When you play football, what position do you play?
When you play football, what position do you play?
We asked football fans in Brazil a series of questions about Brazilian football and culture and English. In this video, the fans tell us which position they play on the football pitch. What position do you play? Watch the video and complete the activities.
Learn Different Football Positions
Activity 1: In this activity, learn some football positions. Can you match the football position to its definition?
Match the word to the definition.
Activity 2: This activity tests your memory. Can you remember where each fan plays on the football pitch?
Match the fan to their position
Activity 3: Play this spelling game.Can you match the famous players to their positions?
Can you match the players to their positions?
Quiz
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Over to you: What position do you play?
Are you a goalkeeper, defender, midfielder or an attacker?
What position do you play?
Which is the best position to play?
Who is the best goalkeeper, midfielder or attacker in the world?
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Comentários
13/03/2023
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I'm a left-handed person and I always play as a defender (fullback) on the right side of the pitch.
13/03/2023 12:16
Tottenham Hotspur
5527
I'm a left-handed person and I always play as a defender (fullback) on the right side of the pitch.
27/03/2022
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Wao!
27/03/2022 04:21
Chelsea
70
Wao!
24/05/2021
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Brazil is fine
24/05/2021 19:20
Manchester United
89
Brazil is fine
13/02/2021
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I'm not very good at playing football despite of that I have played as a defender and as an attacker but most of the time I have played as a goalkeeper I used to do good saves but sometimes I fail in the easy ones :(. I think the best position to play is like an attacker because in that position you have more chances to score and that is the essence of the game, for me the best goalkeeper in this moment in the world is Manuel Neuer and the best attacker is Robert Lewandowski (He deserved the Ballon d'Or 2020 but FIFA didn't give him the award, but if Messi would have won the Ballon d'Or the story had been different, in the lasts years these kind of awards are more marketing than football)
13/02/2021 23:38
Liverpool
2846
I'm not very good at playing football despite of that I have played as a defender and as an attacker but most of the time I have played as a goalkeeper I used to do good saves but sometimes I fail in the easy ones :(. I think the best position to play is like an attacker because in that position you have more chances to score and that is the essence of the game, for me the best goalkeeper in this moment in the world is Manuel Neuer and the best attacker is Robert Lewandowski (He deserved the Ballon d'Or 2020 but FIFA didn't give him the award, but if Messi would have won the Ballon d'Or the story had been different, in the lasts years these kind of awards are more marketing than football)
13/06/2020
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Actually I'm a playmaker so sometimes I play as an attacking midfielder and sometimes as a right winger.
David De Gea is the best goalkeeper
Bruno Fernandes is the best midfielder
Marcus Rashford is the best attacker
13/06/2020 20:09
Manchester United
6510
Actually I'm a playmaker so sometimes I play as an attacking midfielder and sometimes as a right winger.
David De Gea is the best goalkeeper
Bruno Fernandes is the best midfielder
Marcus Rashford is the best attacker
25/08/2019
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ok
25/08/2019 18:33
Manchester City
1734
ok
07/02/2019
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My posición is right winger or attacker . The best goalkeeper in the World is Oblak the Atco Madrid player,Modric is the best midfielder and Messi's the best player of allí times
07/02/2019 23:05
Manchester City
109
My posición is right winger or attacker . The best goalkeeper in the World is Oblak the Atco Madrid player,Modric is the best midfielder and Messi's the best player of allí times
08/10/2018
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Correct me.
I changed several positions on my football's career. My skill are the quickness, the ball controlling and the shooting. So, I am able to play like defender on side, midfielder and also attacker. When I was younger I used to be a full-back and after that I went ahead playing like winger. Some years ago I scored 7 goals in the first 13 or 14 matches. I was going on very well, but unfortunately I fall dawn injuried and that was the end of my season. Nowadays I get used to playing at the centre of the field, I am really good to take back ball and to hide the ball to the opponent players. Now I am older than before, so I have learned to play more being at the centre than running across the side of the the pitch. I like this position, but, of course, I loved to play as winger.
My favourite player has always been David Beckham. I used to love watching his feet touch trickly the ball. He was the only one who was able to make a ball's surprising effect. He used to design brilliant cross from the side or the back of the field to the strikers, to shoot memorable free kicks, and to score incredible goals. The best number 7 on the back that I had ever seen, until now. In my opininion, the best footballer of the football history is Cristiano Ronaldo. But he is more a robot than a human being.
08/10/2018 17:52
Brighton and Hove Albion
352
Correct me.
I changed several positions on my football's career. My skill are the quickness, the ball controlling and the shooting. So, I am able to play like defender on side, midfielder and also attacker. When I was younger I used to be a full-back and after that I went ahead playing like winger. Some years ago I scored 7 goals in the first 13 or 14 matches. I was going on very well, but unfortunately I fall dawn injuried and that was the end of my season. Nowadays I get used to playing at the centre of the field, I am really good to take back ball and to hide the ball to the opponent players. Now I am older than before, so I have learned to play more being at the centre than running across the side of the the pitch. I like this position, but, of course, I loved to play as winger.
