Looking for the best wonderkid Centre Backs in FM26? We've got a shortlist of all the best Centre Backs Wonderkids in Football Manager 26, Centre Backs wonderkids are the best young players aged under 21 with high potential ability that are guaranteed to be good Centre Backs in FM2026.
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These are the best young Centre Backs in Football Manager 26 as rated by their potential ability in the Centre Back position. Some of these are wonderkid Centre Backs in FM26 meaning they are guaranteed to develop to be one of the best Centre Backs in FM2026. 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 2026, they have potential to develop and become one of the top Centre Backs in FM2026. Others will already have high current abilities and be some of the best Centre Backs in FM 2026 already.
| Name | Age | Position | Wage | Value | Cost | Expires | Rating | Potential | |
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Dean Huijsen | 20 | D C | £149k | £96m | £253m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Pau Cubarsí | 18 | D C | £86k | £87m | £300m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Abdukodir Khusanov | 21 | D RC | £80k | £67m | £161m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Cristhian Mosquera | 21 | D RC | £60k | £50m | £117m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Renato Veiga | 21 | D LC, DM | £0 | £123m | £300m | 30-06-2032 | ||
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Jérémy Jacquet | 20 | D C | £0 | £56m | £148m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Giorgio Scalvini | 21 | D C | £46k | £61m | £209m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Willy Kambwala | 20 | D C | £22k | £94m | £242m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Beraldo | 21 | D C | £54k | £33m | £76m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Pau Navarro | 20 | D RC | £0 | £107m | £276m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Luka Vušković | 18 | D C | £25k | £48m | £211m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Jorrel Hato | 19 | D LC | £100k | £62m | £186m | 30-06-2032 | ||
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Joane Gadou | 18 | D C | £2k | £16m | £41m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Giovanni Leoni | 18 | D C | £50k | £27m | £84m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Matteo Palma | 17 | D RC | £3k | £20m | £56m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Leny Yoro | 19 | D C | £113k | £62m | £188m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Ousmane Diomande | 21 | D C | £31k | £69m | £241m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Diego Coppola | 21 | D C | £25k | £31m | £71m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Nobel Mendy | 20 | D C | £0 | £35m | £85m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Samson Baidoo | 21 | D C, DM | £0 | £48m | £112m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Aarón Anselmino | 20 | D C | £28k | £40m | £101m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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El Chadaille Bitshiabu | 20 | D LC | £83k | £70m | £182m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Jon Martín | 19 | D C | £0 | £43m | £119m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Tiago Gabriel | 20 | D C | £5k | £19m | £48m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Kostas Koulierakis | 21 | D C | £25k | £44m | £98m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Leo Lemaitre | 16 | D C | £0 | £4m | £11m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Antal Yaakobishvili | 21 | D C | £3k | £4m | £7m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Sadibou Sané | 21 | D C | £0 | £9m | £18m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jacobo Ramón | 20 | D C | £5k | £59m | £156m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Leopold Querfeld | 21 | D C | £17k | £44m | £98m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Ben Nelson | 21 | D C | £20k | £22m | £24m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Charlie Hughes | 21 | D C | £12k | £12m | £1m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Callum Doyle | 21 | D LC | £15k | £19m | £2m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Ismaël Doukouré | 21 | D C, DM | £7k | £14m | £16m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Zeno Debast | 21 | D C | £25k | £69m | £227m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Kanta Doi | 20 | D C, DM | £480 | £6m | £485k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Kacper Potulski | 17 | D C | £7k | £23m | £76m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Tylel Tati | 17 | D C | £0 | £11m | £36m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Axel Tape | 17 | D RC, DM | £25k | £17m | £56m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Jeanuël Belocian | 20 | D LC | £33k | £41m | £100m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Finn Jeltsch | 18 | D RC, DM | £25k | £20m | £63m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Abubacarr Sedi Kinteh | 18 | D C | £1k | £6m | £450k | 31-12-2029 | ||
