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trequartista

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian trequartista.

Noun

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trequartista (plural trequartistas)

  1. (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[1], 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[2], 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

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Etymology

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From tre +‎ quarto +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tre.kwarˈti.sta/, /trek.kwarˈti.sta/[1][2]
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Hyphenation: tre‧quar‧tì‧sta

Noun

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trequartista m or f by sense (masculine plural trequartisti, feminine plural trequartiste)

  1. (soccer) attacking midfielder

References

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  1. ^ trequartista in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  2. ^ trequarti in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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  • trequartista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana