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GOALKEEPER
Vozinha (Cape Verde)
Cape Verde's goalkeeper Vozinha waving after losing the 2026 World Cup round-of-32 match against Argentina at the Miami Stadium on July 3.
PHOTO: AFP
If you had said that Cape Verde would keep clean sheets against Spain and Saudi Arabia, hold Uruguay and force Argentina into extra time in the knockout stages of this World Cup, you would have been laughed out of town. But that is exactly what the tiny African island did. Much of that improbable run was down to their 40-year-old custodian Vozinha, who made a total of 18 saves – eight against Argentina and seven against Spain.
DEFENDERS
William Saliba (France)
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