Quotes About Midfielder

My position is a centre back, but I've played right back before and I started my footballing career as a midfielder. I see myself as a central defender, and I feel most comfortable there.

I'm not really a defensive midfielder.

I prefer defensive midfielder because I know my job when I play there. More things are in front of you.

Defensive midfielder is my position and I have to be focused on that role.

Sometimes I look at myself and ask, 'What is my best position?' But I think it's a defensive midfielder; that's the best one.

I can be the only defensive midfielder and try and break up play. Or I can play a little more forward.

I have already worked Dunga. He helped me at Internacional, making me a more defensive midfielder. But I can play as a first or second midfielder, like I do at Shakhtar.

I like to play attacking, like a winger, or an attacking midfielder, so it depends on the coach, where he's looking at me for which position.

When I go into games as a forward, my job is really clear, and I just have to execute. But as a midfielder, you get to sort of enjoy the game more, and you get to feel the game and dictate the play.

Diego Simeone, the coach from Atletico Madrid, was a very strong player as a midfielder.

I've always seen myself as a midfielder but wherever I'm being told to play in the middle or somewhere, I will always give my best.

Being a midfielder, I need to get up and down, whether it's to get back and defend or get away from my opposite number. Extra effort in training makes all the difference.

When teams are dropping off, it's difficult, especially as a striker. You always have two centre-halves behind you and maybe a sitting midfielder as well. It's a bit more difficult creating chances.

What features in a midfielder am I after? Players who have the mindset to win every game - then we can start to talk about the technical quality.

Samir Nasri is a very technical player who always made the difference playing as a midfielder when he is fit.

Fabregas is my role model. Technically, he can do everything, and he exudes calm.

Matuidi is a midfielder of international importance that has everything and gives it all. He is physically strong, intelligent, always progressive with the ball.

As a midfielder, when you have sealed things up at the back, my job is to provide the ammunition for the strikers and forwards, to create opportunities for them.

My favourite position is as midfielder, playing with Xabi and Khedira.

The No.10 position is my favourite role.

Being a winger or a wide mid, I have to run continuously for 90 minutes, which not only takes endurance but also strength in my legs to be able to be explosive for 90 minutes. I think weight training has really allowed me to sustain for those 90 minutes.

Busquets is a great player. I have many things to learn from him: how he shapes the game from the back, his positioning, the balance he provided in the midfielder.

Frank was an example throughout my career at Chelsea, and throughout my career as a midfielder. When it comes to scoring goals as a midfielder, you look at Frank Lampard as a role model.

I once walked out of a nightclub with my team-mates to see our star midfielder reclining across the bonnet of a Ferrari, arms folded, waiting for girls to come out so he could wink at them and then progress it from there. I have no idea how long he'd been waiting. I do know it wasn't even his Ferrari.