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libero, n. Assoc. Football.
(ˈlɪbərəʊ, ‖ libɛro)
[a. It., abbrev. of battitore libero, f. battitore lit. ‘beater’, (in this sense) ‘defender’ + libero free.]
A player who ranges across the field as a last line of defence behind the full-backs; = sweeper n. 1 e.
1969E. Batty Soccer Coaching ii. 33 The creation of the libero (free-back). 1978D. Miller World Cup i. 12 Passarella, the dynamic libero (the free man or ‘sweeper’ as he is known in Britain). 1979Guardian 19 Nov. 22/7 Ondrus, their [sc. Czechoslovakia's] captain, and libero, still mixes destructive tackles with marvellously creative moments. 1982Ibid. 11 June 22/2 Stielike is a libero of defensive strength and attacking vision. 1987World Soccer Mar. 33/1 If the tournament was to start today, we would put Schumacher in goal, Berthold at right full-back, then Hörster, Augenthaler or Herget as ‘libero’. 1990New African June 62/2 The libero can organise his full-backs to take attacking responsibilities and threaten to move into vacant midfield space himself. |