Rossana Paredes

This imposing Paraguayan center-back dominates attackers with a calm ferocity and blistering speed, though she occasionally lacks vertical leap. Before every match, she insists on kissing the right shin of every substitute for good luck, leaving her teammates laughing at this ritual as absurd as it is unwavering. Her relentless work rate more than compensates for her lack of aerial agility in crucial duels.