The phrase "a player against" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is competing or opposing another player in a game or sport.
Example: "In the championship match, she was a player against the reigning champion."
Alternatives: "an opponent of" or "a competitor against".
"I don't want to keep a player against his desire.
"But you didn't see a player (against Hull) not fully committed or giving everything they had.
Slay's point total was the most by a player against Syracuse this season.
"But this should not be seen as player versus club or dissension from a player against their employer.
Now head coach Mircea Lucescu, speaking to FourFourTwo, said: "I don't want to keep a player against his desire.
With that basket, Williams tied the record for 3-pointers by a player against the Knicks, with eight.
"So I would sincerely hope that Sir Alex Ferguson now speaks with Rio Ferdinand and asks him why he wanted to make that stand and hopefully supports the position he is in and it isn't seen as a player-against-manager situation".
"I would sincerely hope that Ferguson now speaks with Rio Ferdinand, asks him why he wanted to make that stand and hopefully supports the position he is in and it isn't seen as a player-against-manager situation".
"I would sincerely hope that Ferguson now speaks with Rio Ferdinand, asks him why he wanted to make that stand and hopefully supports the position he is in and it isn't seen as a player-against-manager situation". Viv Anderson, who became England's first black international player in 1978, believes Ferdinand was wrong to go against Ferguson.
"Imagine pitting a baseball player against a physicist in a contest to determine where a ball might land," he said.
Sloane Stephens vs. Petra Cetkovska Although it is a seeded player against a qualifier, whoever makes it out of this match could make it into the semifinals.
