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Pep Guardiola has changed the role of the full-back. Former Germany and Bayern Munich defender Philipp Lahm tells BBC Sport why and how it has been done. The evolution of a full-back: Philipp Lahm ...
At least, that one is an easy enough derivation to visualize from the original diamond, with the depth of the fullback inverted with respect to the halves. However, some formations have placed the heavy back even more starkly forward, to function as a blocker for the running backs.
In football, the formation describes how the players in a team are positioned on the field. Many variations are possible on both sides of the ball, depending on the strategy being employed. On offense, the formation must include at least seven players on the line of scrimmage, including a center to start the play by snapping the ball.
A tactically versatile right-back [215] [216] often deployed as an inverted full-back, [81] [216] [215] Bronze has been compared to players of her position in Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich, particularly Philipp Lahm.
Owen Schmitt (born February 13, 1985) is an American former professional football fullback.He was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL draft. ...
Antonio Richardson (born December 17, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was a fullback for the Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings, and New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 1994. He played college football for the Auburn Tigers.
Michael Joseph Alstott (born December 21, 1973) is an American former professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Nicknamed "A-Train", he played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers and was selected by the Buccaneers in the second round of the 1996 ...
Alexander "Zander" John Horvath (born December 10, 1998) is an American professional football fullback/running back for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Purdue , and has previously played in the NFL for the Los Angeles Chargers .