Football players are athletes who play football professionally. It should be noted that while some parts of the world use the word “football” to describe soccer, actual football refers to the American version of the sport. Football players have various duties outside of the field, such as attending regular practice sessions, memorizing complex attack/defense patterns, and keeping themselves in peak physical and mental shape in order to be able to provide a perfect performance on the field. To become a football player, one must usually display interest in the sport from an early age, in order to attract the attention of a professional coach.
