thủ môn

Cầu thủ thủ môn bắt bóng trong trận đấu.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Goalkeeper: A player in sports such as soccer or hockey whose primary role is to prevent the ball or puck from entering the goal. This is the most common and specific meaning.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Thủ môn đó đã cản phá một quả phạt đền. (That goalkeeper saved a penalty kick.)
  • Mỗi đội bóng chỉ có một thủ môn trên sân. (Each soccer team has only one goalkeeper on the field.)
  • Anh ấy mơ ước trở thành thủ môn chuyên nghiệp. (He dreams of becoming a professional goalkeeper.)

Advanced Usage

• The position is sometimes referred to in Vietnamese as "thủ thành", which is a direct synonym.
  • Thủ thành đội nhà đang thể hiện phong độ rất cao. (The home team's goalkeeper is in excellent form.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thủ thành (n): Goalkeeper. A synonym for .
• Người gác đền (n, idiomatic): Guardian of the goal. A more descriptive or literary term for a goalkeeper.

Synonyms

• Goalkeeper: The player who guards the goal.
• Keeper: A common shortened form in sports commentary.
• Goal tender: A term used primarily in ice hockey and sometimes in soccer.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Bức tường thép: Literally "steel wall." A complimentary idiom used to describe an exceptionally good goalkeeper who is very difficult to score against.
  • Thủ môn đội tuyển quốc gia được mệnh danh là bức tường thép. (The national team goalkeeper is dubbed the "steel wall.")