Many call the playmaker an offensive midfielder. Normally, he is a footballer who, playing between the midfield and the forward, serves as a link between them. They are midfielders who move in front of the midfielder, whether it is a pivot, double pivot or trivote. This player must have a great vision of the game to know how to find spaces in the rival defense and create numerical superiority in the offensive phase, in addition to a great tactical imbalance to be able to overcome one-on-one situations.
They tend to be footballers who have plenty of talent and who are traditionally associated with the number 10, although for years the number has been the least important.
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The organized
He is the one who looks for the ball near his midfielder. It's a brain ahead a few meters. He gets as close or closer to his area to help get the ball out cleanly than the other way around.
The hitch
He always plays in the space left behind by the rival midfielder, approaching the second striker and moving to the sides. He tends to be primarily an assistant to the striker in scoring plays. This type of midfielder is usually the most visual, the one that connects the most with the fan, as it is usually the one with the most imaginative profile.
The scorer
Acts as a false forward. What these players are looking for in the midfielder are unmarking spaces, areas where they can receive more free marks.
Clear examples of a good playmaker
Johan Cruyff
The son of Dutch football, Rinus Michaels, or perhaps the tool that allows the coach to create a complete football. Cruyff was the player of the future, 20 years ahead of his time like Di Stefano was in his time. Putting Cruyff in one system or location is impossible. Mind, hook, scorer, the Dutch star is everything because he has it all: dribbling, ingenuity, speed, stopping, vision of the game, shots, shots and above all an overwhelming personality.
Zico
Nicknamed the White Pelé, no more needs to be said. One of the best four or five players in the history of Brazil. Be careful, we are talking about the country where Pelé, Didi, Rivellino, Sócrates, Ronaldo, Romario or Ronaldinho were born. Zico is a player who plays with excellent intelligence, class, speed and hitting instincts.
Platinum
He was able to make a silk football, the Champagne football.
Platini was not a player with a great physique, neither fast nor strong, but he was a footballer with a great technique and very intelligent in arriving at plays. He had an incredible sense of goal coming in from behind.
Laudrup
In the Danish Brondby he played as a striker, a skilled second striker with a goal. In that position he arrived at Juve, where he coincided with Platini. Italy and its football choked him. Cruyff saw in him a playmaker who could be differential and he was right. Laudrup has been one of the most iconic playmakers of his decade and practically all decades. Fine, fast, elegant and more hardworking in defense than many remember, we are facing one of the greatest midfielder-assistants in history.