Coach Quote by Nemanja Matic

I'm not really a defensive midfielder.

— Jack Wilshere

I spent three seasons at Benfica looking to be in the first eleven. Sometimes I got in and sometimes I didn't. Sometimes injuries denied…

— Raul Jimenez

When I played in the Benfica youth teams, they would always call me to play in midfield if someone was missing and I didn't…

— Ederson

Before I signed for Liverpool, I was playing for Newcastle as a No. 10 - basically, I was always attacking. I didn't have to…

— Georginio Wijnaldum

Most people see me as a defensive midfielder but with my intelligence and how I read the game, if we're near the end of…

— Thomas Partey

I was really good, I had a coach who said to me, 'If you want to be a top player, you will need to…

— Bruno Fernandes

In my country, they used to call players who play in my position a defensive midfielder, but it is not defensive.

— Fernandinho

At Leipzig, I was a striker, a No 10, playing on the flanks.

— Timo Werner

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…

— Lindsey Horan

At Benfica, I started playing because the starting goalkeeper got injured.

— Ederson

Before I arrived here [ Borussia Dortmund], a lot of people were questioning about whether I could ever play as a striker, that I…

— Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

I have worked on my defense skills and played in the midfield as well. Coaches are preparing players to play at any given position.

— Sandeep Singh