Versatile Leigh Broxham transforms into Melbourne Victory's most important player Alex Brosque of Sydney FC competes for the ball against Leigh Broxham of Victory. IS Leigh Broxham Melbourne Victory's most important player? Just 18 months after his A-League career appeared doomed, the one-trick pony has reinvented himself to become indispensable. He is the first player on Kevin Muscat's teamsheet each week, and even if it's as a substitute, he's generally the first one to come on. And it hasn't gone unnoticed by his peers, dubbed "Mascherano" by teammates for his ability to seamlessly switch from midfield to defence like the Argentina and Barcelona star Javier Mascherano. "He should change his name to Mascherano, switching from midfield to the centre-back role,"" said goalkeeper Nathan Coe. Leigh Broxham of Melbourne Victory has played all across the park. Every time he's filled in there he's played well. Whatever position he's picked he does a great job. He's a very good leader."" And the stats support Coe's notion. After playing in 34 of Victory's 35 competitive games last season (including the Asian Champions League), Fox Sports Stats reveal that Broxham has played four positions in six games this season. And after Victory failed to keep a clean sheet for 22 games, they haven't conceded in two of their last three games. On both occasions Broxham played as stopper - alongside Mark Milligan against Wellington and then Adrian Leijer last Saturday against Sydney FC, where he polled a vote in the Newscorp player of the year award. Victory has already used a record 21 players with Milligan, Kosta Barbarouses, Scott Galloway, Jason Geria, Daniel Georgievski and Connor Pain all missing games through international duty. It also highlights Muscat's outstanding pre-season recruiting, where he has compiled one of the strongest squads in A-League history. Competition for places will remain red-hot at Victory, but one of the guys you can guarantee a spot on the 16-man team-sheet is Broxham. Leigh Broxham's stats 2014-15 6 games, 4 starts, 2 sub appearances. Positions since start of last season: Defensive midfield 19 Centre back 6 Right-back 5 Centre midfield 3