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Noahkai Banks | 18 | D C | £17k | £64m | £67m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Yarek Gąsiorowski | 20 | D LC | £7k | £23m | £53m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Ayden Heaven | 18 | D C | £10k | £49m | £160m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Juma Bah | 19 | D C | £0 | £21m | £56m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Karim Coulibaly | 18 | D C, DM | £8k | £5m | £14m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Vitor Reis | 19 | D C | £60k | £27m | £72m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Honest Ahanor | 17 | D LC | £15k | £24m | £82m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Jaydee Canvot | 18 | D RC, DM | £30k | £23m | £71m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Christopher Cupps | 17 | D C | £1k | £4m | £10m | 31-12-2028 | ||
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Veljko Milosavljević | 18 | D C | £17k | £30m | £93m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Jun'ai Byfield | 16 | D C | £3k | £7m | £22m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jayden Ngwashi | 16 | D C | £2k | £7m | £20m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Kyllian Antonio | 17 | D RC | £0 | £9m | £25m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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António Silva | 21 | D C | £27k | £79m | £182m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Kojo Peprah Oppong | 21 | D C | £0 | £9m | £14m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Abdoulaye Faye | 20 | D C | £17k | £8m | £17m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Matías Moreno | 21 | D C | £12k | £8m | £14m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Mikayil Faye | 20 | D LC | £21k | £15m | £38m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Dominik Prpić | 21 | D C | £20k | £20m | £43m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Nnamdi Collins | 21 | D RC | £25k | £33m | £74m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Mbekezeli Mbokazi | 19 | D C | £7k | £5m | £453k | 31-12-2029 | ||
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Rav van den Berg | 21 | D C | £17k | £7m | £15m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Clemens Riedel | 21 | D C | £17k | £16m | £33m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Luca Marianucci | 20 | D C | £31k | £8m | £20m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Wouter Goes | 21 | D C | £0 | £19m | £42m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Soumaïla Coulibaly | 21 | D C | £17k | £30m | £66m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Yiğit Efe Demir | 20 | D C | £0 | £9m | £18m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Kota Takai | 20 | D C | £25k | £17m | £41m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Bruno Ogbus | 19 | D RC | £8k | £7m | £19m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Alessandro Dellavalle | 21 | D RC | £0 | £5m | £8m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Joshua Quarshie | 20 | D C | £21k | £13m | £33m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Joel Ordóñez | 21 | D C | £16k | £13m | £22m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Mateus Lusuardi | 21 | D C | £6k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Alessandro Circati | 21 | D C | £15k | £39m | £43m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Jahmai Simpson-Pusey | 19 | D C | £15k | £14m | £36m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ruairi McConville | 20 | D C | £5k | £7m | £17m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Saba Goglichidze | 21 | D RC | £12k | £6m | £12m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Lautaro Di Lollo | 21 | D C | £3k | £12m | £20m | 31-12-2029 | ||
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Daniel Denoon | 21 | D C | £0 | £3m | £3m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Christ Makosso | 21 | D C | £5k | £14m | £1m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Dominic Vincze | 21 | D RLC | £801 | £3m | £5m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Victor Gabriel | 21 | D LC | £0 | £8m | £13m | 31-12-2029 | ||
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Aliou Thiaré | 21 | D C | £0 | £10m | £21m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Leandro Quiroz | 21 | D C | £1k | £9m | £11m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Yannik Lührs | 21 | D C | £0 | £4m | £6m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Pascal Klemens | 20 | D C, DM | £8k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Gabriele Guarino | 21 | D C | £3k | £3m | £6m | |||
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Linus Gechter | 21 | D RC | £11k | £4m | £7m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Aurèle Amenda | 21 | D C | £20k | £23m | £52m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Fabio Chiarodia | 20 | D LC | £17k | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Mateo Garrido | 16 | D C | £0 | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mor Talla Ndiaye | 17 | D C | £3k | £992k | £3m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Sil Swinkels | 21 | D C | £5k | £4m | £6m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Lewis Schouten | 21 | D C, DM | £0 | £8m | £17m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Nicolás Romero | 21 | D C | £7k | £5m | £5m | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Lautaro Rivero | 21 | D C | £796 | £12m | £20m | 31-12-2028 | ||
