With the list of goalkeeper wonderkids of FM2020 published yesterday, it’s time to take a closer look on the FM20 central defender wonderkids and most promising centrebacks. It continues our focus to highlight the best Football Manager 2020 wonderkids and talents.
It’s the ultimate place to discover ‘all’ central defenders with the highest potential in FM20. The list of FM20 central defenders features players born after 01.07.1998, and can be labelled as Under-21 centrebacks, and covers youngsters from South America in west to Eastern Europe.
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Here you’ll find the next Jaap Stam, ball playing defenders in similar character of John Stones and Gerard Pique plus a number of centre backs that’s labelled as promising talents and needs your attention and trust to develop into great players in the future.
To help you find and keep track of the wonderkids development, we’ve compiled a massive shortlist of the best Football Manager 2020 wonderkids. It includes all players from every position and will be updated until Football Manager 2021 release.
PS. If you shouldn’t find a specific player within the list, he might have been added to one of the other (depending on what’s his natural position).
Discover the complete list of FM20 Central Defender wonderkids or download our FM20 wonderkids shortlist below.
Complete list of FM20 Central Defender Wonderkids [v20.3]
| NAT. | NAME | AGE | POS. | CLUB | VALUE (€) | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Matthijs de Ligt | 19 | DC | Juventus | €40Mill | |
 | Dayot Upamecano | 20 | DC | RB Leipzig | €19Mill | |
 | Alessandro Bastoni | 20 | DC | Internazionale | €15.25Mill | |
| Jean-Clair Todibo | 19 | DC DM | Schalke 04 FC Barcelona | €10Mill | |
| William Saliba | 18 | DC | Saint Etienne Arsenal | €6.75Mill | |
| Jules Koundé | 20 | DC | Sevilla | €11Mill | |
| Dan-Axel Zagadou | 20 | DC | Bor. Dortmund | €7.75Mill | |
| Ibrahima Konaté | 20 | DC | RB Leipzig | €7Mill | |
| Malang Sarr | 20 | DC | OGC Nice | €5.75Mill | |
| Thomas Basila | 20 | DC | FC Nantes | €1.8Mill | |
 | Denys Popov | 20 | DC | Dynamo Kyiv | €1.3Mill | |
 | Mohammed Salisu | 20 | DC | Real Valladolid | €825K | |
| Boubacar Kamara | 19 | DC | Marseille | €6.5Mill | |
 | Marash Kumbulla | 19 | DC | Hellas Verona | €5Mill | |
| Davide Bettella | 19 | DC | Pescara Atalanta | €1.7Mill | |
 | Nehuén Pérez | 19 | DC | Famalicão At. Madrid | €875K | |
 | Ethan Ampadu | 18 | DC | RB Leipzig Chelsea | €12.25Mill | |
 | Strahinja Pavlovic | 18 | DC | Partizan Monaco | €900K | |
| Nicoló Armini | 18 | DRC | Lazio | €250K | |
 | Leonidas Stergiou | 17 | DC | FC St. Gallen | €1.8Mill | |
| Becir Omeragic | 17 | DC | Zürich | €925K | |
 | Josko Gvardiol | 17 | DLC | Dinamo Zagreb | €625K | |
 | Armel Bella-Kotchap | 17 | DC | VfL Bochum | €350K | |
 | Eduardo Quaresma | 17 | DC | Sporting CP | €245K | |
 | Marco Kana | 16 | D/DM MC | Anderlecht | €1.9Mill | |
| Thimothée Pembélé | 16 | DC | Paris SG | €275K | |
 | Japhet Tanganga | 20 | DC | Tottenham | €7.25Mill | |
 | Panagiotis Retsos | 20 | DC | Bayer Leverkusen | €4Mill | |
 | Ronald Araújo | 20 | DC | Barcelona B | €3.6Mill | |
| Evan N’Dicka | 20 | DC | E. Frankfurt | €3.4Mill | |
| Diogo Leite | 20 | DC | FC Porto | €2.9Mill | |
| Reece Oxford | 20 | DC DM | FC Augsburg | €2.7Mill | |
| Lautaro Valenti | 20 | DC | Lanús | €2.6Mill | |
 | Lucas Ribeiro | 20 | DC | TSG Hoffenheim | €2.1Mill | |
| Stanley Nsoki | 20 | DC | OGC Nice | €1.7Mill | |
| Diogo Queirós | 20 | DC | Mouscron FC Porto | €1.1Mill | |
