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#2 Thibaut Courtois
After a rather shaky season with Chelsea, all eyes were on Thibaut Courtois as he strode out onto the biggest stage in the sporting world - but not one of those eyes would have found something to whine about.
Courtois was superb during the competition - hardly tested against Panama, Tunisia, or the England B side, good against Japan (couldn't do much about either of the two superlative Japanese strikes), absolutely world-class against a Brazil side that used his goal for incessant target practice, and superb against France.
Courtois' Brazil performance alone guarantees him a place in this list - but his assured presence throughout the tournament has to be taken special note of.
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