Looking for the best wonderkid Centre Backs in FM23? We've got a shortlist of all the best Centre Backs Wonderkids in Football Manager 2023, Centre Backs wonderkids are the best young players aged under 21 with high potential ability that are guaranteed to be good Centre Backs in FM2023.

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These are the best young Centre Backs in Football Manager 2023 as rated by their potential ability in the Centre Back position. Some of these are wonderkid Centre Backs in FM23 meaning they are guaranteed to develop to be one of the best Centre Backs in FM2023. Don't be put off by the fact that some of these Centre Backs may not be very good Centre Backs at the start of FM 2023, they have potential to develop and become one of the top Centre Backs in FM2023. Others will already have high current abilities and be some of the best Centre Backs in FM 2023 already.

Name Age Position Wage Value Cost Expires Rating Potential
William Saliba 21 D C £40k £139m £300m 30-06-2024
Wesley Fofana 21 D C £230k £96m £234m 30-06-2029
Jurriën Timber 21 D RC, DM £65k £87m £300m 30-06-2025
Levi Colwill 19 D LC £15k £48m £140m 30-06-2025
Marc Guéhi 21 D C £45k £56m £67m 30-06-2026
El Chadaille Bitshiabu 17 D C £2k £9m £28m 30-06-2024
António Silva 18 D C £7k £33m £108m 30-06-2027
Giorgio Scalvini 18 D C, DM £43k £45m £151m 30-06-2027
Eric García 21 D C £50k £28m £66m 30-06-2026
Joško Gvardiol 20 D LC £59k £79m £226m 30-06-2027
Benoît Badiashile 21 D C £120k £62m £140m 30-06-2030
Mattia Viti 20 D C £10k £17m £43m 30-06-2027
Caleb Okoli 20 D C £17k £20m £52m 30-06-2026
Lutsharel Geertruida 21 D RC, DM £8k £46m £33m 30-06-2024
Malick Thiaw 20 D C £17k £14m £33m 30-06-2027
Strahinja Pavlović 21 D C £22k £14m £30m 30-06-2027
Micky van de Ven 21 D LC £12k £36m £82m 30-06-2025
Enzo Boyomo 20 D RC £5k £3m £237k 30-06-2024
Flavius Daniliuc 21 D C £11k £8m £9m 30-06-2026
Gonçalo Inácio 20 D C £16k £31m £84m 30-06-2026
Anthony Rouault 21 D C £2k £7m £16m 30-06-2024
Bafodé Diakité 21 D RC £6k £10m £17m 30-06-2026
Andrea Carboni 21 D LC £9k £3m £7m 30-06-2027
Mees Hilgers 21 D C £4k £12m £13m 30-06-2023
Jaime Vázquez 16 D C £300 £217k £561k
João Fonseca 15 D C £60 £2m £7m 30-06-2025
Leny Yoro 16 D C £3k £6m £17m 30-06-2025
Ousmane Diomandé 18 D C £13k £16m £54m 30-06-2027
Robert Renan 18 D C £29k £18m £53m 30-06-2027
Ethan Butera 16 D C, DM £860 £9m £25m 30-06-2024
Jorrel Hato 16 D LC £90 £12m £38m 30-06-2025
Wisdom Amey 16 D RC £220 £5m £14m 30-06-2025
Ibrahima Bamba 20 D C, DM £2k £5m £13m 30-06-2026
Christian Mosquera 18 D RC £3k £4m £11m 30-06-2023
Kaiky 18 D C £10k £13m £40m 30-06-2028
Odilon Kossounou 21 D RC, DM £25k £17m £37m 30-06-2026
Armel Bella-Kotchap 20 D C £40k £17m £19m 30-06-2026
Piero Hincapié 20 D LC £48k £16m £57m 30-06-2027
Illia Zabarnyi 19 D C £45k £51m £55m 30-06-2028
Mario Gila 21 D C £11k £10m £20m 30-06-2027
Maxime Estève 20 D C £4k £7m £17m 30-06-2026
Castello Lukeba 19 D C £7k £20m £56m 30-06-2025
Tanguy Nianzou 20 D C, DM £66k £25m £64m 30-06-2027
