Gulbakhor Ismailova

This reserved two-meter tall Uzbek goalkeeper channeled the trauma of losing her only childhood football to a desert sandstorm into a ferocious drive that forged her supernatural reflexes. While her command of the box can occasionally be shaky, her sheer physical presence and positioning make her a virtually impassable wall. Her silence on the pitch is merely the calm focus of a keeper who lives to deny every single strike.