Looking for the best wonderkid Defenders in FM24 Update? We've got a shortlist of all the best Defenders Wonderkids in Football Manager 2024/25, Defenders wonderkids are the best young players aged under 21 with high potential ability that are guaranteed to be good Defenders in FM2024/25.
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These are the best young Defenders in Football Manager 2024/25 as rated by their potential ability in the Defender position. Some of these are wonderkid Defenders in FM24 Update meaning they are guaranteed to develop to be one of the best Defenders in FM2024/25. Don't be put off by the fact that some of these Defenders may not be very good Defenders at the start of FM24 Update, they have potential to develop and become one of the top Defenders in FM2024/25. Others will already have high current abilities and be some of the best Defenders in FM24 Update already.
| Name | Age | Position | Wage | Value | Cost | Expires | Rating | Potential | |
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Dean Huijsen | 20 | D C | £21k | £46m | £124m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Alejandro Balde | 21 | D/WB/AM L | £123k | £64m | £159m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Marli Salmon | 15 | D C | £220 | £27m | £86m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Kauã Prates | 16 | D LC | £55 | £318k | £967k | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Abdukodir Khusanov | 21 | D C | £25k | £57m | £130m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jesús Fortea | 18 | D/WB R | £1k | £476k | £1m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Kyllian Antonio | 17 | D C | £553 | £9m | £22m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Miloš Kerkez | 21 | D/WB/M L | £53k | £77m | £187m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Saba Kharebashvili | 16 | D/WB L | £55 | £695k | £2m | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Albert Navarro | 18 | D/WB L | £2k | £6m | £14m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Kenan Doğanay | 16 | WB/M L | £553 | £2m | £6m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Jayden Ngwashi | 16 | D C | £220 | £3m | £8m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Jorrel Hato | 19 | D LC | £46k | £101m | £300m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Roc Martínez | 15 | D C | £90 | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Aaron Epia | 17 | D C | £661 | £5m | £11m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Ayden Heaven | 18 | D C, DM | £23k | £48m | £157m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Harry Amass | 18 | D/WB L | £2k | £15m | £40m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ethan Butera | 19 | D C, DM | £3k | £7m | £17m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Zeno Debast | 21 | D C | £30k | £26m | £60m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Roméo Ritter | 17 | D C | £554 | £909k | £2m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Pau Cubarsí | 18 | D C | £4k | £10m | £30m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Diego Coppola | 21 | D C | £43k | £37m | £87m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Fabian Merién | 16 | D R | £759 | £13m | £38m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Oliver Wilkinson | 16 | D C | £220 | £5m | £11m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Myles Lewis-Skelly | 18 | D/WB L, DM | £1k | £39m | £119m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Benjamin Arthur | 17 | D C | £220 | £40m | £107m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Héctor Fort | 18 | D RLC | £9k | £21m | £68m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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João Fonseca | 18 | D C | £218 | £7m | £17m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Beraldo | 21 | D C, DM | £33k | £36m | £83m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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El Hadji Malick Diouf | 20 | D LC | £52k | £37m | £40m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jeanuël Belocian | 20 | D LC, DM | £22k | £13m | £31m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Lucas Agrella | 20 | D R | £193 | £2m | £2m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Luka Vušković | 18 | D C | £11k | £23m | £58m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mamadou Sarr | 19 | D C, DM | £28k | £34m | £97m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Josh Wynder | 20 | D C | £2k | £12m | £27m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Madi Monamay | 19 | D C | £712 | £8m | £15m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Saël Kumbedi | 20 | D/WB R | £16k | £14m | £34m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Omar El Hilali | 21 | D/WB R | £16k | £54m | £38m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Cristhian Mosquera | 21 | D RC | £36k | £64m | £150m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Noel Westenberger | 17 | D RC | £345 | £298k | £636k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Blessy Kuluki | 14 | D R | £50 | £2m | £6m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Miguel Adje | 17 | D/WB L | £554 | £635k | £1m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Deinner Ordóñez | 15 | D C | £220 | £39m | £130m | 01-01-2026 | ||
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Joshua Stephenson | 17 | D LC | £5k | £20m | £54m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Michael Kayode | 21 | D/WB R | £41k | £72m | £80m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Calvin Carrilho | 16 | D C | £209 | £2m | £6m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Callan Hamill | 16 | D/WB R | £220 | £11m | £33m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Tom Raiani | 17 | D/WB/M L | £553 | £3m | £8m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Karim Coulibaly | 18 | D C, DM | £15k | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Vitor Reis | 19 | D C | £25k | £15m | £36m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Leny Yoro | 19 | D C | £49k | £100m | £299m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ousmane Diomande | 21 | D C | £23k | £41m | £50m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Reuell Walters | 20 | D RLC | £6k | £10m | £24m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Giorgio Scalvini | 21 | D C | £24k | £53m | £128m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Quincy Lede | 17 | D C | £209 | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Zé Afonso | 17 | D/WB L | £109 | £652k | £2m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Matías Satas | 17 | D C | £166 | £5m | £11m | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Jorthy Mokio | 17 | D LC, DM | £3k | £46m | £158m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Matteo Cocchi | 18 | D/WB L | £219 | £2m | £6m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Carles Sogorb | 19 | D R | £217 | £20k | £1k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Aarón Anselmino | 20 | D C, DM | £11k | £25m | £61m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Filippo Mané | 20 | D RC | £5k | £5m | £425k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Matteo Pérez Vinlöf | 19 | D/WB L | £734 | £932k | £2m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Willy Kambwala | 20 | D C | £14k | £9m | £18m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Kostas Koulierakis | 21 | D C | £25k | £48m | £107m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Rafael Czulak | 16 | D R | £55 | £237k | £549k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Noah Fichtl | 15 | D C | £55 | £724k | £2m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Axel Koukaba | 15 | D C | £60 | £348k | £954k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Nicolas Sala | 16 | D L | £345 | £8m | £21m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Boaz Plantinga | 16 | D C | £209 | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Gabriel Sambou | 15 | D C | £220 | £141k | £344k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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King Duah | 16 | D L | £129 | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Freddie Simmonds | 17 | D C | £962 | £6m | £14m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Javier Bares Fernandez | 17 | D L | £466 | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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João Dalla Corte | 19 | D LC, DM | £261 | £2m | £3m | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Jayden Meghoma | 19 | D L | £9k | £20m | £46m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Ollie Scarles | 19 | D LC, DM, AM L | £1k | £37m | £104m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Sergi Domínguez | 20 | D C | £349 | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Rico Lewis | 20 | D/WB R, DM | £25k | £93m | £253m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Emir Ortakaya | 21 | D C | £2k | £4m | £290k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Brooke Norton-Cuffy | 21 | D/WB/AM R | £29k | £9m | £10m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Sergi Mayans | 16 | D C | £300 | £117k | £294k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Keita Kosugi | 19 | D/WB L | £4k | £5m | £11m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Rafael Pinto Pedrosa | 17 | D/WB R | £2k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Idriss Planeix | 18 | D C | £415 | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Villads Nielsen | 19 | D C | £934 | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Rav van den Berg | 21 | D C | £14k | £11m | £25m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Alan Matturro | 20 | D LC | £8k | £10m | £24m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Patrick Dorgu | 20 | D/WB/M L | £51k | £31m | £79m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Leopold Querfeld | 21 | D C, DM | £19k | £45m | £102m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Juma Bah | 19 | D C | £14k | £27m | £74m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Nazim Benchaita | 16 | D R | £220 | £781k | £2m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Lamini Fati | 19 | D C | £248 | £87k | £162k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Lino Kabuya Tshiamala | 17 | D/WB L | £168 | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Sam Roovers | 17 | D C | £258 | £4m | £9m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Veljko Milosavljević | 18 | D C | £22k | £13m | £36m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Narcis Ilas | 18 | D R | £20 | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Antal Yaakobishvili | 21 | D C | £3k | £1m | £2m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Benjamin Fredrick | 20 | D C | £8k | £8m | £15m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jon Martín | 19 | D C | £1k | £677k | £2m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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David Odogu | 19 | D C | £4k | £6m | £15m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ishé Samuels-Smith | 19 | D LC | £8k | £13m | £31m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jan Ziółkowski | 20 | D C | £4k | £7m | £16m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Finn Jeltsch | 18 | D C, DM | £3k | £4m | £9m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jérémy Jacquet | 19 | D C | £13k | £60m | £172m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Charlie Hughes | 21 | D C | £18k | £8m | £704k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Ben Nelson | 21 | D C | £8k | £20m | £43m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Alessandro Circati | 21 | D C | £22k | £11m | £13m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Mika Faye | 20 | D LC | £8k | £14m | £29m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jan-Luca Riedl | 16 | D C | £55 | £131k | £316k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Joshua Wilbrenninck-van Cuilenborg | 16 | D R | £98 | £94k | £209k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Baba Kourouma | 16 | D C, DM | £300 | £332k | £904k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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17 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Joane Gadou | 18 | D C | £1k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Lucas Jetten | 18 | D LC | £525 | £8m | £21m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Tom Rothe | 20 | D/WB L | £20k | £11m | £28m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Alberto Baio | 21 | D/WB R | £5k | £10m | £23m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Haris M'dogo | 15 | D L | £60 | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Yanis Messaoudi | 16 | D C | £219 | £4m | £12m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Chivano Wijks | 17 | D R | £554 | £149k | £338k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Rony Mbomio | 20 | D/WB R | £250 | £504k | £920k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Dani Slory | 16 | D C | £158 | £793k | £2m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Josef Kolářík | 18 | D C | £290 | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Peyton Miller | 17 | D/WB L | £1k | £7m | £20m | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Giovanni Leoni | 18 | D C | £3k | £16m | £47m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Kevyson | 21 | D/WB L | £3k | £6m | £12m | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Matías Moreno | 21 | D C | £12k | £5m | £9m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Juanlu | 21 | D/WB/M R | £31k | £17m | £57m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Samuele Angori | 21 | D/WB L | £18k | £3m | £193k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Luca Marianucci | 20 | D C | £1k | £5m | £12m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Ismaël Doukouré | 21 | D C | £17k | £8m | £9m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Soumaïla Coulibaly | 21 | D C | £8k | £31m | £69m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Marcel Ratnik | 21 | D C | £22k | £8m | £18m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Samson Baidoo | 21 | D C, DM | £10k | £37m | £80m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Osman Turay | 17 | D/WB L | £645 | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Buba Sangaré | 17 | D/WB R | £2k | £8m | £24m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jofre Torrents | 18 | D/WB L | £3k | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Joachim Kayi Sanda | 18 | D C | £6k | £11m | £30m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Sadibou Sané | 21 | D C, DM | £5k | £4m | £8m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Nobel Mendy | 20 | D LC | £3k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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El Chadaille Bitshiabu | 20 | D LC | £41k | £56m | £139m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Àlex Valle | 21 | D/WB/M L | £20k | £7m | £640k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Matte Smets | 21 | D C, DM | £2k | £12m | £20m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Abdoulaye Faye | 20 | D C | £2k | £4m | £10m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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João | 15 | D C | £35 | £2m | £4m | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Marten Buck | 16 | D C, DM | £55 | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Matthes Kutscher | 17 | D R | £55 | £244k | £547k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Angelo Candido | 16 | D R | £35 | £85k | £183k | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Cristiano De Paoli | 17 | D C | £350 | £255k | £510k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Konstantinos Kotelis | 19 | D C | £237 | £10k | £530 | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Matteo Palma | 17 | D RC | £1k | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Hamza Güreler | 19 | D C, DM | £2k | £5m | £13m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Mbekezile Mbokazi | 17 | D L | £3k | £7m | £601k | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Nick Seidel | 20 | D LC | £1k | £796k | £1m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Wesley | 21 | D/WB R | £39k | £16m | £38m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Vinicius Tobias | 21 | D/WB R | £5k | £19m | £44m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Joan | 17 | D C | £274 | £214k | £590k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Rayan Atikallah | 19 | D C | £324 | £12m | £26m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Álex Jiménez | 20 | D/WB R | £12k | £16m | £35m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Tim Drexler | 20 | D C | £2k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Kota Takai | 20 | D C | £15k | £29m | £70m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mateus Lusuardi | 21 | D C | £2k | £2m | £2m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Clemens Riedel | 21 | D C, DM | £3k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Nnamdi Collins | 21 | D C | £12k | £28m | £47m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Callum Doyle | 21 | D LC | £18k | £19m | £2m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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António Silva | 21 | D C | £11k | £34m | £78m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Levin Vogt | 16 | D R | £55 | £412k | £1m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Jorvimar Martina | 17 | D C | £114 | £458k | £900k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Tomás Méndez | 17 | D C | £287 | £233k | £624k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Fricio Caicedo | 17 | D C | £682 | £929k | £2m | 31-12-2024 | ||
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Hermann Malonga | 17 | D C | £553 | £384k | £978k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Matthew Mparaganda | 17 | D/WB L, DM | £367 | £3m | £8m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Christ Makosso | 21 | D C | £5k | £6m | £13m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Halam Loboa | 19 | D C | £2k | £441k | £892k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Eivind Helland | 20 | D C, DM | £6k | £6m | £16m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Magnus Dalpiaz | 18 | D C | £1k | £3m | £203k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Esquerdinha | 19 | D/WB L | £2k | £9m | £16m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Vetle Auklend | 20 | D/WB L, M C | £414 | £2m | £3m | 31-12-2024 | ||
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Dominik Prpić | 21 | D C | £2k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Elias Baum | 19 | D/WB RL | £6k | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Mathias Fjørtoft Løvik | 21 | D/WB RL | £3k | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Leandro Quiroz | 21 | D C | £383 | £3m | £4m | 31-12-2024 | ||
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Gabriel Dbouk | 17 | D R | £109 | £192k | £393k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Valentin Beckert | 16 | D C | £55 | £155k | £389k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ezechiel Siani Emaga | 15 | D C | £85 | £295k | £698k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Harley Emsden-James | 16 | D C | £220 | £5m | £13m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Dean Benamar | 17 | D/WB L | £864 | £992k | £2m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Luis Romão | 18 | D C | £0 | £172k | £272k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Zion Henry | 17 | D LC | £536 | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Semm Renders | 17 | D/WB R | £4k | £16m | £44m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Abdoulaye Nassoko | 17 | D RC, DM | £553 | £892k | £2m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Roger Hinojo | 18 | D LC | £2k | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Sergio Palacios | 20 | D C | £252 | £1m | £3m | 31-08-2027 | ||
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Tyler Meiser | 18 | D C | £720 | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Aaron Simpasa | 18 | D/WB/AM R | £100 | £5k | £320 | 30-06-2024 | ||
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JP Chermont | 19 | D/WB R | £1k | £4m | £9m | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Dayvisson | 19 | D C, DM | £172 | £432k | £788k | 31-03-2026 | ||
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Simeon Shishkov
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16 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Kim Ji-Soo | 20 | D C | £2k | £14m | £33m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Adam Aznou | 19 | D/WB L | £17k | £12m | £31m | 30-06-2027 |
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