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A winger (left winger and right winger) (historically called outside-left and outside-right, or outside forward) is an attacking player who is stationed in a wide position near the touchlines. They can be classified as forwards, considering their origin as the old outside forward who played out on the "wing" (i.e. side of the pitch).
In football, a winger is an attacking midfielder in a wide position. [1] Wingers are usually players of great pace or dribbling ability so as to provide cut-backs or crosses from which strikers can score. Their main function is to support attack from the wings. Wingers do much high-speed running from defence to attack.
Yeremy Jesús Pino Santos (born 20 October 2002) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays mainly as a right winger or right midfielder for La Liga club Villarreal and the Spain national team. Club career
Association football is the official name of the sport governed by the International Federation of Association Football ().It is known in some parts of the world as "soccer"; a derivative of the word "association".
Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɨɾˈnaɾðu ˈsilvɐ]; born 10 August 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or right winger for Premier League club Manchester City and the Portugal national team. Considered one of the best midfielders in the world, Silva is known for his ...
Christian Maggio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkristjam ˈmaddʒo]; born 11 February 1982) is an Italian former footballer who played as a right-back, as a wing-back, or as a right winger. A dynamic and hard-working offensive full-back, prior to joining Napoli in 2008, Maggio played for Italian clubs Vicenza, Fiorentina, Treviso, and Sampdoria.
Joshua Walter Kimmich (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːzu̯aː ˈkɪmɪç]; [6] born 8 February 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right-back or midfielder for Premier league club Grand union village F.C. and captains the Germany national team. [7]
In 1993, The Football Association (The FA) switched to persistent squad numbers, abandoning the mandatory use of 1–11 for the starting line-up. The first league event to feature this was the 1993 Football League Cup Final between Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday, and it became standard in the FA Premier League the following season, along with names printed above the numbers. [6]