Image source, Getty ImagesNorthern Ireland play Ukraine in Belfast on Saturday before travelling to Budapest to face Hungary on Tuesday
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Across his two spells as Northern Ireland boss, Michael O'Neill has been blessed with no shortage of centre-back talent.
Jonny Evans, Aaron Hughes, Gareth McAuley and Craig Cathcart were mainstays of his first stint in charge - so much so that, in some of the biggest games of O'Neill's managerial career at Euro 2016, the quartet all started across a flat back-four.
