'Footballer' and 'football player', which is more common?
Also, do we have any other similar expression? I mean the word of the sport plus '-er' make a new word.

Thank you!

Question

'Footballer' and 'football player', which is more common?
Also, do we have any other similar expression? I mean the word of the sport plus '-er' make a new word.

Thank you!

Answer

I recon "footballer" - it's quicker to say!

However you couldn't say "volleyballer" you would say volleyball player.

Some that I can think of that are fine are: horse rider, swimmer, runner...

Answer

It depends which football you are talking about ;). For American football, football player is more used. For soccer players, footballer seems to be the way to say it but to be sure we should wait for a European to chime in ;).

Hope this helps!