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==Second striker==
[[File:Wayne Rooney 144855.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Wayne Rooney]], shown wearing the number 10 [[Kit (association football)|jersey]], was used at [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] as a second striker on many occasions, playing behind the number 9.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704454304575081233778123888 |title=Wayne's World: Rooney Leads the Field |work=The Wall Street Journal |last1=Clegg |first1=Jonathan |date=23 February 2010 |access-date=21 January 2020 }}</ref>]]
Deep-lying forwards or second strikers have a long history in the game, but the terminology to describe their playing activity has varied over the years. Originally such players were termed inside forwards, creative or deep-lying centre-forwards ("sub forwards"). More recently, the role has occasionally been colloquially referred to as the centre-forward role, however, two more variations of this old type of player have developed: the second, or shadow, or support, or auxiliary striker and, in what is in fact a distinct position unto its own, the number 10;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://afootballreport.com/post/9738165711/the-essence-of-the-number-10-a-beginners-guide|title=The Essence of the Number 10: A Beginner's Guide|website=Afootballreport.com|access-date=12 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Mancini: THE NUMBER 10">{{cite web|url=http://www.robertomancini.com/en/calciatore-2/il-numero-10.html|title=THE NUMBER 10|publisher=www.robertomancini.com|last=Mancini|first=Roberto|access-date=8 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="question"/> the former role is exemplified by players such as [[Dennis Bergkamp]] (who would play just behind the striker [[Thierry Henry]] at [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/thierry-henry-arsenal-most-premier-league-assists-season-200203-van-nistelrooy-golden-boot |title=Thierry Henry's assist record of 2002/03: how Arsenal's talisman reinvented the Premier League striker |publisher=FourFourTwo |last1=Haugstad |first1=Thore |date=25 October 2019 |access-date=21 January 2020 }}</ref> [[Alessandro Del Piero]] at [[Juventus FC|Juventus]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2006/agosto/23/Del_Piero_mezzo_Come_Baggio_ga_10_060823083.shtml |title="Del Piero è un 9 e mezzo" Come Baggio per Platini |trans-title="Del Piero is a 9 and a half" Like Baggio was for Platini |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it |last1=Luca |first1=Curino |date=23 August 2006 |access-date=9 January 2020 }}</ref> [[Youri Djorkaeff]] at [[Inter Milan]],<ref name=musica>{{cite news|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1996/10/14/dribbling-tiro-la-musica-di-djorkaeff.html|title=Dribbling e tiro. È la musica di Djorkaeff|trans-title=Dribbling and shooting. This is the music of Djorkaeff|work=la Repubblica|last=Mura|first=Gianni|language=it|date=14 October 1996|page=36}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/1998/agosto/04/Inter_esame_gioiellino_Owen_ga_0_9808041948.shtml|title=l' Inter fa l' esame al gioiellino Owen|trans-title=Inter tests the little jewel Owen|work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=it|date=4 August 1998|access-date=18 December 2014}}</ref><ref name=coppia>{{cite news|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1998/03/03/ronaldo-djorkaeff-mai-la-stessa-coppia.html|title=Ronaldo e Djorkaeff mai la stessa coppia|trans-title=Ronaldo and Djorkaeff never the same pair|last=Piva|first=Gianni|work=la Repubblica|language=it|date=3 March 1998|page=50}}</ref> or [[Teddy Sheringham]] at Tottenham Hotspur.<ref name="Shed no tears for Teddy">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2401463/Shed-no-tears-for-Teddy.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2401463/Shed-no-tears-for-Teddy.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Shed no tears for Teddy|work=The Telegraph|last=Barclay|first=Patrick|date=11 May 2003|access-date=18 December 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Other creative offensive players who play further back, such as [[Lionel Messi]], [[Diego Maradona]], [[Ronaldinho]], [[Kaká]], [[Rivaldo]], [[Michael Laudrup]], and [[Zinedine Zidane]] are often instead described as the "number 10", and usually operate as an [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|attacking midfielder]] or advanced [[playmaker]].<ref name="question">[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2010/aug/18/what-is-a-playmakers-role-in-modern-game "The Question: What is a playmaker's role in the modern game?"]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 27 December 2019</ref>
