playmaker
Example Sentences
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Last season, the pacier options of Jeremy Doku and Antoine Semenyo fed striker Erling Haaland from out wide, with Rayan Cherki often preferred as the playmaker in an attacking midfield role.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Lionel Messi has been a soccer star for so long, Spain’s top playmaker Lamine Yamal appeared alongside the future World Cup foe as a 3-month-old baby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
The left winger, who can also play as a centre-forward or playmaker, is known for his dribbling skills.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
At times, he takes up positions that directly diminish Vinicius or playmaker Jude Bellingham.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
And presently the strong joy of creating kindled in him, and phrase flowed abreast with thought, and the playmaker wrote fluently and surely to an accompaniment of contented ejaculations.
From The Certain Hour by Cabell, James Branch
