Pitu Tapia

Towering over attackers, this Argentine defensive maestro blends relentless aerial dominance with lightning-quick slide tackles, though his occasional lapses in physicality can be puzzling. To sharpen his focus, he insists on loudly reciting nursery rhymes to his shin guards in the tunnel, a quirk his teammates ignore by putting on headphones to escape the recital. He remains an unstoppable force in the air who effortlessly anchors the backline with his immense leaping ability.