Quotes About Midfielder

Everyone knows where I play, as a defensive midfielder, more or less the same, so in the last six or seven years I play in that position and there is nothing new for me.

I'm never going to be seen as an attacking midfielder who's going to dribble past anyone, create untold chances, and score lots of goals, but going forward is something I've always enjoyed doing.

I think a top-class midfielder needs to be able to tackle, get up and down the pitch, pass, create opportunities, and score goals. That's why I try to do everything; that's what I judge my game on.

I want to be the complete midfielder, someone who can defend and attack. Steven Gerrard is someone who's done that very well over the years, and he is someone I am trying to emulate.

Stevie G is the best midfielder I've played with. He was an idol for me and for everyone who watched him play, but when you were together with him, and you see him training, it was different: he was even better.

I'm going to play with one goalkeeper, obviously, one defender, one midfielder and two attackers, very offensive because we need to score goals.

Frank Lampard was always the player I tried to model myself on. The amount of goals he scored from midfield was incredible. On and off the pitch, he was what I wanted to be.

That is probably the biggest issue about the English game. You need to be a great player and great at striking the ball, of course, but it's also about your head and being able to understand the game, especially for a midfielder.

I consider myself as this kind of attacking midfielder, trying to find the gaps between the opposition midfielders and defenders and produce what the team needs between the lines.

As a striker, as I originally was, and then an attacking midfielder, it has always been my aim in life to embarrass goalkeepers: to dominate them, to force them into mistakes.

I've varied between playing a bit more forward in a No 10 position but I always kind of see myself as a No 8.

For a midfielder now you have to be strong, fast and see the play very quickly. You have to be very versatile.

Scholes was England's best football player. It was impossible to take the ball from him, and he never mishit a pass.

Jordan Henderson is a player who likes to do his business in the middle of the park.

I think, as a midfielder, you need to have that aggression as part of your game.

For Argentina I'm a central midfielder. Always have been and always will be.

I've always been this kind of player: since youth level I've been a midfielder who can arrive and finish.

I'm an attacking midfielder.

I'd like to think I'm an attacking creative midfielder who can assist with goals.

I prefer advanced midfield, like a No. 10, but you know me: I'll play anywhere for Villa.

As a midfielder, you have to have vision. If you see an opening that might create an opportunity, you have to believe in yourself and go for it; a 40-yard pass or an eye-of-the-needle ball. You have to feel you are going to make it. That's the way I play. I have a picture in my mind, and I go for it.

Kroos is an excellent player.

Every player wants to be as complete as possible and goals for a central midfielder are very important.

I can't think of a striker in the world who has scored so many important goals, never mind a midfielder.