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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian trequartista.
Noun
trequartista (plural trequartistas)
- (soccer) A player who operates between the midfielders and the strikers, acting as a playmaker and creating chances for their team to score.
2013 April 16, Rob Hughes, “After 2 Decades of Creativity: Why Stop Now?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2022-11-06:The trequartista is the pivotal role in attack, though it is neither a striker nor a creator, per se, but three-quarters of both those positions.
2019, Michael W. Cox, Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football, PublicAffairs, →ISBN:However, the classic Italian trequartista role, which generally refers to a number 10 playing behind two strikers, was under threat. Arrigo Sacchi's emphasis on a heavy pressing 4-4-2 left no place for a languid trequartista, and therefore players like Baggio were having to prove their worth.
2022 September 28, Marcus Christenson, Steven Bloor, Garry Blight, “Next Generation 2022: 60 of the best young talents in world football”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2023-01-23:A tall, skilful trequartista with impeccable technique, he has an eye for the goal, being especially dangerous in the air.
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Italian
Etymology
From tre + quarto + -ista.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tre.kwarˈti.sta/, /trek.kwarˈti.sta/[1][2]
- Rhymes: -ista
- Hyphenation: tre‧quar‧tì‧sta
Noun
trequartista m or f by sense (masculine plural trequartisti, feminine plural trequartiste)
- (soccer) attacking midfielder
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Further reading
- trequartista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana