プレイメーカー

ぷれいめーかー
noun
playmaker
sports
1. playmaker
In team sports, a player who creates scoring chances for teammates by controlling the flow of play and delivering key passes, especially in soccer or basketball.
彼(かれ)はチームのプレイメーカーだ。
He is the team's playmaker.
プレイメーカーが試合(しあい)の流(なが)れを作(つく)る。
The playmaker sets the flow of the game.
優(すぐ)れたプレイメーカーは、味方(みかた)の動(うご)きを読(よ)んで絶妙(ぜつみょう)なパスを出(だ)す。
A skilled playmaker reads his teammates' movements and delivers exquisite passes.

A loanword from English "playmaker." The player who orchestrates a team's attack, chiefly in soccer and basketball, by creating chances rather than only finishing them.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 司令塔(しれいとう): command tower — the common Japanese metaphor for the same role
  • ストライカー: striker — the goal-scoring forward, contrasted with the chance-creating playmaker

Related Words

Compare: 司令塔(しれいとう) (command tower)
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