Meanings
nounfootballer (plural footballers)
plural footballers
- One who plays a form of football.
- New ZealandUKball gamesOne who plays association football.
It is footballers though, rather than commentators, presenters or pundits, who when interviewed have provided some of the best Colemanballs.
2004, George Best, Scoring At Half-Time: Adventures On and Off the Pitch, →ISBN, page 259 - AustraliahobbiesOne who plays Australian rules football.
- IrelandhobbiesOne who plays Gaelic football.
- proscribedrareAmerican footballOne who plays American football.
Footballer Tae Gordon named league MVP
2016 December 15, cochraneeagle.ca
Synonyms & antonyms
one who plays football
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From football + -er. For the kyphosid sense, named for the resemblance of their stripes to football uniforms.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque futbolari
- futbolarione who plays football
Bulgarian футболи́ст, футболи́стка
- футболи́ст (futbolíst)one who plays football
- футболи́стка (futbolístka)one who plays football
Catalan futbolista
- futbolistaone who plays football
Chinese Mandarin 足球員 /足球员, 足球選手 /足球选手
- 足球員 /足球员 (zúqiúyuán)one who plays football
- 足球選手 /足球选手 (zúqiú xuǎnshǒu)one who plays football
- 足球運動員 /足球运动员 (zúqiú yùndòngyuán)one who plays football
Czech fotbalista, fotbalistka
- fotbalistaone who plays football
- fotbalistkaone who plays football
Danish fodboldspiller
- fodboldspillerone who plays football
Dutch voetballer, voetbalster
- voetballerone who plays football
- voetbalsterone who plays football
- voetbalspelerone who plays football
- voetbalspeelsterone who plays football
Estonian jalgpallur
- jalgpallurone who plays football
Finnish jalkapalloilija
- jalkapalloilijaone who plays football
French footballeur, footballeuse
- footballeurone who plays football
- footballeuseone who plays football
German Fußballer, Fussballer
- Fußballerone who plays football
- Fussballerone who plays football
- Fußballerinone who plays football
- Fussballerinone who plays football
- Fußballspielerone who plays football
- Fussballspielerone who plays football
- Fußballspielerinone who plays football
- Fussballspielerinone who plays football
Greek ποδοσφαιριστής, ποδοσφαιρίστρια
- ποδοσφαιριστής (podosfairistís)one who plays football
- ποδοσφαιρίστρια (podosfairístria)one who plays football
Hebrew כַּדּוּרַגְלָן
- כַּדּוּרַגְלָן (kaduraglán)one who plays football
Hungarian futballista, labdarúgó
- futballistaone who plays football
- labdarúgóone who plays football
- futballjátékosone who plays football
- focistaone who plays football
- labdarúgónőone who plays football
Icelandic knattspyrnumaður, fótboltamaður
- knattspyrnumaðurone who plays football
- fótboltamaðurone who plays football
Irish peileadóir
- peileadóirone who plays football
Italian calciatore, calciatrice
- calciatoreone who plays football
- calciatriceone who plays football
Japanese サッカー選手
- サッカー選手 (sakkā senshu)one who plays football
Korean 축구 선수
- 축구 선수 (chukgu seonsu)one who plays football
Latvian futbolists, futboliste
- futbolistsone who plays football
- futbolisteone who plays football
Lithuanian fùtbolininkas, fùtbolininkė
- fùtbolininkasone who plays football
- fùtbolininkėone who plays football
Norwegian Bokmål fotballspiller, fotballspeller
- fotballspillerone who plays football
- fotballspellerone who plays football
Persian فوتبالیست
- فوتبالیست (futbâlist)one who plays football
Polish piłkarz, piłkarz nożny
- piłkarzone who plays football
- piłkarz nożnyone who plays football
- piłkarka nożnaone who plays football
Portuguese futebolista, jogador de futebol
- futebolistaone who plays football
- jogador de futebolone who plays football
- jogadora de futebolone who plays football
Romanian fotbalist, fotbalistă
- fotbalistone who plays football
- fotbalistăone who plays football
Russian футболи́ст, футболи́стка
- футболи́ст (futbolíst)one who plays football
- футболи́стка (futbolístka)one who plays football
Slovak futbalista, futbalistka
- futbalistaone who plays football
- futbalistkaone who plays football
Spanish futbolista, balompedista
- futbolistaone who plays football
- balompedistaone who plays football
Swahili mwanasoka
- mwanasokaone who plays football
Swedish fotbollsspelare
- fotbollsspelareone who plays football
Turkish futbolcu
- futbolcuone who plays football
Ukrainian футболі́ст, футболі́стка
- футболі́ст (futbolíst)one who plays football
- футболі́стка (futbolístka)one who plays football
Welsh pêl-droediwr, pêl-droedwraig
- pêl-droediwrone who plays football
- pêl-droedwraigone who plays football
Yiddish פֿוסבאָליסט
- פֿוסבאָליסט (fusbolist)one who plays football
Cite this entry
APA
footballer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footballer
MLA
“footballer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footballer. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “footballer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footballer.
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