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Tactical explainer: playmaker

The Playmaker: football tactics explained

By Jack Lacey-Hatton last updated

TACTICS What actually is a playmaker? Here's your handy tactical explainer

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Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer during a press conference at the club's Carrington Training Ground, 2018

Managers who managed clubs they played for

By Tom Hancock published

Sometimes, you just can't get enough of a club...

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Real Madrid manager Vicente del Bosque during a press conference ahead of the 2002 Intercontinental Cup match

Managers who won major trophies in club and international football

By Tom Hancock published

These coaches all tasted glory on both stages

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Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo greets Spain skipper Iker Casillas ahead of their teams' semi-final clash at Euro 2012.

European Championship-winning captains

By Ben Hayward published

From the inaugural tournament in 1960 to the present day, a look at the captains who led their nations to European Championship glory...

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Sergio Ramos kisses the Champions League trophy after Real Madrid's win on penalties in the final against Atletico in 2016.

European Cup-winning captains

By Ben Hayward published

A look at the captains who led their teams to European Cup glory in the men's game...

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Argentina and West Germany captains Diego Maradona and Lothar Matthaus during the coin toss ahead of the 1990 World Cup final.

World Cup-winning captains

By Ben Hayward published

A look at the players who led their nations to World Cup glory in the men's game...

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Zinedine Zidane holds the Champions League trophy after Real Madrid's victory over Bayer Leverkusen in the 2002 final at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland

Major trophy winners with the same club as player and manager

By Tom Hancock published

These stars are legend of the pitch and the dugout in at least one place

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Liverpool manager Joe Fagan, 1983

Managers who managed their hometown club

By Tom Hancock published

A look at some local lads who called the shots from the touchline

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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi of ChatGPT's all-time XI

We asked ChatGPT for the greatest XI of all time: here's what it said

By Mark White published

What's ChatGPT's ball knowledge like? FourFourTwo tests our AI overlord

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The 10 best German players ever 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy Lothar Matthaeus * 21.03.1961 Football player, Germany, member of the national team - Lothar Matthaeus (left) celebrating after scoring a goal in the first round match against Yugoslavia (4 - 1)| right: Juergen Klinsmann - (Photo by Bernd Wende/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Ranked! The 10 best German players ever

By Ed McCambridge last updated

The land of beers, bratwursts and brilliant penalty takers. These are the greatest German players ever...

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