Diego Coppola 18 D C £8k £9m £26m 30-06-2027
Devyne Rensch 19 D RLC, DM £19k £19m £54m 30-06-2025
Morato 21 D C £17k £17m £37m 30-06-2027
Gastón Ávila 20 D C £4k £14m £28m 30-06-2027
Rubén Pulido 21 D C £3k £3m £6m 30-06-2025
Carlos Domínguez 21 D C £2k £8m £14m 30-06-2026
David Zima 21 D C £12k £6m £12m 30-06-2025
Hrvoje Smolčić 21 D LC £600 £8m £14m 30-06-2027
Frederik Jäkel 21 D C £6k £6m £10m 30-06-2024
Yann Aurel Bisseck 21 D C, DM £5k £7m £578k 30-06-2026
William Pacho 20 D C £3k £12m £31m 30-06-2026
Mika Mármol 21 D LC £3k £1m £87k 30-06-2024
Pablo Ramón 21 D RC £2k £7m £13m 30-06-2023
Andrew Omobamidele 20 D C £18k £18m £19m 30-06-2026
Emanuel Aiwu 21 D RC £9k £5m £413k 30-06-2026
James Gomez 20 D C £1k £927k £77k 31-12-2024
Ethan Ampadu 21 D C, DM £35k £23m £47m 30-06-2024
José Córdoba 21 D LC £1k £1m £3m 30-06-2025
Juan David Cabal 21 D C £8k £3m £6m 30-06-2027
Strahinja Eraković 21 D RC £2k £3m £6m 30-06-2026
Jacob Greaves 21 D LC £15k £10m £853k 30-06-2026
Luizão 20 D C £10k £21m £41m 30-06-2026
Rafa Marín 20 D C £2k £4m £9m 30-06-2023
Becir Omeragic 20 D C £5k £6m £525k 30-06-2023
Loïc Mbe Soh 21 D C £4k £6m £12m 30-06-2024
Jacobo Ramón 17 D C £360 £1m £3m 30-06-2024
Guilherme Gaspar 16 D C £60 £497k £1m 30-06-2025
Louis Jackson 16 D C £180 £2m £6m 30-06-2025
Travis Akomeah 16 D C £180 £4m £12m 30-06-2025
Bastien Meupiyou 16 D C, DM £560 £2m £6m 30-06-2025
Anders Børset 16 D LC £430 £3m £7m 30-06-2023
Ulises Giménez 16 D RC £660 £4m £12m 31-12-2025
Madi Monamay 16 D C £60 £3m £204k 30-06-2025
Tarek Buchmann 17 D C £2k £3m £232k 30-06-2024
Kike Salas 20 D C £5k £1m £3m 30-06-2026
Jair 17 D C £910 £6m £15m 15-06-2025
Ashley Phillips 17 D C £3k £6m £14m 30-06-2025
Josh Feeney 17 D C £2k £995k £2m 30-06-2023
Charlie McArthur 17 D C £800 £5m £12m 30-06-2025
Alfie Dorrington 17 D C £1k £10m £28m 30-06-2024
Filippo Mané 17 D RC £5k £4m £289k 30-06-2024
Nathan Zeze 17 D C £800 £6m £17m 30-06-2025
Jeanuël Belocian 17 D LC, DM £650 £5m £14m 30-06-2024
Mamadou Sarr 16 D C, DM £560 £1m £4m 30-06-2025
Diogo Monteiro 17 D C, DM £5k £9m £22m 30-06-2026
Leandro Morgalla 17 D RC £4k £2m £116k 30-06-2025
Beraldo 18 D C, DM £1k £5m £13m 29-02-2024
Valentín Gómez 19 D C £2k £6m £16m 31-12-2024
Fernando Somolinos 20 D C £960 £2m £3m 30-06-2023
Linus Gechter 18 D C £13k £3m £8m 30-06-2025
Michel 19 D C £930 £5m £13m 30-07-2026
Urko González de Zárate 21 D C, DM £2k £7m £13m 30-06-2028
Raúl Torrente 21 D LC, DM £3k £4m £8m 30-06-2024
Álvaro Carrillo 20 D C £2k £205k £438k 30-06-2023
Nnamdi Collins 18 D C £7k £3m £7m 30-06-2023
Ahmetcan Kaplan 19 D C £16k £9m £23m 30-06-2027
Callum Doyle 18 D LC £3k £20m £59m 30-06-2024
Rubén Iranzo 19 D C £400 £978k £2m 30-06-2023
Facundo González 19 D C £2k £2m £6m 30-06-2023
Marian Faryna 18 D LC £60 £6m £15m 30-06-2023
Kerr Smith 17 D RC £800 £13m £34m 30-06-2023
Adamo Nagalo 19 D RC £5k £4m £295k 30-06-2025
Olivier Aertssen 17 D C, DM £3k £3m £9m 30-06-2025
Luke Mbete 18 D C £8k £6m £16m 30-06-2027
Martin Vitík 19 D C, DM £3k £6m £15m 30-06-2026
Wouter Goes 18 D RC, DM £300 £4m £9m 30-06-2026
