Looking for the best wonderkid Defenders in FM23? We've got a shortlist of all the best Defenders Wonderkids in Football Manager 2023, Defenders wonderkids are the best young players aged under 21 with high potential ability that are guaranteed to be good Defenders in FM2023.
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These are the best young Defenders in Football Manager 2023 as rated by their potential ability in the Defender position. Some of these are wonderkid Defenders in FM23 meaning they are guaranteed to develop to be one of the best Defenders in FM2023. Don't be put off by the fact that some of these Defenders may not be very good Defenders at the start of FM 2023, they have potential to develop and become one of the top Defenders in FM2023. Others will already have high current abilities and be some of the best Defenders in FM 2023 already.
| Name | Age | Position | Wage | Value | Cost | Expires | Rating | Potential | |
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William Saliba | 21 | D C | £40k | £139m | £300m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Wesley Fofana | 21 | D C | £230k | £96m | £234m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Jurriën Timber | 21 | D RC, DM | £65k | £87m | £300m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Levi Colwill | 19 | D LC | £15k | £48m | £140m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Alphonso Davies | 21 | D/WB/AM L | £132k | £76m | £76m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Marc Guéhi | 21 | D C | £45k | £56m | £67m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Iván Fresneda | 17 | D/WB R | £6k | £20m | £71m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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El Chadaille Bitshiabu | 17 | D C | £2k | £9m | £28m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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António Silva | 18 | D C | £7k | £33m | £108m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Nuno Mendes | 20 | D/WB L | £35k | £105m | £293m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Alejandro Balde | 18 | D/WB/AM L | £3k | £32m | £109m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Giorgio Scalvini | 18 | D C, DM | £43k | £45m | £151m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Destiny Udogie | 19 | D/WB/M L | £50k | £50m | £148m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Tino Livramento | 19 | D/WB R | £10k | £50m | £56m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Eric García | 21 | D C | £50k | £28m | £66m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Joško Gvardiol | 20 | D LC | £59k | £79m | £226m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Benoît Badiashile | 21 | D C | £120k | £62m | £140m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Nathan Patterson | 20 | D/WB R | £40k | £47m | £122m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jeremie Frimpong | 21 | D/WB RL, M R | £25k | £60m | £203m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Mattia Viti | 20 | D C | £10k | £17m | £43m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Caleb Okoli | 20 | D C | £17k | £20m | £52m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Lutsharel Geertruida | 21 | D RC, DM | £8k | £46m | £33m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Malick Thiaw | 20 | D C | £17k | £14m | £33m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Fabiano Parisi | 21 | D/WB/M L | £3k | £23m | £27m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Nicola Zalewski | 20 | WB/AM L | £14k | £19m | £50m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Sergio Gómez | 21 | D/WB L, AM RL | £40k | £32m | £71m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Strahinja Pavlović | 21 | D C | £22k | £14m | £30m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Micky van de Ven | 21 | D LC | £12k | £36m | £82m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Vanderson | 21 | D/WB/M R | £19k | £27m | £61m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Enzo Boyomo | 20 | D RC | £5k | £3m | £237k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Flavius Daniliuc | 21 | D C | £11k | £8m | £9m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Gonçalo Inácio | 20 | D C | £16k | £31m | £84m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Anthony Rouault | 21 | D C | £2k | £7m | £16m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Bafodé Diakité | 21 | D RC | £6k | £10m | £17m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Andrea Carboni | 21 | D LC | £9k | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Mees Hilgers | 21 | D C | £4k | £12m | £13m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Jaime Vázquez | 16 | D C | £300 | £217k | £561k | |||
