Ousmane Konate

This Guinean defensive wall launches himself like a missile to clear every ball, often signaling to the crowd he has already won the duel mid-air. His arrogance is only matched by his blistering recovery pace, though his clumsy habit of tripping over his own shadow during simple warm-ups keeps him from true perfection. Legend has it he once convinced a referee to overturn a yellow card by serenading him with a song about his own defensive brilliance.