4) Miranda
The most astonishing thing about Miranda is that he only moved to Europe in 2011, at the age of 27. The fact that no European clubs moved for him earlier (apart from a short spell at Sochaux as a youngster) is amazing considering he was in the Brazilian league “team of the year” in 2007, 2008, 2009 AND 2010. The Atletico Madrid centre-back has everything, and has been the best centre-back in the world over the last 12 months.