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João Fonseca | 15 | D C | £60 | £2m | £7m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Martim Fernandes | 16 | D/WB R | £90 | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Leny Yoro | 16 | D C | £3k | £6m | £17m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ousmane Diomandé | 18 | D C | £13k | £16m | £54m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Robert Renan | 18 | D C | £29k | £18m | £53m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ethan Butera | 16 | D C, DM | £860 | £9m | £25m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Jorrel Hato | 16 | D LC | £90 | £12m | £38m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Wisdom Amey | 16 | D RC | £220 | £5m | £14m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ibrahima Bamba | 20 | D C, DM | £2k | £5m | £13m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Christian Mosquera | 18 | D RC | £3k | £4m | £11m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Omar Campos | 19 | WB/M L | £820 | £6m | £15m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Kaiky | 18 | D C | £10k | £13m | £40m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jesús Vázquez | 19 | D/WB/M L | £8k | £23m | £63m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Odilon Kossounou | 21 | D RC, DM | £25k | £17m | £37m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Armel Bella-Kotchap | 20 | D C | £40k | £17m | £19m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Luca Netz | 19 | D/WB/M L | £33k | £11m | £29m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Piero Hincapié | 20 | D LC | £48k | £16m | £57m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Illia Zabarnyi | 19 | D C | £45k | £51m | £55m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mario Gila | 21 | D C | £11k | £10m | £20m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Miguel Gutiérrez | 20 | D/WB L | £5k | £8m | £19m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Aaron Hickey | 20 | D/WB RL | £35k | £60m | £67m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Maxime Estève | 20 | D C | £4k | £7m | £17m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Malo Gusto | 19 | D/WB R, M C | £100k | £39m | £106m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Castello Lukeba | 19 | D C | £7k | £20m | £56m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Brandon Soppy | 20 | D/WB RL, M R | £13k | £15m | £38m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Tanguy Nianzou | 20 | D C, DM | £66k | £25m | £64m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Rayan Aït-Nouri | 21 | D/WB L | £35k | £18m | £41m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Diego Coppola | 18 | D C | £8k | £9m | £26m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Devyne Rensch | 19 | D RLC, DM | £19k | £19m | £54m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Tariq Lamptey | 21 | D/WB RL, M R | £45k | £52m | £59m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Patryck Lanza | 19 | D/WB L | £1k | £5m | £11m | 30-04-2027 | ||
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Morato | 21 | D C | £17k | £17m | £37m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Gastón Ávila | 20 | D C | £4k | £14m | £28m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Daouda Guindo | 19 | D LC | £1k | £11m | £26m | 31-05-2025 | ||
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Rubén Pulido | 21 | D C | £3k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Sergio Carreira | 21 | D/WB R | £8k | £12m | £26m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Wilfried Singo | 21 | D/WB/M R | £4k | £13m | £31m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Carlos Domínguez | 21 | D C | £2k | £8m | £14m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Djed Spence | 21 | D/WB/AM R | £45k | £27m | £57m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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David Zima | 21 | D C | £12k | £6m | £12m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Hrvoje Smolčić | 21 | D LC | £600 | £8m | £14m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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José Ángel Carmona | 20 | D RC | £8k | £10m | £25m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Liberato Cacace | 21 | D/WB L | £5k | £6m | £12m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Frederik Jäkel | 21 | D C | £6k | £6m | £10m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Yann Aurel Bisseck | 21 | D C, DM | £5k | £7m | £578k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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William Pacho | 20 | D C | £3k | £12m | £31m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Mika Mármol | 21 | D LC | £3k | £1m | £87k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Pablo Ramón | 21 | D RC | £2k | £7m | £13m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Adrien Truffert | 20 | D/M L | £10k | £11m | £23m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Sergiño Dest | 21 | D/WB RL | £66k | £16m | £37m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Andrew Omobamidele | 20 | D C | £18k | £18m | £19m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Luke Thomas | 21 | D/WB L | £25k | £29m | £66m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Neco Williams | 21 | D/WB RL | £40k | £25m | £27m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Emanuel Aiwu | 21 | D RC | £9k | £5m | £413k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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James Gomez | 20 | D C | £1k | £927k | £77k | 31-12-2024 | ||
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Rubén Sánchez | 21 | D/WB/AM R | £6k | £8m | £18m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Manu Sánchez | 21 | D/WB L | £5k | £8m | £18m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Josh Doig | 20 | D/WB L | £10k | £13m | £15m | 31-05-2026 | ||
