Ismail Abbas

After a freak bungee-jumping spinal injury nearly ended his career, this towering Algerian centre-back channeled his recovery into a relentless, assertive dominance on the pitch. Standing at 190cm, he combines elite jockeying and surgical slide tackles with an unshakeable stamina, though he sometimes leaves himself vulnerable by gambling too aggressively on early interceptions. He is a defensive force who uses his past trauma as fuel to lock down any attacker foolish enough to cross his path.