Rosario Almeida

Towering over the pitch, this Ecuadorian force pairs frightening pace with immense strength, a defensive titan who only discovered her speed after spending a year overcoming a rare inner-ear disorder that wrecked her balance. While her tactical reading remains a work in progress, she remains devastatingly calm, gliding into clinical slide tackles and leaping with an almost gravity-defying grace. Her near-fatal stumble taught her to control the chaos, turning every challenge into a masterclass of controlled aggression.