Looking for the best wonderkid Defenders in FM26? We've got a shortlist of all the best Defenders Wonderkids in Football Manager 26, Defenders wonderkids are the best young players aged under 21 with high potential ability that are guaranteed to be good Defenders in FM2026.
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These are the best young Defenders in Football Manager 26 as rated by their potential ability in the Defender position. Some of these are wonderkid Defenders in FM26 meaning they are guaranteed to develop to be one of the best Defenders in FM2026. Don't be put off by the fact that some of these Defenders may not be very good Defenders at the start of FM 2026, they have potential to develop and become one of the top Defenders in FM2026. Others will already have high current abilities and be some of the best Defenders 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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Miloš Kerkez | 21 | D/WB/M L | £140k | £73m | £179m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Myles Lewis-Skelly | 18 | D L, DM | £70k | £133m | £300m | 29-06-2030 | ||
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Alejandro Balde | 21 | D/WB L | £73k | £87m | £212m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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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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Michael Kayode | 21 | D/WB R | £50k | £53m | £63m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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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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Nico O'Reilly | 20 | D L, AM C | £60k | £58m | £161m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Willy Kambwala | 20 | D C | £22k | £94m | £242m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Lewis Hall | 20 | D/WB L | £50k | £58m | £217m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Omar El Hilali | 21 | D RC | £8k | £13m | £15m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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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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Saba Kharebashvili | 16 | D/WB L | £850 | £4m | £309k | |||
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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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Juanlu | 21 | D/WB R, AM RC | £21k | £39m | £130m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Tiago Gabriel | 20 | D C | £5k | £19m | £48m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Patrick Dorgu | 20 | D/WB L, AM RL | £39k | £53m | £138m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Kostas Koulierakis | 21 | D C | £25k | £44m | £98m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Alberto Costa | 21 | D/WB/M R | £32k | £56m | £128m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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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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Wesley | 21 | D/WB RL, M R | £61k | £71m | £244m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Sadibou Sané | 21 | D C | £0 | £9m | £18m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Tom Rothe | 20 | D LC | £20k | £50m | £125m | 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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Brooke Norton-Cuffy | 21 | D/WB/M R | £15k | £14m | £10m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Ben Nelson | 21 | D C | £20k | £22m | £24m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Rico Lewis | 20 | D/WB R, DM | £90k | £55m | £149m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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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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José Neto | 17 | D/WB L | £3k | £10m | £30m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Kanta Doi | 20 | D C, DM | £480 | £6m | £485k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Harry Amass | 18 | D/WB L | £2k | £23m | £69m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Kacper Potulski | 17 | D C | £7k | £23m | £76m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Dayann Methalie | 19 | D/WB L | £0 | £28m | £78m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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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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Héctor Fort | 18 | D RLC | £15k | £36m | £113m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Finn Jeltsch | 18 | D RC, DM | £25k | £20m | £63m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Álex Jiménez | 20 | D/WB RL, AM R | £65k | £48m | £56m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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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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Josh Acheampong | 19 | D RC | £15k | £39m | £113m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Ayden Heaven | 18 | D C | £10k | £49m | £160m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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El Hadji Malick Diouf | 20 | D LC | £45k | £39m | £27m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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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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Martim Fernandes | 19 | D/WB RL | £14k | £42m | £119m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Vitor Reis | 19 | D C | £60k | £27m | £72m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Givairo Read | 19 | D/WB RL, M R | £8k | £63m | £188m | 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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Niccolò Fortini | 19 | D/WB RL, M L | £3k | £8m | £19m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jofre Torrents | 18 | D/WB L | £2k | £11m | £31m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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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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Jesús Fortea | 18 | D/WB R | £0 | £6m | £16m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Daniel Banjaqui | 17 | D/WB R | £3k | £17m | £52m | 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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Marco Palestra | 20 | D/WB/M R | £5k | £15m | £1m | 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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Iván Fresneda | 20 | D/WB R | £20k | £69m | £248m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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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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Vinicius Tobias | 21 | D/WB R | £0 | £23m | £51m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Álex Valle | 21 | D/WB L | £9k | £49m | £112m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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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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Samuele Angori | 21 | D/WB L | £5k | £9m | £10m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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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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Antoine Mendy | 21 | D RC | £2k | £10m | £22m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Luca Marianucci | 20 | D C | £31k | £8m | £20m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Rodrigo Huescas | 21 | D/WB/AM R | £7k | £13m | £30m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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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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Mateo Chávez | 21 | D/WB L | £9k | £13m | £29m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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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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Saël Kumbedi | 20 | D/WB R | £25k | £12m | £30m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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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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Fredrik Sjøvold | 21 | D/WB R, DM | £1k | £11m | £25m | 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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Arsène Kouassi | 20 | D/WB L | £0 | £6m | £4m | 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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Kosta Nedeljković | 19 | D/WB R | £30k | £20m | £55m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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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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Aaron Zehnter | 20 | D/WB L | £25k | £7m | £16m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Berkay Yılmaz | 20 | D/WB L | £8k | £5m | £13m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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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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Mathias Fjørtoft Løvik | 21 | D/WB RL | £17k | £8m | £16m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Zachary Athekame | 20 | D/WB R | £31k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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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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Elias Baum | 19 | D/WB RL | £8k | £7m | £16m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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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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Max Finkgräfe | 21 | D/WB L | £25k | £5m | £8m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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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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Lorenzo Bernasconi | 21 | D/WB/M L | £0 | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Ange Ahoussou | 21 | D C | £6k | £6m | £13m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Clemens Lippmann | 19 | D RLC, DM, ST | £0 | £818k | £65k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Kanta Sekitomi | 19 | D/WB/M L | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
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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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Derick | 17 | D/WB L | £0 | £462k | £1m | 30-04-2028 | ||
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Matteo Pérez Vinlöf | 19 | D/WB L | £7k | £8m | £21m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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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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Daniel Budesca | 19 | D/WB R | £0 | £5m | £12m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Davide Bartesaghi | 19 | D LC | £18k | £15m | £40m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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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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Vinícius Lira | 17 | D/WB L | £0 | £8m | £22m | 31-08-2028 | ||
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Igor Felisberto | 18 | D/WB R | £0 | £2m | £4m | 31-03-2029 | ||
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Joaquin Seys | 20 | D/WB RL | £7k | £23m | £47m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Adam Aznou | 19 | D/WB L | £20k | £8m | £22m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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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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Taylan Bulut | 19 | D RC | £18k | £14m | £32m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Ashley Phillips | 20 | D C | £20k | £15m | £35m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jozhua Vertrouwd | 20 | D LC | £0 | £1m | £107k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Iván Román | 19 | D C | £0 | £9m | £20m | 31-12-2029 | ||
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Julio Soler | 20 | D/WB L | £20k | £13m | £32m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Yusi | 19 | D/WB L | £0 | £11m | £31m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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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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Jorge Salinas | 18 | D LC | £0 | £3m | £291k | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Bastien Meupiyou | 19 | D C | £2k | £6m | £471k | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Lucas Høgsberg | 19 | D RC | £0 | £13m | £37m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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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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