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Marcel Ratnik | 21 | D C | £17k | £5m | £11m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Tim Oermann | 21 | D RC | £25k | £4m | £9m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Chibuike Nwaiwu | 21 | D C, DM | £12k | £8m | £16m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Kota Kudo | 21 | D C | £0 | £6m | £515k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Kaiky | 21 | D C | £21k | £8m | £5m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jean Pedroso | 21 | D C | £0 | £5m | £371k | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Alfie Gilchrist | 21 | D RC | £20k | £7m | £14m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Tim Drexler | 20 | D RC | £14k | £7m | £13m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Ousmane Diao | 21 | D RC | £0 | £7m | £14m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Matteo Dams | 21 | D LC | £50k | £17m | £18m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Ange Ahoussou | 21 | D C | £6k | £6m | £13m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Raul Kumar | 17 | D C | £0 | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Álvaro Lezcano | 17 | D C | £0 | £1m | £3m | 01-07-2028 | ||
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Luis Eduardo | 17 | D C | £0 | £5m | £12m | |||
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Sergi Domínguez | 20 | D RC | £0 | £6m | £14m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Villads Nielsen | 19 | D C | £0 | £6m | £15m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mertcan Ayhan | 18 | D C, DM | £3k | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Thijmen Blokzijl | 20 | D C, DM | £3k | £12m | £971k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Thiago Silvero | 19 | D RC | £444 | £9m | £23m | 31-12-2028 | ||
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João Fonseca | 18 | D C | £3k | £6m | £15m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Branimir Mlačić | 18 | D C | £8k | £3m | £8m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal | 19 | D C | £0 | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Stephen Mfuni | 17 | D C | £5k | £10m | £31m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jorge Cabello | 21 | D LC | £0 | £8m | £16m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Nikola Simić | 18 | D C | £0 | £236k | £562k | |||
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Yusuf Akçiçek | 19 | D C | £99k | £33m | £76m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Jair | 20 | D C | £40k | £19m | £47m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Ashley Phillips | 20 | D C | £20k | £15m | £35m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Iván Román | 19 | D C | £0 | £9m | £20m | 31-12-2029 | ||
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Eivind Helland | 20 | D RC, DM | £0 | £17m | £34m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Tyler Bindon | 20 | D RC | £18k | £16m | £39m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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John Mellberg | 18 | D C | £3k | £4m | £9m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Bastien Meupiyou | 19 | D C | £2k | £6m | £471k | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Christian Mawissa | 20 | D LC | £10k | £4m | £9m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Max Alleyne | 19 | D C | £5k | £24m | £69m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Alan Matturro | 20 | D LC | £8k | £7m | £17m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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David Odogu | 19 | D C | £15k | £3m | £9m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Nathan Zézé | 20 | D C | £75k | £34m | £3m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Nunzio Engwanda | 17 | D C | £4k | £12m | £32m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Hamza Güreler | 19 | D C | £0 | £7m | £18m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mamadou Sarr | 19 | D C | £40k | £22m | £63m | 30-06-2033 | ||
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Dies Janse | 19 | D LC | £10k | £10m | £22m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Joachim Kayi Sanda | 18 | D C | £5k | £7m | £19m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Mateo Mendoza | 20 | D RC | £0 | £4m | £7m | |||