 | Javier Montero | 20 | DC | Deportivo La Coruña Atletico Madrid | €700K | |
| Zinho Vanheusden | 19 | DC | Standard Liege | €10.25Mill | |
 | Ozan Kabak | 19 | DC | Schalke 04 | €7Mill | |
| Ben Wilmot | 19 | DC | Swansea Watford | €4.2Mill | |
 | Dario Maresic | 19 | DC | Reims | €3.3Mill | |
| Perr Schuurs | 19 | DC (DM) | AFC Ajax | €3.1Mill | |
| Oumar Solet | 19 | DC DM | Olympique Lyonnais | €1.3Mill | |
 | Sebastian Walukiewicz | 19 | DC / DM | Cagliari | €1.3Mill | |
| Mohamed Simakan | 19 | DC | Strasbourg | €900K | |
| Jorge Cuenca | 19 | DC | Barcelona B | €875K | |
| Svetozar Markovic | 19 | DC | Larisa Olympiakos | €600K | |
| Gabriele Corbo | 19 | DC | Bologna | €550K | |
| Pedro Álvaro | 19 | DC | SL Benfica | €525K | |
| Hugo Guillamón | 19 | DC | Valencia | €235K | |
 | Filip Vasko | 19 | DC | Udinese | €75K | |
| Eric García | 18 | DC | Man City | €8.25Mill | |
| Kik Pierie | 18 | DLC | AFC Ajax | €3.4Mill | |
| Bafodé Diakité | 18 | DC | Toulouse | €675K | |
| Loïc Mbe Soh | 18 | DC | Paris SG | €625K | |
| Jonathan Panzo | 18 | DLC | Cercle Brugge Monaco | €475K | |
| Paolo Gozzi | 18 | DC | Juventus U20 | €250K | |
 | Lee O’Connor | 18 | DRC | Patrick Thistle Celtic | €135K | |
| Kaíque Rocha | 18 | DC | Sampdoria | €115K | |
| Bruno Amione | 17 | DC | Belgrano | €800K | |
| Nathan Wood | 17 | DC | Middlesbrough | €625K | |
| Gastón Ávila | 17 | DC | Boca Juniors | €525K | |
| Taylor Harwood-Bellis | 17 | DC | Man City | €475K | |
| Tanguy Kouassi | 17 | DC | Paris SG | €300K | |
| Elías Machuca | 16 | DC | Racing Club | €950K | |
| Devyne Rensch | 16 | DC DM | AFC Ajax | €145K | |
| Bryan Okoh | 16 | DC | Liefereng RB Salzburg | €99K | |
 | Liam Morrison | 16 | DC | Bayern Munich | €63K | |
| David Vinhas | 16 | DC | Porto | €22.5K | |
| Rodri | 15 | DC | Leonesa B | €150K | |
| Léo Santos Leonardo Rodrigues dos Santos | 20 | DC | Corinthians | €3.8Mill | |
| Leonardo Balerdi | 20 | DC | Bor. Dortmund | €3.4Mill | |
| Rick van Drongelen | 20 | DC | HSV | €3.2Mill | |
| Gonzalo Goñi | 20 | DC | CA Estudiantes Boca Juniors | €1Mill | |
| Modibo Sagnan | 20 | DC | Mirandes Real Sociedad | €850K | |
| Quique Clemente | 20 | DC | Zaragoza | €600K | |
| Lucas Halter | 19 | DC | Athletico-PR | €5Mill | |
| Tiago Djaló | 19 | DC | LOSC Lille | €3.7Mill | |
| Bruno Méndez | 19 | DC | Corinthians | €1.5Mill | |
| Sebastián Cáceres | 19 | DC | Club America | €650K | |
| Miranda Matheus dos Santos Miranda | 19 | DC | Vasco da Gama | €200K | |
| Gonçalo Cardoso | 18 | DC | West Ham | €2.3Mill | |
| Benoît Badiashile | 18 | DC | Monaco | €900K | |
| Ibrahima Cissé | 18 | DC | AA Gent | €91K | |
| Tiago Matos | 18 | DC | FC Porto | €15.75K | |
| Killian Sardella | 17 | DRC | Anderlecht | €375K | |
| Brandon Soppy | 17 | DC | Stade Rennais | €135K |
A massive shortlist of the best Football Manager 2020 Wonderkids and talents under 21. Discover the best young players with highest potential to become future international stars in Football Manager 2020 now! Latest version includes 1370+ Under-21 players from all over the world. Updated for 20.3 database.
Download Instructions
1. Import the file to:
- PC:
This Computer/Your Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2020 > shortlist -
MAC*:
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2020 > Shortlist
NB! This folder is hidden by default. Please follow these instructions to locate your Football Manager 2020 Documents*.
2. Restart Football Manager 2020
3. Locate Scouting and Click Shortlist
4. Click Wrench icon – Load shortlist
5. Select the preferred shortlist – Click Open
