Nani Sepulveda

This Argentine defensive midfielder is an relentless engine of destruction, erasing attacks with surgically precise slides and boundless stamina. To sharpen her nerves, she insists a teammate smells a slice of lemon before kickoff, a ritual that leaves the locker room equal parts baffled and amused. While she dominates physically, her occasional lapses in tactical awareness force her to rely on sheer, frantic recovery speed to cover for her mistakes.