All players must wear shinguards. That's Law 4 of the FIFA regulations regarding the players' equipment. A link can be found below.
You may wear a scrum cap and at some levels, you may wear soft shinguards.
the small ones with no shin blockers .
Playing soccer is a very simple game. The only thing you really need to wear are shinguards, and a mouth guard(opptional), cleats, and long socks to go over the shinguards.
No player would wear shin pads in rugby, there is no need for them.
Catchers mask, chest protector, shinguards, and a cup.
wore a shirt, shorts, sneakers, and a pair of shinguards.
soccer jersey, soccer shorts, soccer socks, shinguards, and cleats.
The Laws of the Game state that secure shinguards must be worn by all players in a football match.
Yes you do. You wear them underneath your socks so that they can hold the shinguards up and you have a little bit more protection. Also it makes you kick harder than you would if you had the shinguards over your socks. (and if you wore the shinguards over the socks, there wouldn't be much point in the socks.)
You can look in a store that sells sports equipment for deodorant for soccer shinguards. But when my shinguards are smelly, I rub hand sanitizer on them. What makes stuff stink is bacteria, and the hand sanitizer will kill the bacteria, thus making the stench go away.
To keep your shinguards in place.
its just called football they have to wear clothes