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Melvin Bard | 21 | D/WB/M L | £13k | £9m | £16m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ethan Ampadu | 21 | D C, DM | £35k | £23m | £47m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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José Córdoba | 21 | D LC | £1k | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Juan David Cabal | 21 | D C | £8k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Strahinja Eraković | 21 | D RC | £2k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jacob Greaves | 21 | D LC | £15k | £10m | £853k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Luizão | 20 | D C | £10k | £21m | £41m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Rafa Marín | 20 | D C | £2k | £4m | £9m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Josha Vagnoman | 21 | D/WB RL | £10k | £5m | £11m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Becir Omeragic | 20 | D C | £5k | £6m | £525k | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Loïc Mbe Soh | 21 | D C | £4k | £6m | £12m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Alessandro Zanoli | 21 | D RC | £2k | £4m | £9m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Brandon Williams | 21 | D/WB RL | £50k | £20m | £42m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Christian McFarlane | 15 | D/WB L | £3k | £5m | £13m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Roi Torres | 16 | D/WB R | £300 | £205k | £506k | |||
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Elyaz | 16 | D LC | £300 | £235k | £619k | |||
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Esquerdinha | 16 | D/WB L | £160 | £907k | £2m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Ishé Samuels-Smith | 16 | D LC | £180 | £2m | £6m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Jacobo Ramón | 17 | D C | £360 | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Guilherme Gaspar | 16 | D C | £60 | £497k | £1m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Adam Aznou | 16 | D/WB L | £60 | £5m | £323k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Louis Jackson | 16 | D C | £180 | £2m | £6m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Travis Akomeah | 16 | D C | £180 | £4m | £12m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Bastien Meupiyou | 16 | D C, DM | £560 | £2m | £6m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Elijah Dijkstra | 15 | D/WB RL | £90 | £4m | £12m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Anders Børset | 16 | D LC | £430 | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Ulises Giménez | 16 | D RC | £660 | £4m | £12m | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Madi Monamay | 16 | D C | £60 | £3m | £204k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Tarek Buchmann | 17 | D C | £2k | £3m | £232k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Kike Salas | 20 | D C | £5k | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jair | 17 | D C | £910 | £6m | £15m | 15-06-2025 | ||
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Xavi | 17 | D R | £250 | £520k | £1m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Tom Rothe | 17 | D/WB/M L | £4k | £4m | £13m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Harvey Araujo | 17 | D LC | £400 | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Ashley Phillips | 17 | D C | £3k | £6m | £14m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Reuell Walters | 17 | D RLC | £2k | £9m | £26m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Antoine Mendy | 18 | D/WB R | £560 | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Josh Feeney | 17 | D C | £2k | £995k | £2m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Charlie McArthur | 17 | D C | £800 | £5m | £12m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Enoch Mastoras | 16 | D RC, DM, M R | £90 | £5m | £13m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Alfie Dorrington | 17 | D C | £1k | £10m | £28m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Filippo Mané | 17 | D RC | £5k | £4m | £289k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Nathan Zeze | 17 | D C | £800 | £6m | £17m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Jeanuël Belocian | 17 | D LC, DM | £650 | £5m | £14m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Mamadou Sarr | 16 | D C, DM | £560 | £1m | £4m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Saël Kumbedi | 17 | D/WB R | £3k | £3m | £10m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Diogo Monteiro | 17 | D C, DM | £5k | £9m | £22m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Tomas Galvez | 17 | D/WB L | £5k | £632k | £2m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Leandro Morgalla | 17 | D RC | £4k | £2m | £116k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Rico Lewis | 17 | D/WB RL, DM | £3k | £34m | £118m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Beraldo | 18 | D C, DM | £1k | £5m | £13m | 29-02-2024 | ||
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Valentín Gómez | 19 | D C | £2k | £6m | £16m | 31-12-2024 | ||
