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what do you call a soccer / football player's 'top' with name and number

English translation: shirt


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English term or phrase: what do you call a soccer / football player's 'top' with name and number
Regretfully I'm no sports fan therefore I would like to double check: what do soccer / football players wear, i.e. the top (I specifically try to avoid using any garment names) usually with the team player's name and number?
TIA
Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
Poland
Local time: 12:24
English translation:shirt
Explanation:
Try googling - "Manchester United shirt" site:uk -
versus
- "Manchester United jersey" site:uk -

Both are correct, of course, but I''d say "shirt" is more common, at least in the UK - also as in phrases like "shirt pulling", for example.
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TonyTK
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Summary of answers provided
4 +17shirtTonyTK
4 +11jersey
Kim Metzger
5 +1soccer jersey
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Discussion entries: 7





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +11
jersey


Explanation:
Is the usual term.

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 05:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  eesegura: Ya just beat me to it...! ;oD
15 mins
agree  sueaberwoman: FWIW, according to number of ghits, it seems that jersey is now the accepted term for team sport shirts in the US, though shirt is possible too.
1 hr
agree  Stephanie Ezrol: It's been a jersey in the US before there was a Google
2 hrs
agree  Robert Kleemaier: with sueaberwoman
2 hrs
agree  Travelin Ann
3 hrs
agree  Veronika McLaren
4 hrs
agree  JaneTranslates: I've heard "jersey" all my life.
5 hrs
agree  Joyce A: It's the first word that came to mind.
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agree  John Detre
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agree  urbom: For US English, yes.
11 hrs
agree  Lucinda: Jersey or sport jersey
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neutral  John Bowden: Depends if you want the term used in the USA or the UK - in the UK it's always "(football) shirt"
20 hrs
  -> Yes, it depends.
neutral  Andycarruk: If you're talking about "soccer" (generally used in the US to differentiate it from [American] football) then jersey may be correct. Unfortunately elsewhere both soccer and jersey are irremediably outdated. "Football shirt" is used outside the US.
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
soccer jersey


Explanation:
Soccer jersey

simulacra
United States
Local time: 06:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in TurkishTurkish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Andrew Mason: Curiously enough, I think that if you use the sport as an adjective - no need of course dependng on the context - one would probably say 'soccer jersey', but 'football shirt'....
22 mins
agree  sueaberwoman: FWIW, according to number of ghits, it seems that jersey is now the accepted term for shirts for team sports in the US, though shirt is possible too. Football being a different sport altogether for which players in the US wear football jerseys...
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +17
shirt


Explanation:
Try googling - "Manchester United shirt" site:uk -
versus
- "Manchester United jersey" site:uk -

Both are correct, of course, but I''d say "shirt" is more common, at least in the UK - also as in phrases like "shirt pulling", for example.


TonyTK
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mediamatrix: This is certainly the usual term in the UK.
4 mins
agree  Andrew Mason: I think Tony is right - both are correct, but shirt would be the more usual term. It also distinguishes it from the equivalent in rugby where defintitely 'jersey' is the right term.
5 mins
agree  Mark Nathan
15 mins
agree  cmwilliams
16 mins
agree  Jack Doughty
31 mins
agree  Andrey Belousov
1 hr
agree  Phillippa Bennett
1 hr
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
3 hrs
agree  urbom: For UK English, yes.
11 hrs
agree  kmtext: Certainly in the UK.
12 hrs
agree  Dr. Andrew Frankland
12 hrs
agree  Vicky Nash: In the UK definitely
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agree  Wil Hardman: UK = shirt 100%
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agree  Liam Hamilton
16 hrs
agree  John Bowden: "shirt" is definitely the one to use for "soccer" football) in the UK - "jersey" can be used for rugby, but otherwise a "jersey" is a pullover
20 hrs
agree  Empty Whiskey Glass
1 day11 hrs
agree  solarstone
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