Meanings
plural centre-backs · alternative centre back · alternative centreback · alternative center back · alternative center-back · alternative centerback
- ball gamesA central defender, a player who plays in the centre of defence, just in front of the goalkeeper
Ferguson was incensed as referee Martin Atkinson pointed to the spot - and United's sense of injustice deepened when Nemanja Vidic was sent off in stoppage time after receiving a second yellow card for a foul on Ramires, ruling the centre-back out of the visit to Liverpool on Sunday.
2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 中堅 /中坚
- 中堅 /中坚 (zhōngjiān)a central defender
Finnish keskuspuolustaja, toppari
- keskuspuolustajaa central defender
- topparia central defender
German Innenverteidiger
- Innenverteidigera central defender
Greek σέντερ μπακ, κεντρικός αμυντικός
- σέντερ μπακ (sénter bak)a central defender
- κεντρικός αμυντικός (kentrikós amyntikós)a central defender
Icelandic miðvörður
- miðvörðura central defender
Japanese センターバック
- センターバック (sentabakku)a central defender
Korean 센터백
- 센터백 (senteobaek)a central defender
Polish stoper
- stopera central defender
Portuguese zagueiro central
- zagueiro centrala central defender
Swedish mittback
- mittbacka central defender
Cite this entry
centre-back. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centre-back
“centre-back.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centre-back. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centre-back,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centre-back.
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