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centre-back

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centre-back

Summary

centre-back is an association football position[1]. centre-back has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • centre-back's instance of is recorded as association football position[3].
  • centre-back is a type of defender[4].
  • centre-back's sport is recorded as association football[5].
  • centre-back's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Association football central defenders[6].
  • centre-back's partially coincident with is recorded as stopper[7].
  • centre-back's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Innenverteidigerin'}[8].
  • centre-back's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'défenseuse centrale'}[9].
  • centre-back's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'בלמת'}[10].
  • centre-back's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'центральная защитница'}[11].
  • centre-back's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'osrednja branilka'}[12].
  • centre-back's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'centro gynėja'}[13].
  • centre-back's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'центральный защитник'}[14].
  • centre-back's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'centro gynėjas'}[15].

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Definition and Type

centre-back's instance of is recorded as association football position[3]. centre-back is a type of defender[4].

Why It Matters

centre-back has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] centre-back is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · Ske · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Association football central defenders
    Subclass of → defender
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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