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Luca Erlein | 18 | D RC | £13k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Gonçalo Oliveira | 19 | D C | £1k | £4m | £10m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Benjamin Arthur | 19 | D C | £5k | £8m | £17m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Brad Manguelle | 17 | D C | £2k | £8m | £19m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Rayan Atikallah | 19 | D C | £0 | £5m | £11m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Freddie Simmonds | 17 | D C | £2k | £362k | £914k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Josh Stephenson | 18 | D LC | £2k | £6m | £14m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Leon Jakirović | 17 | D LC | £0 | £4m | £318k | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Andrea Natali | 17 | D C | £6k | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Madi Monamay | 19 | D C | £5k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Sergey Muradyan | 20 | D C | £0 | £798k | £63k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Neil Pierre | 17 | D C | £1k | £4m | £10m | 31-12-2028 | ||
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Aaron Bouwman | 17 | D C | £7k | £9m | £22m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Jan Ziółkowski | 20 | D C | £22k | £7m | £16m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Cassiano Kiala | 16 | D C | £0 | £4m | £11m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Tobías Ramírez | 18 | D C | £555 | £12m | £37m | 31-12-2028 | ||
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Bleon Kurtuluş | 18 | D C | £1k | £2m | £3m | 31-12-2030 | ||
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Jaime Vázquez | 19 | D C | £0 | £3m | £5m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Leke Drake | 17 | D C | £3k | £19k | £47k | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Albert Navarro | 18 | D LC | £0 | £6m | £478k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Juan Giménez | 19 | D RC, DM | £296 | £9m | £23m | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Joan Martínez | 17 | D C | £0 | £16m | £49m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Rafael Mota | 18 | D C | £2k | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Bradel Kiwa | 19 | D C | £0 | £7m | £16m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Telmo Zarandona | 17 | D C | £0 | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jan-Luca Riedl | 16 | D C | £0 | £2m | £121k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Maxima Goffi | 17 | D C | £0 | £5m | £13m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Yaël Thébault | 18 | D C, DM | £0 | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Kevin van Ouytsel | 18 | D C | £2k | £7m | £17m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Ariel | 18 | D LC | £0 | £350k | £822k | 01-07-2026 | ||
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Martim Chelmik | 17 | D C | £1k | £3m | £8m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Davide Pavesi | 17 | D C | £0 | £1m | £2m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Stephan Zagadou | 16 | D C | £0 | £4m | £11m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Brad Mantsounga | 17 | D C | £0 | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Ethan Degny | 16 | D C | £0 | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Yanis Monkolot | 16 | D C | £0 | £770k | £2m | |||
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Sylvester Otto | 20 | D C | £0 | £4k | £200 | |||
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Federico Ciucci | 16 | D C | £0 | £2m | £6m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Manuel Carrascosa | 16 | D LC | £0 | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Sebastian Pech | 16 | D C | £0 | £500k | £32k | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Pietro Comuzzo | 20 | D C | £31k | £34m | £91m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Ethan Butera | 19 | D LC, DM | £3k | £6m | £13m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Brahim Traoré | 21 | D C | £0 | £1m | £1m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Sebastian Otoa | 21 | D C, DM | £5k | £4m | £8m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Ondřej Kričfaluši | 21 | D C | £1k | £3m | £3m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Jonas Adjetey | 21 | D C | £25k | £9m | £20m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Matte Smets | 21 | D C | £6k | £9m | £20m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Robert Renan | 21 | D C | £0 | £4m | £8m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Gabriele Calvani | 21 | D C | £0 | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jorne Spileers | 20 | D C | £3k | £7m | £13m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Leandro Morgalla | 20 | D RC | £11k | £7m | £14m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Kim Ji-Soo | 20 | D C | £8k | £9m | £21m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Junior Diaz | 21 | D C, DM | £0 | £3m | £281k | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Aboubaka Soumahoro | 20 | D LC, DM | £10k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Filippo Mané | 20 | D RC | £8k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Edgar Pujol | 20 | D C, DM | £0 | £3m | £225k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Simone Pieraccini | 21 | D RLC | £0 | £1m | £2m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Adrián Palacios | 21 | D LC | £0 | £4m | £7m | 30-06-2028 |
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