My favourite player has always been David Beckham. I used to love watching his feet touch trickly the ball. He was the only one who was able to make a ball's surprising effect. He used to design brilliant cross from the side or the back of the field to the strikers, to shoot memorable free kicks, and to score incredible goals. The best number 7 on the back that I had ever seen, until now. In my opininion, the best footballer of the football history is Cristiano Ronaldo. But he is more a robot than a human being.
10/10/2018
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Hi s184606,
Welcome to Premier Skills English! I hope you enjoy our website.
I've made some corrections to your comment below. It's your job to look at my comment and compare it to your original comment.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
10/10/2018 08:32
Liverpool
594
Hi s184606,
Welcome to Premier Skills English! I hope you enjoy our website.
I've made some corrections to your comment below. It's your job to look at my comment and compare it to your original comment.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
10/10/2018
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Hi Rich. Thank you very much for your corrections. I think you have created a surprisely and funny useful website. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Great job!
10/10/2018 09:45
Brighton and Hove Albion
352
Hi Rich. Thank you very much for your corrections. I think you have created a surprisely and funny useful website. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Great job!
03/03/2018
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Quiz is good good soccer players in Quiz like
The quiz is difficult
03/03/2018 02:42
Liverpool
32
Quiz is good good soccer players in Quiz like
The quiz is difficult
21/06/2016
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a good sricker
21/06/2016 16:01
Manchester City
1734
a good sricker
22/06/2016
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Hi Englishman
The correct word is 'striker'. Our vocabulary section should help you: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/words/football-vocabulary...
Best wishes
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
22/06/2016 08:00
Liverpool
594
Hi Englishman
The correct word is 'striker'. Our vocabulary section should help you: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/words/football-vocabulary...
Best wishes
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
21/06/2016
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stricker
21/06/2016 15:59
Manchester City
1734
stricker
03/04/2016
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The best goalkeeper is Buffon, the best midfielder is pirlo and the best striker is Del Piero.
03/04/2016 20:08
Liverpool
3705
The best goalkeeper is Buffon, the best midfielder is pirlo and the best striker is Del Piero.
03/04/2016
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Playing in the goal.
03/04/2016 20:06
Liverpool
3705
Playing in the goal.
03/04/2016
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I play now as a goalkeeper.
03/04/2016 20:05
Liverpool
3705
I play now as a goalkeeper.
22/02/2016
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I'm a defender.I think that the best position to play is midfielder.
22/02/2016 17:12
Manchester City
122
I'm a defender.I think that the best position to play is midfielder.
23/11/2015
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Some players can play on different positions. Remember Del Piero? He used to be a goalkeeper as a child. And some goalkeepers are the best scorers in their leagues. Like Rogerio Ceni from Sao Paulo. Then Rene Higuita who was an outstanding acrobat or Chilavert who was the best free kick taker.
23/11/2015 13:42
Arsenal
3557
Some players can play on different positions. Remember Del Piero? He used to be a goalkeeper as a child. And some goalkeepers are the best scorers in their leagues. Like Rogerio Ceni from Sao Paulo. Then Rene Higuita who was an outstanding acrobat or Chilavert who was the best free kick taker.
16/11/2015
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I don't play football because I got injury when I was young. My best goalkeeper is Petr Cech,midfielder is Iniesta
16/11/2015 08:16
Arsenal
2320
I don't play football because I got injury when I was young. My best goalkeeper is Petr Cech,midfielder is Iniesta
08/02/2016
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Petr Cech. It sounds like a measure for reliability. What a goalkeeper!
08/02/2016 19:54
Arsenal
3557
Petr Cech. It sounds like a measure for reliability. What a goalkeeper!
05/11/2015
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I am a defender. Best goalkeeper was O.Kahn. Now it is M.Neuer. Midfielder Xavi and S.Gerrard. Striker T.Henry and Z.Zidane.
05/11/2015 15:48
Arsenal
3557
I am a defender. Best goalkeeper was O.Kahn. Now it is M.Neuer. Midfielder Xavi and S.Gerrard. Striker T.Henry and Z.Zidane.
30/09/2015
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I'm a defender , I have been in it because I loved maldini and Roberto Carlos.
There's no best position because every position has a special character .
30/09/2015 18:35
Chelsea
1814
I'm a defender , I have been in it because I loved maldini and Roberto Carlos.
There's no best position because every position has a special character .
16/06/2014
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I'm not that good at football, so goalkeeper is the best choice for me, :(
16/06/2014 14:24
Chelsea
0
I'm not that good at football, so goalkeeper is the best choice for me, :(
11/06/2014
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It is hard to say that player is the best goalkeeper, attacker, or even midfielder, but if I were to choose one player for each position, this is how it is going to be:
The best goalkeeper: Cortious from Belgium
The best defender: Thiago Silva from Brazil
The best midfielder: Marco Reus from Germany
The best attacker: Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Sweden
But there are two more players who are out this list, just because there is no one who could be compared to them in this era, C. Ronaldo, and Leonel Messi.
11/06/2014 09:14
0
It is hard to say that player is the best goalkeeper, attacker, or even midfielder, but if I were to choose one player for each position, this is how it is going to be:
The best goalkeeper: Cortious from Belgium
The best defender: Thiago Silva from Brazil
The best midfielder: Marco Reus from Germany
The best attacker: Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Sweden
But there are two more players who are out this list, just because there is no one who could be compared to them in this era, C. Ronaldo, and Leonel Messi.