When SV Darmstadt 98 head coach Dirk Schuster recently referred to Aytac Sulu as "one of the best defenders in the Bundesliga", he was not exaggerating.

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Darmstadt's no-nonsense skipper is one of the main reasons why the Lilies - back in the Bundesliga following a 33-year absence - have not spent a single second in the relegation zone in 2015/16 and go into the five remaining rounds of fixtures with a four-point cushion on the bottom three.

See for yourselves what the 30-year-old centre-back brings to the table by hitting the play button on the video above.

Sulu is the 2015/16 Bundesliga campaign's highest-scoring defender on seven goals.He made his Bundesliga debut, aged 29.The Heidelberg-born defender has won 64.4 per cent of his attempted challenges.

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