The second striker position is a loosely defined and most often misunderstood description of a player positioned in a free role, somewhere between the out-and-out striker, whether the player is a "target man" or more of a "poacher", and the number 10 or attacking midfielder, while possibly showing some of the characteristics of both. In fact, a term coined by French advanced playmaker [[Michel Platini]], the "nine-and-a-half", which he used to describe the playing role of his successor in the number 10 role at Juventus, Italian playmaker [[Roberto Baggio]], has been an attempt to become a standard in defining the position.<ref>{{cite web |title=AdTech Ad Roberto Baggio:| 'Allenare l'Italia? Non si sa mai' |url=http://www.calciomercato.pro/news/roberto-baggio-allenare-l-italia-non-si-sa-mai-826328 |website=Calciomercato.pro|date=May 2011 |access-date=12 January 2015}}</ref> Conceivably, a number 10 can alternate as a second-striker provided that the player is also a prolific goalscorer; otherwise, a mobile forward with good technical ability ([[Dribbling#Association football|dribbling]] skills and ball control), acceleration, vision, passing, and link-up play, who can receive the ball and retain possession, in addition to being capable of scoring goals and [[Passing (association football)|creating opportunities]] for a less versatile centre-forward, is more suited to playing in the second striker role. This player should also be able to position themselves well in order to receive passes and subsequently either create or finish off a goalscoring opportunity. They should also be capable of finishing well with either foot as well as their head (which is less common, seeing as many second strikers are diminutive creative players),<ref name="alla Zidane"/> as this will lead to a good scoring percentage on attempts on goal and give their team an advantage offensively. Although they are often deployed in a free role, and given "licence to roam", and either run forward, or drop further back in order to pick up the ball in deeper areas, giving them more time and space in possession, second or support strikers do not tend to get as involved in the orchestration of attacks as the number 10, nor do they bring as many other players into play, since they do not share the burden of responsibility, functioning predominantly in a supporting role as [[Assist (football)|assist]] providers.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/rules_and_equipment/4197254.stm |title=Positions guide: Behind the striker |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=21 June 2008 |date=1 September 2005 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.football-italia.net/96186/rise-seconda-punta |title=Rise of the Seconda Punta |publisher=Football Italia |last1=Murray |first1=Greg |date=29 December 2016 |access-date=9 January 2020 }}</ref> In Italy, this role is known as a "rifinitore", "mezzapunta", or "seconda punta",<ref name="Platini: Baggio, Il Fu Nove E Mezzo">{{cite web|url=http://www.eatsport.net/2012/roberto-baggio-il-nove-e-mezzo/ |title=Platini: Baggio, Il Fu Nove E Mezzo |language=it |access-date=16 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604152313/http://www.eatsport.net/2012/roberto-baggio-il-nove-e-mezzo/ |archive-date=4 June 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_italiano/M/mezzapunta.shtml |title=mezzapunta |work=Il Corriere della Sera |language=it |access-date=21 May 2020 }}</ref> whereas in Brazil, it is known as "segundo atacante"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Guimarães|first1=Levy|title=Segundo atacante: uma posição em desuso|url=http://doentesporfutebol.com.br/2013/06/segundo-atacante-uma-posicao-em-desuso/|website=Doentes por Futebol|access-date=13 August 2016|date=2 June 2013|archive-date=27 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227011038/https://doentesporfutebol.com.br/2013/06/segundo-atacante-uma-posicao-em-desuso/|url-status=dead}}</ref> or "ponta-de-lança".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://footballsgreatest.weebly.com/second-strikers.html|title=The Greatest Second Strikers / Inside Forwards of All Time|access-date=5 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206074856/http://footballsgreatest.weebly.com/second-strikers.html|archive-date=6 February 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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