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#5 Marquinhos and Rodrigo Caio (Brazil)
A duo that has already won silverware for their nation, they were at the heart of the Brazilian defence for the victorious side which won the Olympic gold at Rio 2016.
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Marquinhos has been one of the most recognizable young centre-backs in world football since he moved to Serie A to join AS Roma at the very tender age of 18. Since his mega-money move to PSG, his status has only risen and is now a regular for club and country (alongside club teammate and captain Thiago Silva).
Caio is yet to hit the same heights, still playing his football in Brazil with Corinthians, a state of affairs that is not expected to last for too long.
Extremely fast for a central defender, Marquinhos’ agility, ball-winning abilities, and aggression are a perfect complement to Caio’s more nuanced style of game reading, intercepting and opening the game up with raking long balls from defence.
With the old guard of Silva, Miranda and David Luiz not expected to be regulars after the World Cup, this pair is already been spoken of as the next central defensive pairing for the Canarinho (Little Canary).
Marquinhos is very much the senior player of the pairing in terms of caps (23) while Caio has gotten four (4).
