组织核心（Playmaker），为足球员上的一个特定的风格，并不是一个固定岗位，主要为己队制定进攻流程，大多会通过传球产生入球得分。

组织核心能定夺一场比赛的节奏和准绳，协调整个球队的发挥。技术上，组织核心球员首要传球准绳、控球妥当和广阔的球场视野和具有阅读球赛能力。而普遍亦具有上佳处理罚球能力。

而最伟大的组织核心(如阿根廷的马勒当拿)更具创造性和会作出出奇不意的进攻、射门或致命的发送。而那种令球迷出奇不意的惊奇的赞叹，令球迷比喻他们为球场上艺术家。

In association football, a playmaker is a player who controls the flow of the team's offensive play, and is often involved in passing moves which lead to goals, thanks to their vision, technique, ball control, creativity, and passing ability.

In English football, the term overlaps somewhat with an attacking midfielder, but the two types of midfielders are not necessarily the same, as playmakers are not necessarily constrained to a single position. Several playmakers can also operate on the wings, or as a creative, supporting striker; some can also function in a more central midfield role, alternating between playing in more offensive roles and participating in the build-up plays in the midfield. Other players still function as deep-lying playmakers, in a free role, behind the mid-field line. Playmakers are not usually known for their defensive capabilities, which is why they are often supported by a defensive midfielder. As many midfielders and forwards have the aforementioned creative and technical attributes, they tend to be the playmakers of a team.