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Masaya Takagi

After overcoming a childhood fear of the dark by facing his nightmares under the stadium floodlights, this Japanese centre-back commands respect with surgical slide tackles and a dominant aerial presence. Although a lack of raw physical aggression can occasionally leave him vulnerable against bulky strikers, his tireless stamina and elite jockeying skills make him an almost impenetrable wall. He anchors the defence with pure assertiveness, masking any minor technical lapses with the fierce drive of a man who refuses to ever be beaten.