Wiktionary
centre-back
alt. (context soccer English) A central defender, a player who plays in the centre of defence, just in front of the goalkeeper n. (context soccer English) A central defender, a player who plays in the centre of defence, just in front of the goalkeeper
Usage examples of "centre-back".
He’s at the club for another three or four years, but he’s very much the last resort centre-back, and he must have known, when George bought Bould and then Linighan and then Pates, with Adams and O’Leary already at the club, that he didn’t have much of a future – he was the sixth in line for two positions.