Wellet Zabre

A commanding leader in the defensive line, this Burkinabe center-back combines elite verticality and blinding speed to make interceptions look like poetry, even if her uncharacteristically polite style of play occasionally frustrates. Before every match, she insists on dropping a single dried peanut into one shoe of each teammate for good luck, a bizarre quirk her squad has learned to tolerate with a mix of sighs and smiles. While her gentle aggression levels can sometimes leave her too forgiving on the ball, her charisma and aerial dominance make her an undisputed titan of the pitch.