E. Sviatchenko

E. Sviatchenko brings a decade and a half of European top-flight experience to the Houston Dynamo backline. The 34-year-old Danish international, wearing shirt number 28, is a centre-back who reads the game ahead of the play rather than chasing it. Standing at 184 cm, he uses his frame to win aerial duels and his positioning to cut out through balls before they develop into chances. Sviatchenko’s game is built on calm distribution out of the back and the kind of organisational comman...