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defender

association football position
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Summary

defender is an association football position[1]. defender draws 12,683 Wikipedia views per month (association football position category, ranking #3 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: defender[3]
  • Part of: defense[4]
  • Commons category: Association football defenders[5]
  • Opposite of: forward[6]
  • Has part(s): centre-back[7]
  • Sport: association football[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Association football defenders[9]
  • Different from: Obrońca[10]
  • Female form of label: Abwehrspielerin[11], verdedigster[12], défenseuse[13], defesa[14], zagueira[15], مُدَافِعَة[16], branilka[17], obránkyně[18], Defenseuse[19], Verdeedegerin[20], Ofwierspillerin[21], защитница[22], defensora[23], מגינה[24]
  • Male form of label: Defenseur[25], Verdeedeger[26], Ofwierspiller[27], gynėjas[28]

Why It Matters

defender has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] defender is known by 116 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Model item → ['Q268258', 'Q90173132']
    Male form of label → {'lang': 'lb', 'text': 'Defenseur'}, {'lang': 'lb', 'text': 'Verdeedeger'}, {'lang': 'lb', 'text': 'Ofwierspiller'} +1
    Subclass of → defender
    Has part(s) → centre-back
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Subclass of: Q12366105, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect defender → Q12366105 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q31861287_Q123"
  2. 9w ago · Gymnicus · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Sport → association football
    Has parts → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Part of: defense, Moving to Q12366105"
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