Hidden Gems — Defenders

Low-rated Career Mode players with high potential and big growth — FIFA 20

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Christian Fernandes Marques59+24

Leonidas Stergiou63+23

Luke Matheson60+23

Taylor Harwood-Bellis60+23

Malachi Fagan-Walcott59+23

Tomás Lecanda58+23

Jarrad Branthwaite57+23

Armel Bella-Kotchap63+22

Ki-Jana Hoever62+22

Becir Omeragic60+22

Ramón Juárez60+22

Luciano Fabián Vera60+22

Ian Maatsen58+22

Nathan Wood61+21

Ryan Astley61+21

Marco Kana66+20

Nathan Collins63+20

Marvin Tshibuabua62+20

Lautaro Pertusatti62+20

César Haydar61+20

Jan Boller60+20

Josha Vagnoman66+19

Nuno Alexandre Tavares Mendes64+19

Manuel Sánchez de la Peña64+19

Kevin Moreno63+19

Atakan Gündüz63+19

Lewis Gibson61+19

Marc Guehi61+19

Ignace Van der Brempt61+19

Raúl Prada Lozano61+19

Ethan Ampadu68+18

Josko Gvardiol67+18

Sepp van den Berg66+18

Nicolò Armini66+18

Ethan Laird65+18

Killian Sardella65+18

Teden Mengi65+18

Neco Williams64+18

Sam McCallum64+18

Aaron Hickey64+18

Ezequiel Busquets64+18

Zech Medley63+18

Robbe Quirynen63+18

Karly Roestbakken63+18

Lee O'Connor62+18

Tomáš Vlček62+18

Alejandro Francés Torrijo62+18

Alpha Dionkou62+18

Jeremie Frimpong68+17

Noah Katterbach67+17

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Christian Fernandes Marques	CB	Switzerland	Wolverhampton Wanderers	59	83	+24
2	Leonidas Stergiou	CB	Switzerland	FC St. Gallen	63	86	+23
3	Luke Matheson	RB	England	Rochdale	60	83	+23
4	Taylor Harwood-Bellis	CB	England	Manchester City	60	83	+23
5	Malachi Fagan-Walcott	CB	England	Tottenham Hotspur	59	82	+23
6	Tomás Lecanda	CB	Argentina	River Plate	58	81	+23
7	Jarrad Branthwaite	CB	England	Everton	57	80	+23
8	Armel Bella-Kotchap	CB	Germany	VfL Bochum	63	85	+22
9	Ki-Jana Hoever	RB	Netherlands	Liverpool	62	84	+22
10	Becir Omeragic	CB	Switzerland	FC Zürich	60	82	+22
11	Ramón Juárez	CB	Mexico	América	60	82	+22
12	Luciano Fabián Vera	LB	Argentina	River Plate	60	82	+22
13	Ian Maatsen	LB	Netherlands	Chelsea	58	80	+22
14	Nathan Wood	CB	England	Middlesbrough	61	82	+21
15	Ryan Astley	CB	Wales	Everton	61	82	+21
16	Marco Kana	CB	Belgium	Anderlecht	66	86	+20
17	Nathan Collins	CB	Republic of Ireland	Stoke City	63	83	+20
18	Marvin Tshibuabua	CB	France	AS Saint-Étienne	62	82	+20
19	Lautaro Pertusatti	RWB	Uruguay	Nacional de Montevideo	62	82	+20
20	César Haydar	CB	Colombia	Junior de Barranquilla	61	81	+20
21	Jan Boller	CB	Germany		60	80	+20
22	Josha Vagnoman	RB	Germany	Hamburger SV	66	85	+19
23	Nuno Alexandre Tavares Mendes	LB	Portugal		64	83	+19
24	Manuel Sánchez de la Peña	LB	Spain	Atlético de Madrid	64	83	+19
25	Kevin Moreno	CB	Colombia	Deportivo Cali	63	82	+19
26	Atakan Gündüz	CB	Türkiye	Trabzonspor	63	82	+19
27	Lewis Gibson	CB	England	Everton	61	80	+19
28	Marc Guehi	CB	England	Chelsea	61	80	+19
29	Ignace Van der Brempt	RB	Belgium	Club Brugge	61	80	+19
30	Raúl Prada Lozano	LB	Spain	RCD Mallorca	61	80	+19
31	Ethan Ampadu	CB	Wales	RB Leipzig	68	86	+18
32	Josko Gvardiol	CB	Croatia	Dinamo Zagreb	67	85	+18
33	Sepp van den Berg	CB	Netherlands	Liverpool	66	84	+18
34	Nicolò Armini	CB	Italy	Lazio	66	84	+18
35	Ethan Laird	RB	England	Manchester United	65	83	+18
36	Killian Sardella	RB	Belgium	Anderlecht	65	83	+18
37	Teden Mengi	CB	England	Manchester United	65	83	+18
38	Neco Williams	RB	Wales	Liverpool	64	82	+18
39	Sam McCallum	LWB	England	Coventry City	64	82	+18
40	Aaron Hickey	LB	Scotland	Heart of Midlothian	64	82	+18
41	Ezequiel Busquets	RB	Uruguay	Peñarol	64	82	+18
42	Zech Medley	CB	England	Arsenal	63	81	+18
43	Robbe Quirynen	LB	Belgium	Antwerp	63	81	+18
44	Karly Roestbakken	LB	Australia	Australia Women	63	81	+18
45	Lee O'Connor	LB	Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	62	80	+18
46	Tomáš Vlček	CB	Czechia	Slavia Praha	62	80	+18
47	Alejandro Francés Torrijo	RB	Spain	Real Zaragoza	62	80	+18
48	Alpha Dionkou	RB	Senegal	Manchester City	62	80	+18
49	Jeremie Frimpong	RB	Netherlands	Celtic	68	85	+17
50	Noah Katterbach	LB	Germany	1. FC Köln	67	84	+17