Hello everyone and welcome to Soccer 101.

My name is Joe Lowry, and on this episode, we're digging into some of soccer's most famous roles.

No, not roles like the ones Neymar does after he absorbs even the tiniest bit of contact.

When I say roles, I mean the specific jobs that players have on the field.

Today, we're going to look at three player roles, the Rajusta, the Enganche, and the Ramdeutter.

Right off the bat, you'll notice that all three of the terms I just threw out there

aren't English.

For that reason, we, and by we I mean English speakers, don't really use them in our day-to-day

conversations about soccer.

We don't need to, because we have our own words to describe those roles.

Terms like Rajista, Engan Ganche and Ram Doiter aren't necessarily

an essential part of our modern soccer vernacular, but that doesn't mean they're not important

in their own way. These words and the ideas behind them open a window for us to peer into

soccer's global history. Learning about these player roles reminds us of soccer's diversity,

gives us insight into the sports past, and helps us remember some of its most iconic players. So, with all of that

in mind, let's talk cool-sounding player roles, shall we? Starting with the regista. Looking at the term

itself, regista is an Italian word, that when you plug it into Google Translate or any other suitable translation service means director, like a movie director.

And that's exactly what the regista does on the soccer field.

They direct the scenes happening around them.

It's believed that the idea of a regista developed from the center half role in in former Italian national team manager, Vittorio Pozo's 2323 formation, a formation that was popular in the early to mid-20th century, and is actually coming back into Vogue today.

Pozo wanted a player in his first line of three, who could sit in front of the defenders and help control the

game from deep areas. Enter the director. Pozo's director didn't need to cover a bunch of ground

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