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PRONUNCIATION OF TOTAL FOOTBALL

total football play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOTAL FOOTBALL

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Total football is a noun.
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WHAT DOES TOTAL FOOTBALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Total Football

Total Football is the label given to an influential tactical theory of football in which any outfield player can take over the role of any other player in a team. It was pioneered by Dutch football club Ajax from 1965 to 1973, and further used by the Netherlands National Football Team in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. It was invented by Rinus Michels, who was the coach of both Ajax and the Netherlands national team at the time. In Total Football, a player who moves out of his position is replaced by another from his team, thus retaining the team's intended organisational structure. In this fluid system, no outfield player is fixed in a nominal role; anyone can successively play an attacker, a midfielder and a defender. The only player fixed in a nominal position is the goalkeeper. Total Football's tactical success depends largely on the adaptability of each footballer within the team, in particular the ability to quickly switch positions depending on the on-field situation. The theory requires players to be comfortable in multiple positions; hence, it places high technical and physical demands on them.

Definition of total football in the English dictionary

The definition of total football in the dictionary is an attacking style of play, popularized by the Dutch national team of the 1970s, in which there are no fixed positions and every outfield player can join in the attack.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOTAL FOOTBALL

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WORDS THAT END LIKE TOTAL FOOTBALL

American football
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Canadian football
fantasy football
fastball
five-a-side football
football
Gaelic football
league football
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Synonyms and antonyms of total football in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «total football» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOTAL FOOTBALL

Find out the translation of total football to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of total football from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «total football» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

全攻全守
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fútbol total
570 millions of speakers

English

total football
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुल फुटबॉल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إجمالي كرة القدم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тотальный футбол
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

futebol total
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মোট ফুটবল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

football total
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jumlah bola sepak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gesamt Fußball
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

トータルフットボール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

총 축구
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Total bal-balan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tổng số bóng đá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மொத்த கால்பந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकूण फुटबॉल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Toplam futbol
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

calcio totale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Total Football
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тотальний футбол
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

totală de fotbal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συνολική ποδόσφαιρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

totale sokker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

totala fotboll
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

total Football
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of total football

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOTAL FOOTBALL»

The term «total football» is regularly used and occupies the 78.894 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOTAL FOOTBALL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about total football

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOTAL FOOTBALL»

Discover the use of total football in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to total football and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Total Football II: The Official Encyclopedia of the National ...
Includes player statistics and team histories
Bob Carroll, 1999
2
Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football
This book lays bare the elegant, fractured soul of the Dutch Masters and the culture that spawned them by exploring and analysing its key ideas, institutions, personalities and history in the context of wider Dutch society.
David Winner, 2012
3
Total Football Twin Strikers
The Rough Diamonds are a close knit team.
Alan Gibbons, 2010
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Total Football: Divided We Fall
The Rough Diamonds are a close knit team. Kev McGovern, their captain, makes sure they work hard and play hard. When Kev's best mate, Jamie's world is wrecked by dirty play off the pitch, he's desperate to get everything back to normal.
Alan Gibbons, 2010
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Total Football: Power Play
The Rough Diamonds are a close knit team.
Alan Gibbons, 2010
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Total Football: Some You Win...
There's me with my mind full of the beautiful game . . . and what are we really, a bunch of deadbeats .
Alan Gibbons, 2010
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Total Football: Final Countdown
The Rough Diamonds are a close knit team.
Alan Gibbons, 2010
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Total Football: Last Man Standing
John feels lonely and insecure; none of this is helping his street cred with the lads, and worse still his form on the pitch is really suffering.
Alan Gibbons, 2010
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Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National ...
Contains complete statistics for each of the 17,037 players in the history of the National Football League, and includes articles on strategy, team histories, and other information from throughout the seventy-seven years of NFL action.
Bob Newhardt Carroll, 1997
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Total Football: Injury Time
The Rough Diamonds are a close knit team.
Alan Gibbons, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOTAL FOOTBALL»

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Michigan player claims Jim Harbaugh cajoled him to quit
While that would keep Pipkins on scholarship, it would open up one of the 85 total football scholarships for use on another player. I feel I'm healthy and ready to ... «NBCSports.com, Jun 15»
2
Why India's national football team is so terrible
In football, identity is often discussed in terms of national style. Holland had their famous “Total Football.” Italy featured the “Catenaccio,” with an emphasis on ... «Quartz, Jun 15»
3
People power can overthrow FIFA's dreadful dictator Sepp Blatter
Arlott walked away from football, having twice been attacked by hooligans as he returned ... The memories are stirring - Holland's total football of 1974; the crafty ... «Express.co.uk, May 15»
4
Telegraph Total Football Live: Harry Redknapp to discuss Premier …
I certainly did. And now I'm going to spin a few newsy stories from it. Watch out for them on Telegraph Sport soon. Oh, and the next Total Telegraph Live event. «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
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Inverness brand of total football has helped make me a better player …
And he never expected to come north to Scotland and learn all about “total football”. Caley Thistle's rugged centre-half, on the face of it, might have been one of ... «Scottish Daily Record, Oct 14»
6
Johan Cruyff says Louis van Gaal is just a control freak as 'Total
Cruyff would have stuck to his own brand of Total Football, passing the ball, dominating the game through possession, come what may. When it is put to him that ... «Daily Mail, Oct 14»
7
Total Football? This Year's Dutch Squad Is Better Than 2010
Pundits doubted whether Netherlands would be able to replicate its success from the 2010 World Cup, when it went 6-0 before losing in the finals to Spain. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 14»
8
World Cup 1974: Total Football Takes Over The World
It was to be the very first airing of the much-vaunted tactical masterplan known as 'Total Football' on the global stage and the Dutch undoubtedly possessed the ... «Football-Oranje, Jun 14»
9
Swansea opponents St Gallen helped create total football
Rinus Michels is often credited as the inventor of total football, but he was the pupil, not the master. As a player under Reynolds at Ajax, Michels marvelled at the ... «Daily Mail, Oct 13»
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England v Holland: Remember 1977, when Total Football
It was Total Football and, although on one hand it was just awful, you really had to admire it. I've no idea why I'm flat out for the goal. I must have been having a ... «Daily Mail, Feb 12»

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