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Denmark v Germany - Group B: UEFA EURO 2012

Centre-back: Dante, Brazil

The second Brazilian to feature on this list does so with good merit. He was the unsung hero in Bayern’s treble triumph along with Javi Martinez, and he has the next year or so to build on his excellent performances for both club and country and to oust one of David Luiz or Thiago Silva from the centre-back berth.

About the author

Professional Journalist Gautam Viswanathan has one very simple dream: he wants to commentate at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

A post-graduate from the University of Sheffield in the UK, Gautam is an NCTJ accredited journalist, who in his own words is an "impartial journalist first, Arsenal fan second".

Gautam writes for several publications including Network 18's Firstpost, Italian Football Site Footy News 24 and Sportskeeda and divides his time between Bangalore, India and Muscat, Oman.

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