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anlu79
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Looking for a word
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Dear colleagues,
what do you call a football player who can play equally well with both legs/feet?
One of my students wants to do a presantation on a football player and he needs that word, so it would be great if someone could let me know.
Sorry, I know nothing about football. 
Thanks
Andrea
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21 Dec 2009
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LAMERCHE
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Ambidexterity
ambidextrous sportsmen/footballers....
I have found this term here...
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21 Dec 2009
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_babz
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how about just an �agile � player |
21 Dec 2009
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uppityblues
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Lamerche got it: ambidextrous, and if he can play REALLY well with both legs, then he �s d*** talented, too!
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21 Dec 2009
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suberoro
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I don �t know the word, BUT ambidexterity is definitely "Seitigkeit" in German while you �re looking for the term "beidbeinig". So "beidseitig" is not used in football, there must be another word!
Funny, I used to be a football professional in Austria �s premier league for six years and before that I wrote my university thesis on "Seitigkeit im Sport". And NOW I �m an English teacher who doesn �t know that word. Who can help? Greetings, Robert
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21 Dec 2009
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mariamit
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Lamerche is right. It �s ambidextrous. |
21 Dec 2009
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pepelie
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I have only ever heard "he can play with both feet. Ambidextrous means "both hands". Got me stumped as a native speaker. Perhaps "he �s a versatile player". I �ll keep thinking.
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21 Dec 2009
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anlu79
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Thanks for your many answers!
For the German speakers who asked me - the German word is �Beidf��ler � - I also heard this the first time in my life today!
I think I will tell him about the tearm ambidextrous, but advise him to just say that he can play equally well with both legs.
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21 Dec 2009
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