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Fernando Somolinos | 20 | D C | £960 | £2m | £3m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Linus Gechter | 18 | D C | £13k | £3m | £8m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Alonso Aceves | 21 | D L | £5k | £3m | £5m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Arnau Martínez | 19 | D RC | £3k | £2m | £6m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Michel | 19 | D C | £930 | £5m | £13m | 30-07-2026 | ||
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Urko González de Zárate | 21 | D C, DM | £2k | £7m | £13m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Adrián Corral | 19 | D/WB L | £1k | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Rainey Breinburg | 16 | D/WB L | £100 | £5m | £13m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Raúl Torrente | 21 | D LC, DM | £3k | £4m | £8m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Álvaro Carrillo | 20 | D C | £2k | £205k | £438k | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Joe Wormleighton | 18 | D/WB/M R | £1k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Tayo Adaramola | 18 | D/WB L | £5k | £6m | £13m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Diogo Travassos | 18 | D/WB RL, AM R | £2k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Nnamdi Collins | 18 | D C | £7k | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Agustín Giay | 18 | D/WB R, M C | £5k | £7m | £21m | 31-12-2024 | ||
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Ahmetcan Kaplan | 19 | D C | £16k | £9m | £23m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Callum Doyle | 18 | D LC | £3k | £20m | £59m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Valentín Barco | 17 | D/WB/M L | £2k | £6m | £15m | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Álvaro Fernández | 19 | D/WB L | £4k | £9m | £23m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Rubén Iranzo | 19 | D C | £400 | £978k | £2m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Facundo González | 19 | D C | £2k | £2m | £6m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Juan Larios | 18 | D/WB L | £6k | £13m | £38m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Marian Faryna | 18 | D LC | £60 | £6m | £15m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Kerr Smith | 17 | D RC | £800 | £13m | £34m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Adamo Nagalo | 19 | D RC | £5k | £4m | £295k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Olivier Aertssen | 17 | D C, DM | £3k | £3m | £9m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Gonçalo Esteves | 18 | D/WB R | £4k | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Luke Mbete | 18 | D C | £8k | £6m | £16m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Martin Vitík | 19 | D C, DM | £3k | £6m | £15m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Wouter Goes | 18 | D RC, DM | £300 | £4m | £9m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Maxim Dekker | 18 | D C | £2k | £8m | £21m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Prince Aning | 18 | D/WB L | £9k | £5m | £12m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Diogo Spencer | 18 | D/WB RL | £2k | £497k | £1m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Mauricio Isais | 21 | D L | £6k | £1m | £2m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Vinicius Tobias | 18 | D/WB R | £2k | £3m | £8m | |||
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Miloš Kerkez | 18 | D/WB/M L | £4k | £13m | £40m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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André Amaro | 19 | D C | £2k | £14m | £38m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Márton Dárdai | 20 | D C, DM | £6k | £10m | £22m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Omar Rekik | 20 | D C, DM | £10k | £12m | £27m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Leonidas Stergiou | 20 | D C | £3k | £4m | £11m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Tiago Santos | 19 | D/WB/M R | £2k | £10m | £825k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Eduardo Quaresma | 20 | D C | £4k | £2m | £3m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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David Vinhas | 19 | D C | £2k | £2m | £3m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Tomás Esteves | 20 | D/WB R | £4k | £608k | £1m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Rodrigo Pinheiro | 19 | D/WB R | £2k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Juan David Mosquera | 19 | D/WB R | £3k | £4m | £12m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Joe Scally | 19 | D/WB RL | £14k | £5m | £13m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Iván Muñoz | 20 | D LC | £810 | £4m | £8m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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David De la Víbora | 19 | D/WB/M L | £300 | £89k | £192k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Joseda | 20 | D RC | £1k | £2m | £118k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Alejandro Francés | 19 | D RLC | £4k | £7m | £18m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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José Marsà | 20 | D LC | £6k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Calvin Ramsay | 18 | D/WB R | £15k | £19m | £54m | 30-06-2027 |
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