Bayram van Noort

This lightning-fast Dutch center-back dominates strikers with surgical jockeying and anticipation, even if he lacks the pure physical strength of a traditional bruiser. To stay focused, he insists on crushing two raw peanuts inside his sock before kickoff, a bizarre ritual that his teammates can only watch with amused bewilderment. His elite defensive mind and humility mask a clinical operator who moves across the turf as if he were dancing.