Maxim Dekker 18 D C £2k £8m £21m 30-06-2026
André Amaro 19 D C £2k £14m £38m 30-06-2025
Márton Dárdai 20 D C, DM £6k £10m £22m 30-06-2025
Omar Rekik 20 D C, DM £10k £12m £27m 30-06-2024
Leonidas Stergiou 20 D C £3k £4m £11m 30-06-2024
Eduardo Quaresma 20 D C £4k £2m £3m 30-06-2025
David Vinhas 19 D C £2k £2m £3m 30-06-2026
Iván Muñoz 20 D LC £810 £4m £8m 30-06-2023
Alejandro Francés 19 D RLC £4k £7m £18m 30-06-2025
José Marsà 20 D LC £6k £2m £4m 30-06-2024
Ruslan Litvinov 20 D C, DM £21k £14m £28m 31-05-2026
Radu Drăguşin 20 D RC £19k £5m £411k 30-06-2025
Víctor Guzmán 20 D C £6k £4m £8m 30-06-2025
Emilio Lara 20 D RC £180 £1m £2m 30-06-2023
Junior Mwanga 19 D C, DM £3k £8m £19m 30-06-2027
Lenny Lacroix 19 D C £4k £1m £3m 30-06-2026
Alessandro Fontanarosa 19 D LC £2k £2m £6m 30-06-2023
Giorgio Cittadini 20 D C £7k £4m £8m 30-06-2024
Finnur Tómas Pálmason 21 D C £1k £113k £9k 31-10-2025
Emmanuel van de Blaak 17 D C £440 £9m £23m 30-06-2025
Jenson Seelt 19 D C £2k £7m £15m 30-06-2024
Sepp van den Berg 20 D RC £12k £23m £53m 30-06-2025
Ronnie Edwards 19 D C £3k £4m £306k 30-06-2025
Jarrad Branthwaite 20 D RLC £15k £32m £83m 30-06-2025
Charlie Cresswell 19 D C £5k £10m £28m 30-06-2025
Jamal Baptiste 18 D C £750 £6m £14m 30-06-2023
Finley Burns 19 D C £7k £5m £11m 30-06-2027
Taylor Harwood-Bellis 20 D RC £10k £13m £31m 30-06-2024
Nathan Collins 21 D C £30k £52m £58m 30-06-2027
Rhys Williams 21 D C £12k £540k £1m 30-06-2026
Mario Vušković 20 D C, DM £3k £3m £8m 30-06-2025
Renan 20 D LC £21k £10m £23m
Zeno Debast 18 D C £2k £10m £32m 30-06-2025
Leopold Querfeld 18 D C, DM £430 £11m £30m 30-06-2023
Kevin Lomónaco 20 D C £3k £4m £11m 30-04-2027
Abakar Sylla 19 D C £4k £13m £37m 30-06-2026
Sinaly Diomandé 21 D C £15k £4m £9m 30-06-2025
Allan Tchaptchet 20 D C £3k £1m £99k 30-06-2026
Danila Prokhin 21 D C £16k £6m £10m 05-06-2026
Valentin Antov 21 D C £13k £2m £5m 30-06-2023
Formose Mendy 21 D RC £4k £2m £3m 30-06-2025
Andrés Ferro 20 D C £560 £187k £15k 31-12-2024
Nicolás Marichal 21 D C £17k £6m £10m 30-06-2027
Ramón Juárez 21 D C £330 £3m £5m 30-06-2024
Logan Costa 21 D C £2k £2m £3m 30-06-2025
Paolo Gozzi 21 D C £2k £1m £2m 30-06-2026
Mark McGuinness 21 D C £4k £8m £660k 30-06-2024
Nikola Soldo 21 D C £3k £3m £5m 30-06-2025
David Affengruber 21 D C £3k £4m £9m 30-06-2024
Leo Greiml 21 D C £17k £2m £3m 30-06-2025
Nicolas Vouilloz 21 D C £4k £4m £6m 30-06-2024
Joaquín Sosa 20 D LC £8k £2m £5m 30-06-2027
Nicolò Armini 21 D RC £15k £2m £4m 30-06-2023
Ewoud Pletinckx 21 D C £2k £4m £346k 30-06-2026
Leonardo Felissia 20 D C £2k £580k £45k 31-12-2024
Gonçalo Cardoso 21 D C £2k £1m £2m 30-06-2024
Daniel González 20 D C £3k £1m £3m 31-12-2025
Emrecan Uzunhan 21 D C £2k £2m £4m 31-05-2027
Mattie Pollock 20 D C £3k £7m £16m 30-06-2026
James Hill 20 D C £8k £12m £27m 30-06-2026
Lewis Gibson 21 D C £7k £9m £14m 30-06-2023
Luis Binks 20 D C £6k £3m £7m 30-06-2026
Arthur Chaves 21 D C £2k £4m £337k 30-06-2027
Santiago Ramos Mingo 20 D C £3k £5m £7m 30-06-2025

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