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Football player
Sports person who plays football / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Footballer" redirects here. For the painting by Sidney Nolan, see Footballer (Nolan).
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby league, and rugby union.
A men's association football player (Karim Benzema)
A women's association football player (Marta Torrejón)
It has been estimated that there are 250 million association football players in the world,[1] and many play other forms of football.