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Meanings of shirt number in English

Portuguese
número do uniforme
Spanish
numeracion deportiva
Catalan
dorsal
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Number worn on a sports player's uniform.

        número do uniforme
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        Examples for "uniform number"
        Examples for "uniform number"
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        After depositing six on the scoreboard, Elliott stuffed $21 -matching his uniform number -in the kettle.
        Reuters
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        His uniform number No.
        Reuters
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        The corporal uncovers the wagon to reveal four dead men, wearing baseball uniforms numbered 2, 5, 6, and 8.
        The new yorker
        1
        Phillip Cocu has not yet given him a squad number.
        The Guardian
        2
        The seven in CR7 refers to Ronaldo's squad number with Portugal and Real Madrid.
        Reuters
        3
        His band, by the way, has the modest moniker of S36, after his initial and squad number.
        The Guardian
        4
        Adebayor had not been included in the club's 25-man Barclays Premier League squad for this season or given a squad number.
        The Irish Times
        5
        With Farley now onboard for another season, Michael Bradley's squad number is up to 27, with contract negotiations still ongoing with a number of players.
        The Irish Times
        1
        The title refers to Robinson's jersey number with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
        Reuters
        2
        The company was named after Schilling's Major League jersey number.
        Reuters
        3
        Coincidentally, the goal came at the 33-second mark, which matched Henrik Sedin's jersey number.
        Reuters
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        It is the seventh jersey number retired by the franchise.
        Reuters
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        However, a procedural penalty for two Trojans wearing the same jersey number negated the return.
        Reuters
        Usage of shirt number in English
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        How a shirt number is being used to oppose homophobia in Brazil.
        The Guardian
        2
        Next man up When should a football club retire a player's shirt number?
        The Guardian
        3
        Elliot Lee has just gone on loan to Luton and asked to wear Dylan's shirt number.
        The Guardian
        4
        Australia captain Michael Clarke has announced that Phillip Hughes' one-day international shirt number of 64 will be retired.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Moments after the final siren, teammates held up four fingers in a salute to Montague's shirt number, according to reports.
        The Guardian
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        After scoring a second-half penalty, he held up two fingers on one hand and four on the other, marking Bryant's Lakers shirt number of 24.
        BBC
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        Everton manager Ronald Koeman appears to have signalled his intentions regarding his squad after five players were not given a shirt number for the fo(...)
        The Irish Times
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        Both sets of fans applauded in the 24th minute - five-time NBA champion Bryant wore shirt number 24 for the Los Angeles Lakers.
        BBC
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        Facebook Twitter Pinterest Shirt numbers are worn in the FA Cup final for the first time in 1933.
        The Guardian
        10
        Tottenham's academy is succeeding thanks to locally sourced players Read more Both scorelines and shirt numbers can be startlingly high.
        The Guardian
        11
        He had six teenagers on the bench and, in total, Arsenal's starting XI and seven substitutes wore shirt numbers totting up to 618.
        The Guardian
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        It was only a day after the shirt numbers were released when Pirates set the record straight by announcing that the player had retired.
        The South African
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        Numbers with Nicklas It's not unheard of, of course, for footballers to have preferred shirt numbers, but the poor souls at Arsenal would have needed(...)
        The Irish Times
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