The phrase "a competent player" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe someone who has the necessary skills and abilities to perform well in a game or sport.
Example: "After watching the match, it was clear that she is a competent player who understands the strategies of the game."
Alternatives: "a skilled player" or "an adept player."
It was nice to hear Mr. Frank at 82 still such a competent player.
Splitter, a competent player on both ends with real size, remains the conventional choice to receive the most minutes as the Spurs near and then enter the playoffs.
The man he ranks closest to so far is Byron Leftwich – a competent player, but one who would go on to work more seasons as a backup than as a starter.
General Manager Sandy Alderson made it clear that the Mets found it preferable to hold onto a competent player like Scott Hairston, even if he had some trade value, because every victory mattered in the effort to restore credibility to the franchise.
Highly rated enough to be linked with Chelsea while coming through at Mallorca, and a competent player in La Liga until his move to Teesside last summer, Nsue seemed at one point to be on track for a more exalted stage.
After the Danes' refusal last September to adopt Europe's single currency, the Swedes are unlikely to seek to join it soon, though Mr Persson has ended his years of hesitation by saying he is in favour of doing so in principle".The most important thing for me is that our presidency is regarded as professional and that we are seen as a competent player in the EU," says Mr Persson.
I was actually a competent musician.
"He was a competent bass player," Mr. Eli recalled.
"I guess I did, but I didn't really ever feel like a competent bass player.
That was not to be. Watson was a competent soccer player, a defensive midfielder who played for his school and used to attend clinics put on by City.
The firm's strengths in the education and creative-content markets are real enough, and, by directing all its energies into those markets, Jobs may be able to turn Apple into a competent niche player.
