A midfielder is an association football position. Some
midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the
boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of
midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on
the team's formation and each individual player's role. The
group of midfielders in a team is called the midfield. More
complete midfielders require a number of skills on top of
fitness: they tackle, dribble, shoot and pass during any match.
Most managers field at least one central midfielder with a
marked task of breaking up opposition's attacks while the rest
are more adept to creating goals or have equal responsibilities
between attack and defence. At either side of the pitch a
manager can field a right or left midfielder, who are used
equally for both attack and defence, or a winger, a player used
primarily for attack. In essence, a good midfield must possess
the ability to be combative while also being creative. A good
striker without midfield support could lack attackin