A Quote by Roberto Firmino

I started out at youth level as a holding midfielder.

Roberto Firmino

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Holding Level Out Started Youth

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Roberto Firmino
Brazilian - Athlete
Born: October 2, 1991

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

Paulinho

All players rolled into one: from defensive midfielder to attacking midfielder to attacker. I want to take the qualities from everyone. I'd like to get to the level where I have everything: Vieira, Deschamps, Zidane, Ronaldinho, Henry, Ronaldo. It wouldn't be bad, that.

Paul Pogba

Ozil obviously has a lot of quality, but so does Sami Khedira as holding midfielder.

Lothar Matthaus

I began as a striker, then became a holding midfielder, and now I'm a centre-half. I've done everything except play in goal.

Aymeric Laporte

It's funny: one of the strongest parts of my game today is heading, and that only really developed when I started playing at the professional level. In the youth teams, all we did was passing.

Vincent Kompany

It's good that I can play in two positions, as a centre-back or as a holding midfielder, as I just want to get minutes and get games.

Declan Rice

On a tactical level the defensive midfielder in a 4-3-3 formation is just about the most demanding position there is.

Sergio Busquets

I have always been a midfielder, and I remain a midfielder.

Frenkie de Jong

Steadfastness, that is holding on; patience, that is holding back; expectancy, that is holding the face up; obedience, that is holding one's self in readiness to go or do; listening, that is holding quiet and still so as to hear.

S. D Gordon

There are so many other examples in the Premier League of players who are the best in their country and make a move because they are really ready for a level higher. If they come to the English top flight, it turns out they need a period to adjust in terms of pace, aggressiveness and physicality, especially as a midfielder.

Ronald Koeman

I was a No. 9 for so long and that's what I knew. And I think, me as an attacking midfielder, or any kind of midfielder, I should be in and around the box and have that mindset that I'm going to score and help my team as much as possible.

Lindsey Horan

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.

Fred

The lyrics came out of necessity. When we started writing the record, we started in a more fusion environment and that got boring really quick and that wasn't what we were about on an organic level.

Jimmy Chamberlin

When I first arrived at Napoli, I was the ball boy, which meant that I got to watch as the legends trained. Then, once I joined the youth team as a young teenager, I was a midfielder just like Tardelli.