Osvaldo Bonini

A reserved midfield virtuoso, he weaves through defenses with breathtaking agility and lethal acceleration, though his occasionally clumsy close-quarters control can prove baffling. To lock in before kickoff, he insists on loudly reciting nursery rhymes to his left boot in the locker room, a bizarre ritual that leaves his teammates exchanging bemused, sideways glances. Once the whistle blows, however, his clinical intuition makes everyone quickly forget his eccentric preparation.