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Striker

Meaning in football (soccer), with examples

/ˈstraɪkər/nounCore term

In football (soccer), striker means: An attacking player who plays closest to the opponents' goal and whose main job is to score goals.

In Turkish: forvet, santrfor, golcü

How it is used

Also called a centre-forward or, informally, a number 9. Fans judge a striker by goals, and commentators praise a striker who is clinical, quick or good at holding the ball up with their back to goal.

Example sentences

  1. We're looking for a striker who can score twenty goals a season.

  2. The striker held the ball up and laid it off to the winger.

Common collocations

  • lone striker
  • prolific striker
  • strike partner
  • out-and-out striker
  • wingerAn attacking player who plays near the touchline on the right or left, using pace and dribbling to beat defenders and create chances.
  • goalA point scored when the whole ball crosses the goal line between the posts and under the crossbar; also the frame with a net that teams try to put the ball into.
  • scoreTo get a goal by putting the ball into the opponents' net. As a noun, the score is the number of goals each team has at a given moment.
  • hat-trickThree goals scored by the same player in a single match; a perfect hat-trick is one with the left foot, one with the right foot and one header.

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