Defender

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A defender is a player in the defence of a team. There are two kinds of defenders: a standard defensive formation consists of 1 up to 3 central defenders and a left and a right wing backs. They determine the three defence ratings, together with the goalkeeper, Inner Midfielders and wingers.

Individual Orders

Central Defenders are:	Normal central defender (CD) 100% of his Defending skill for Central Defence 51.6% of his Defending skill for Side Defence 23.6% of his Playmaking skill for Midfield
	Offensive central defender (CDO) 31.8% of his PM skill for the Midfield rating 72.5% of his Defending skill for the Central Defence rating 37.8% of his Defending skill for the Side Defence rating
	Central defender towards wing (CDTW) 16.5% of his PM skill for the Midfield rating 77.8% of his Defending skill for the Central Defence rating 71.1% of his Defending skill for the Side Defence rating 24.6% of his Winger skill for the Side Attack rating
Wing backs are:	Normal wing back (WB) 45% of his Defending skill for Central Defence 91.9% of his Defending skill for Side Defence 16.7% of his Playmaking for Midfield 50.6% of his Winger skill for Side Attack
	Defensive wing back (WBD) 6.6% of his Playmaking skill for your midfield rating 47.9% of his Defending skill for Central Defence rating 100% of his Defending skill for the Side defence rating 32.3% of his Winger skill for the Side Attack rating
	Wing back towards middle (WBTM) 68.3% of his Defending skill for the Central Defence 68.7% of his Defending skill for Side Defence 16.7% of his Playmaking skill for Midfield 27.9% of his Winger skill for Side Attack
	Offensive wing back (WBO) 38.2% of his Defending skill for Central Defence 69.8% of his Defending skill for Side Defence 23% of his Playmaking skill for Midfield 61.8% of his Winger skill for Side Attack

Agglomeration Penalties

There are some agglomeration penalties, in case you play 2 or 3 defenders on the same central position. Those penalties occur to all the skills of the players from that specific central compartment of your team and they are:

• 2 Central Defenders: -3.6%
• 3 Central Defenders: -10%

Specialties

A ranking of specialties on Defenders:

 Powerful defender — is the key player to improves pressing tactic. He loses more stamina in the sun, but gains defending in the rain.

 Head defender — improves chance of scoring on a set pieces, but can have negative effect from Technical wingers and forwards.

 Unpredictable defender — can eliminate negative effects with high defending, but needs good passing to create chances.

 Quick defender — can stop quick event from wingers and forwards, but has big negative drawback in losing defending in rain and sun.

 Technical defender — have no effects and may be useful only to playmaking (when playing offensive).