Young Defensive Beasts

Best young defenders and CDMs aged 16-21 — FIFA 19

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1

Matthijs de Ligt85+8

2

Trent Alexander-Arnold80+9

3

Éder Gabriel Militão80+8

4

Sander Berge78+9

5

Achraf Hakimi78+8

6

Dayot Upamecano77+11

7

Ibrahima Konaté77+10

8

Lisandro Martínez77+9

9

Dan-Axel Zagadou77+8

10

Declan Rice76+11

11

Evan N'Dicka76+10

12

Manuel Locatelli76+8

13

Tierna Davidson75+15

14

Boubacar Kamara75+13

15

Florentino Morris Luís75+12

16

Jules Koundé75+12

17

Panagiotis Retsos75+10

18

Malang Sarr75+9

19

Kelvin Amian75+8

20

Francisco José Beltrán Peinado75+8

21

Marcelo Saracchi75+7

22

Ellie Carpenter74+15

23

Tyler Adams74+12

24

José Diogo Dalot Teixeira74+11

25

Diogo Filipe Pinto Leite74+11

26

Juan Foyth74+11

27

Idrissa Doumbia74+10

28

Teun Koopmeiners74+8

29

Sandro Tonali73+17

30

Zinho Vanheusden73+14

31

Pedro Antonio Porro Sauceda73+13

32

Jhon Lucumi73+11

33

Takehiro Tomiyasu73+11

34

Sofiane Alakouch73+10

35

Merih Demiral73+10

36

Kristoffer Ajer73+9

37

Maximilian Wöber73+8

38

Timothy Fosu-Mensah73+8

39

Uroš Račić73+8

40

Asato Miyagawa73+8

41

Moeka Minami73+8

42

Faitout Maouassa73+7

43

Cristian Romero72+14

44

Reece James72+13

45

Dario Maresic72+12

46

Ozan Kabak72+11

47

Kevin Rüegg72+11

48

Bruno Méndez72+10

49

Ronaldo Vieira Nan72+9

50

William Saliba71+17

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Matthijs de Ligt	CB	Netherlands	Ajax	85	93	+8
2	Trent Alexander-Arnold	RB	England	Liverpool	80	89	+9
3	Éder Gabriel Militão	CB	Brazil	FC Porto	80	88	+8
4	Sander Berge	CDM	Norway	Genk	78	87	+9
5	Achraf Hakimi	LB	Morocco	Borussia Dortmund	78	86	+8
6	Dayot Upamecano	CB	France	RB Leipzig	77	88	+11
7	Ibrahima Konaté	CB	France	RB Leipzig	77	87	+10
8	Lisandro Martínez	CB	Argentina	Defensa y Justicia	77	86	+9
9	Dan-Axel Zagadou	CB	France	Borussia Dortmund	77	85	+8
10	Declan Rice	CDM	England	West Ham United	76	87	+11
11	Evan N'Dicka	CB	France	Eintracht Frankfurt	76	86	+10
12	Manuel Locatelli	CDM	Italy	Sassuolo	76	84	+8
13	Tierna Davidson	CB	United States	United States Women	75	90	+15
14	Boubacar Kamara	CB	France	Olympique de Marseille	75	88	+13
15	Florentino Morris Luís	CDM	Portugal	SL Benfica	75	87	+12
16	Jules Koundé	CB	France	Girondins de Bordeaux	75	87	+12
17	Panagiotis Retsos	CB	Greece	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	75	85	+10
18	Malang Sarr	CB	France	OGC Nice	75	84	+9
19	Kelvin Amian	RB	France	Toulouse FC	75	83	+8
20	Francisco José Beltrán Peinado	CDM	Spain	RC Celta de Vigo	75	83	+8
21	Marcelo Saracchi	LB	Uruguay	RB Leipzig	75	82	+7
22	Ellie Carpenter	RB	Australia	Australia Women	74	89	+15
23	Tyler Adams	CDM	United States	New York Red Bulls	74	86	+12
24	José Diogo Dalot Teixeira	RB	Portugal	Manchester United	74	85	+11
25	Diogo Filipe Pinto Leite	CB	Portugal	FC Porto	74	85	+11
26	Juan Foyth	CB	Argentina	Tottenham Hotspur	74	85	+11
27	Idrissa Doumbia	CDM	Ivory Coast	Sporting CP	74	84	+10
28	Teun Koopmeiners	CB	Netherlands	AZ	74	82	+8
29	Sandro Tonali	CDM	Italy	Brescia	73	90	+17
30	Zinho Vanheusden	CB	Belgium	Standard Liège	73	87	+14
31	Pedro Antonio Porro Sauceda	RWB	Spain	Girona FC	73	86	+13
32	Jhon Lucumi	CB	Colombia	Genk	73	84	+11
33	Takehiro Tomiyasu	CB	Japan	Sint-Truiden	73	84	+11
34	Sofiane Alakouch	RB	France	Nîmes Olympique	73	83	+10
35	Merih Demiral	CB	Türkiye	Sassuolo	73	83	+10
36	Kristoffer Ajer	CB	Norway	Celtic	73	82	+9
37	Maximilian Wöber	CB	Austria	Ajax	73	81	+8
38	Timothy Fosu-Mensah	RB	Netherlands	Fulham	73	81	+8
39	Uroš Račić	CDM	Serbia	CD Tenerife	73	81	+8
40	Asato Miyagawa	RB	Japan	Japan Women	73	81	+8
41	Moeka Minami	CB	Japan	Japan Women	73	81	+8
42	Faitout Maouassa	LB	France	Stade Rennais	73	80	+7
43	Cristian Romero	CB	Argentina	Genoa	72	86	+14
44	Reece James	RB	England	Wigan Athletic	72	85	+13
45	Dario Maresic	CB	Austria	Sturm Graz	72	84	+12
46	Ozan Kabak	CB	Türkiye	VfB Stuttgart	72	83	+11
47	Kevin Rüegg	RB	Switzerland	FC Zürich	72	83	+11
48	Bruno Méndez	CB	Uruguay	Uruguay	72	82	+10
49	Ronaldo Vieira Nan	CDM	England	Sampdoria	72	81	+9
50	William Saliba	CB	France	AS Saint-Étienne	71	88	+17