centre forward/ centre striker:
(plural: ‘centre forwards‘/’centre strikers‘)
(in football/soccer and some other ball games) a player of a team who plays in the centre of the field;
the middle player in the forward line of a team,
centre forward (yellow shirt) in hockey
e.g.
Rafael Pires Vieira, better known simply as ‘Rafael’, is a Brazilian football/soccer centre forward. (from www.dictionary30.com)
Duncan Ferguson was believed to be the ‘hardest’ British football/soccer centre forward … he was known to have received nine red cards and a three-month prison sentence when he tried to attack his opponent physically!
For an interesting blog comment on English football centre forward, please click here, and for an informative article on the importance of a centre forward in a game of football/soccer, please click here.
