The phrase "as a central player in the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or something that plays a significant or crucial role in a particular context or situation.
Example: "The company has established itself as a central player in the renewable energy sector, driving innovation and sustainability."
Alternatives: "as a key participant in the" or "as a major contributor to the".
It has consolidated Assad's power base, weakened the opposition, and secured Moscow's position as a central player in the crisis.
But now, as President Obama's health care push has run into trouble, Mr. Rivera has emerged as a central player in the effort to save Mr. Obama's effort.
Mr. Belmokhtar might also be seeking to reassert his role as a central player in the factionalized Islamist politics of the region after a recent move by the local Qaeda affiliate to push him aside.
The Rev. Al Sharpton's emergence as a central player in the Democratic primary runoff for mayor in New York presents vast political opportunities and a thicket of risks for both Fernando Ferrer and Mark Green.
Poland, whose economy has strengthened since it joined the EU in 2004, now sees itself as a central player in the union and is determined to defend the rights of the 700,000 Polish citizens in the UK, the vast majority of whom are in work.
On her first night as a central player in the Fox News prime-time lineup, Megyn Kelly scored impressively with the network's core audience of older viewers, but did not register much improvement in attracting additional viewers in the category that makes money for cable news networks, viewers between the ages of 25 and 54.
He prefers to wave off any discussion about his role as a central player in those efforts.
The membrane receptor BRI1 is a central player in the brassinosteroid signaling cascade.
These studies underline the importance of the lysosome as a central player in cell metabolism.
As a central player in canonical Wnt signaling, β-catenin dictates the signaling intensity through its cellular levels and subcellular localization.
Mitochondrial dysfunction, which has been implicated as a central player in aging theories for several decades, is among the nine recently characterized hallmarks of aging [ 1].
