"He played football yesterday"是英文表达“他昨天踢足球了”的一种方式。
其中，"played"是动词，表示过去发生的动作。"football"是名词，表示足球这个物品。"yesterday"是副词，表示动作发生的时间。
举例：
He played football yesterday. 他昨天踢足球了。
Yesterday, he played football. 昨天，他踢了足球。
He kicked the ball around yesterday. 他昨天踢球
另外还可以用"He went to play football yesterday" 或者"He had a game of football yesterday"来表达。