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Manager

Meaning in football (soccer), with examples

/ˈmænɪdʒər/nounCore term

In football (soccer), manager means: In British football, the person in charge of the first team who picks the side, decides tactics and often has a say in transfers.

In Turkish: teknik direktör, hoca

How it is used

In the UK the manager is the public face of the team: they give press conferences, speak after matches and get sacked when results are poor. Many clubs use head coach for a similar role with less control over transfers. Players often call the manager "gaffer" or "boss".

Example sentences

  1. The manager made three changes to the starting line-up.

  2. After five defeats in a row, the club sacked the manager.

Common collocations

  • sack the manager
  • appoint a manager
  • caretaker manager
  • assistant manager
  • manager of the month
  • head coachThe person in charge of training, tactics and team selection; at many clubs the role focuses on coaching, while a sporting director handles transfers.
  • squadAll the players available to a team for a season or a competition, from whom the starting eleven and the substitutes are chosen.
  • line-upThe list of players a team starts a match with, usually including their positions, published about an hour before kick-off.
  • agentA licensed person who represents a player or coach in contract and transfer talks and earns a fee or commission from the deal.

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