playing career

collocation in English

meaningsofplayandcareer

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play
noun
uk
/pleɪ/us
/pleɪ/
a piece of writing that is intended to be acted in a theatre or on radio ...
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career
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈrɪər/us
/kəˈrɪr/
the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially if you continue to get better jobs and earn ...
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(Definition ofplayandcareerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is often little or no finance or opportunity for them to continue their career when theirplayingcareercomes to an end.
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The whole of hisplayingcareeris ruined and his income ceases very quickly.
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He ended hisplayingcareerafter the 198182 season in the same club.
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He ended hisplayingcareerafter the 1946 season.
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Throughout hisplayingcareer, he was a left half.
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A neck injury forced a premature end to hisplayingcareerin 1992.
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His success was short-lived, however, as he broke his arm in, and a torn ligament in his leg prematurely ended hisplayingcareer.
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Hisplayingcareerwas severely restricted due to injuries.
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Subtitles includes the players thoughts and observations on hisplayingcareer.
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Hisplayingcareerended after the 1954 season.
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However, he spent most of hisplayingcareerin the minor leagues.
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Hisplayingcareerended after the 1975 campaign.
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Overall, he made 604 professional league appearances in aplayingcareerspanning 23 years from 1977 to 2000.
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As a player he was a midfielder who played from 1994 to 2003, hisplayingcareerbeing cut short by a serious knee injury.
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Hisplayingcareerwas ended in 2003 due to injury.
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He became a head coach after ending hisplayingcareer.
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Whilst studying he suffered a severe injury which caused hisplayingcareerto stop.
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He won a total of $709 during hisplayingcareer.
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Many excellent coaches were not selected for theirplayingcareer.
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But hisplayingcareercontinued for much longer at non-league level.
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