Gareth Parker

This flamboyant New Zealand midfielder dominates the air with gravity-defying leaps and lethal close control, having overcome a childhood struggle of being too short to reach the top-shelf snacks to become a titan of the pitch. Though his first touch can occasionally be sloppy, he compensates with relentless, aggressive strength that brushes defenders aside with ease. Fuelled by that old hunger for stature, he now turns every inch of his 183cm frame into a dazzling spectacle of technical dominance.