BENJAMIN PAVARD

Age: 22| Position: Right-back Club: VfB Stuttgart

His wonder-strike against Argentina is one of the contenders for the goal of the tournament. In the beginning, he was just a back-up but has made the right-back position his own.

His flexibility to play on the right or as a centre-back, as he does in Bundesliga, has earned him comparisons with Lilian Thuram.