before he moved to a box-to-box role following a winter training camp in January 2024.

    2025 October 21, Alex Howell, “The evolution of Rice - how midfielder became Arsenal's all-rounder”, in BBC Sport

Translations

Spanish volante mixto, todocampista
  • volante mixtoa central midfielder who both defends and attacks
  • todocampistaa central midfielder who both defends and attacks
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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