Defence Quote by Roberto Firmino

I played central defender for the most part when I started playing football, either central defence or right-back.

— Bruno Fernandes

I played in central defence and at right-back and also in midfield.

— Marquinhos

When I was younger, I played as a right-back. I also played as a central defender, but I realised that I could dominate the…

— Roberto Firmino

I played at full-back for 10 years, I enjoyed it, and I had success there, so I can never regret being a defender.

— Philipp Lahm

When I was young I was a striker, scoring lots of goals, then I moved to midfield, then defence. I like to attack.

— Reece James

To be honest, from England Under-16s, through the 17s and 18s, really all the way through my youth career, I played at centre-half. For…

— Jack Rodwell

My position is a centre back, but I've played right back before and I started my footballing career as a midfielder. I see myself…

— Victor Lindelof

As a young player, I played up front, on the wing, in midfield, and when I started in the reserves at Standard Liege, I…

— Marouane Fellaini

When I was a kid, I was a striker. Then, I started to be a winger and defender sometimes.

— Cesar Azpilicueta

I love playing defensive end. It's the position I played in high school.

— Carl Nassib

Once I reached about 14 or 15, I started to steady myself and get into a midfield role and carried that on until I…

— Trent Alexander-Arnold

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