Dayane Fontenele

This Brazilian virtuoso dances through defenders with hypnotic close control, though her lack of stamina sometimes forces her to turn final stretches of matches into displays of brute force. She still remembers walking away from a lucrative contract after insisting on wearing her custom solid-gold boots, even though they seriously hindered her sprint speed. Her boundless audacity on the pitch more than compensates for her struggle to maintain a high tempo over ninety minutes.