"false number 9" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the traditional use of the number 9 for centre-forwards, and the difference from a traditional centre-forward, who would stay near the line of defenders until an opportunity arose to move past them toward goal.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "false number 9s",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "false number 9 (plural false number 9s)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Football (soccer)",
          "orig": "en:Football (soccer)",
          "parents": [
            "Football",
            "Ball games",
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 August 7, Jonathan Liew, “Phil Foden stars to offer Manchester City glimpse of multiple futures”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "not in his favoured midfield role, either but as a false No 9: the sort of role Guardiola only hands to his chosen, crystalline few: Mario Götze at Bayern Munich (less successfully), Lionel Messi at Barcelona (a little more so).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An unconventional lone striker or centre-forward who drops deep into midfield."
      ],
      "id": "en-false_number_9-en-noun-1UKDZvcc",
      "links": [
        [
          "soccer",
          "soccer"
        ],
        [
          "striker",
          "striker"
        ],
        [
          "centre-forward",
          "centre-forward"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(soccer) An unconventional lone striker or centre-forward who drops deep into midfield."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "false 9"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "falso"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "false number 9"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From the traditional use of the number 9 for centre-forwards, and the difference from a traditional centre-forward, who would stay near the line of defenders until an opportunity arose to move past them toward goal.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "false number 9s",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "false number 9 (plural false number 9s)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms spelled with numbers",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss",
        "en:Football (soccer)"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 August 7, Jonathan Liew, “Phil Foden stars to offer Manchester City glimpse of multiple futures”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "not in his favoured midfield role, either but as a false No 9: the sort of role Guardiola only hands to his chosen, crystalline few: Mario Götze at Bayern Munich (less successfully), Lionel Messi at Barcelona (a little more so).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An unconventional lone striker or centre-forward who drops deep into midfield."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soccer",
          "soccer"
        ],
        [
          "striker",
          "striker"
        ],
        [
          "centre-forward",
          "centre-forward"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(soccer) An unconventional lone striker or centre-forward who drops deep into midfield."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "false 9"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falso"
    }
  ],
  "word": "false number 9"
}