One is Tom Gosnay, a midfielder whose education ended after state school in Stockport.
His father was a midfielder with Saints, Brechin, Dundee United, Partick Thistle, Forfar Athletic and Arbroath.
As a midfielder, Mr Adam played with clubs including St Johnstone and Brechin City.
Santana was the coach of Brazilian league side Vasco when Dunga was a midfielder there.
"We're real excited, " said Marasco, whose 35 assists this season are a school record for a midfielder.
Before entering management, Ancelotti had a significant playing career as a midfielder with AS Roma and AC Milan.
Barrie Prowse, 27, is a midfielder for Penzance football club while his sister Gemma Sanders, 23, represents the women's XI.
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The 22-year-old can operate in more than one position but Simpson stressed he intends to use him as a midfielder.
"At a certain age, as a midfielder lots of things can go wrong stamina-wise, " said Shilton, who won 125 England caps.
He was converted to a midfielder after moving to Sheffield United and returned to Birmingham in May after a successful loan spell.
People say that I remind them of Romario because I have the mentality of a striker and the body of a midfielder.
National coach Powell, a midfielder in the England team when Smith made her debut, paid tribute to arguably the country's greatest female player.
Usually a midfielder, he dealt with the rare Black Cats attacks well throughout, while also providing full evidence of his passing range with a series of raking through-balls.
Bright was a political force, but he never held high office, so he was rather like a midfielder who forever sets up the strikers: assists don't count as much as goals.
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In 2007-08, he scored 42 goals, which topped the previous club record for a midfielder held by George Best and was on the scoresheet as United defeated Chelsea in the Champions League final.
"Some players are walking around waiting for something to happen, but Jurgen's message is that it's up to you which type of professional you want to be, " says Kyle Beckerman, a midfielder who has made 23 appearances with the national team.
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They might say we need a left midfielder or a big striker with pace and you have to check whether there is someone available for them in their budget.
But when Chamakh was brought on for Denilson - Wenger replacing a holding midfielder with a striker - the substitute almost had an immediate impact, only for Mignolet to deny Arshavin after the Moroccan's run and pass from right.
Though if he finds that South Africa have good attacking full-backs, he is likely to pull a central midfielder very deep into a holding role, as he did with Mauro Silva in 1994.
When teams play with a defensive midfielder, there's usually a natural pause when he gets the ball, a moment when the opposition can relax ever so slightly, or reposition itself.
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The 38-year-old Northern Irishman, a combative midfielder who refused to give opponents a moment's peace, was forced to cool his heels in recent weeks before learning he had landed his dream job.
The former West Ham midfielder has scored 20 or more goals in his last five seasons at Chelsea, an incredible achievement for a central midfielder - albeit an attacking one.
But Klos again did well to stand up to Munoz after a quick break gave the midfielder a chance to shoot from 15 yards.
The former Wales Under-17 international is a central midfielder who left the Deva Stadium last month.
Shannon Boxx, a fiery midfielder and key member of the 2008 U.S. team that took Olympic gold, joins Marta in Los Angeles.
There was a Brazilian midfielder - Igor Wands-Silva - although, in truth, he had journeyed only from his adopted home of Kilsyth!
Sow, it turns out, was born in Dakar - and as a wide midfielder or full back he appears to have caught Stephan's attention.
For a start, Fiorentina does not play with a defensive midfielder, which is extremely rare, if not unique, not just in the modern game, but in soccer history.
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"Everyone connected with those very young age groups felt Jack was exceptionally gifted, " said Brady, Arsenal's academy director and a former midfielder to whom many have likened Wilshere.
Meanwhile, the club's chief executive Rick Parry has admitted that Liverpool are monitoring two Spanish youngsters - Fran Merida, a teenage midfielder from Barcelona, and Real Madrid's Esteban Granero.
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