Captain (association football)
The team captain of a football team is a team member who is chosen to be the leader during a football match. Mostly a captain is an older or more experienced player. A team captain often wears an armband.
Tasks
The captain has to participate in the coin toss before the match and before a penalty shootout. Referees mostly talk to the captain about the behaviour of him and his team mates. When the team wins a trophy it is given to the captain.
Vice-captain
A vice-captain (or assistant captain) is a player that is expected to captain the side when the club's captain is not playing.
Similarly, some clubs also name a 3rd captain, a 4th captain, or even a 5th captain to take the role of captain when both the captain and vice-captain are unavailable.
Captain (association Football) Media
A captain's armband with FIFA's "My Game is Fair Play" slogan printed on it
United States captain Abby Wambach (left, in red) and England captain Steph Houghton (right, in white) shake hands before kickoff, 2015
Francesco Totti, Roma captain, lifting the 2007–08 Coppa Italia
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