ball boy / girl

[English4everyone]

In a tennis match the person who picks up or collects the balls is a ball boy / girl. But how about in a football match? What do you call the person who picks up the balls in a fooball match?

[Kiwi watcher]

ball boy / girl .. as in tennis ..

[emsr2d2]

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[Rover_KE]

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Rover

[Rover_KE]

A lot of tennis commentators call them ball kids, but that only works when they are clearly children.

Rover

[SoothingDave]

I thought the goaltender was the one who can pick up the balls.

[emsr2d2]

I thought the goaltender was the one who can pick up the balls.

I think you mean the goalkeeper. We don't have goaltenders in soccer.