Mats Hummels has played a similar role as a Playmaker centre-back in a three-man back-line .
Although this position has become largely obsolete in modern football formations , due to the use of zonal marking , players such as Daniele De Rossi , Jérôme Boateng , Mats Hummels , Leonardo Bonucci and David Luiz have played a similar role as a ball-playing centre-back in a three-man back-line .
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