Locate the best FM20 defensive midfielder wonderkids and bring a promising hard working, tactical aware player to your club. These defensive mids have the highest potential to reach international level and might follow in the path of Josep Guardiola, Claude Makelele, Andrea Pirlo and Daniele De Rossi.
These defensive midfielders will look to hold position in front of the centre backs, put pressure on the opponents attacking players to prevent goals and chances and work hard to reject spaces the opponents may utilize. Here are the next generation of defensive midfielders, half backs, deep lying playmakers and anchor men in Football Manager 2020. These promising talents will be utilized best by selecting them in a DM position of a 4-1-4-1 or play in a pivot using a 4-2-3-1 formation. They can be characterized as the engine of the team – assisting the team to maintain possession, give the creative players the freedom to attack while covering in front of the defensive line.
Content of Index
The list features under-21 defensive midfielders from around the globe with the potential to become world class players by careful attention to their development. Along with this massive list, you’ll find our ultimate list of Football Manager 2020 wonderkids and its shortlist (available to download below). The wonderkids shortlist includes players turning 21 in the first season – meaning the maximum age when loading this shortlist in the first season will be players aged 20, or born after 1st of July 1998. The shortlist can be downloaded and imported into your own save whenever you wish, and let’s you get an overview of every wonderkid of FM20!
Find the best defensive midfield wonderkids and talents with the highest potential in FM20.
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).
Complete List of FM20 Wonderkids Defensive Midfielders
| NAT. | NAME | AGE | POS. | CLUB | VALUE (€) | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Declan Rice | 20 | DM/MC DC | West Ham | €25.5Mill | |
 | Sandro Tonali | 19 | DM/MC | Brescia | €9Mill | |
 | Florentino Luís | 19 | DM MC | Benfica | €18.5Mill | |
 | Jean-Clair Todibo | 19 | DC/DM | Barcelona | €6Mill | |
| Eduardo Camavinga | 16 | DM/MC | Rennes | €8.25Mill | |
 | Marco Kana | 16 | D/DM MC | Anderlecht | €1.9Mill | |
 | Federico Valverde | 20 | DM/MC | Real Madrid | €33Mill | |
| Ronaldo Vieira | 20 | DM/MC | Sampdoria | €6Mill | |
 | Marcos Antonio | 20 | DM/MC | Shakhtar | €5.5Mill | |
 | Arne Maier | 20 | DM (MC) | Hertha BSC | €4.8Mill | |
 | Tyler Adams | 20 | DM/MC D/WBR | RB Leipzig | €4.8Mill | |
 | Manu Morlanes | 20 | DM/MC | Villarreal | €4.3Mill | |
| Daniel Bragança | 20 | DM (MC) | Estoril Sporting CP | €675K | |
| Martín Calderón | 20 | DM (MC) | Real Madrid Castilla | €275K | |
 | Fausto Vera | 19 | DM/MC | Argentinos Jr | €1.7Mill | |
| Gustavo Assuncão | 19 | DM MC | Famalicão | €1.3Mill | |
| Claudio Gomes | 18 | DM | PSV Man City | €675K | |
 | Kenneth Taylor | 17 | D/DM/MC | AFC Ajax | €450K | |
| Nohan Kenneh | 16 | DM D/MC | Leeds | €225K | |
| Adrian Fein | 20 | DM/MC | HSV Bayern Munich | €4Mill | |
| Oriol Busquets | 20 | DM | Twente Barcelona B | €3.8Mill | |
| Albert Sambi Lokonga | 20 | DM/MC | Anderlecht | €2.1Mill | |
 | Jonathan González | 20 | DM/MC | Monterrey | €950K | |
| Vitor Ferreira | 19 | DM/MC | Porto | €1.5Mill | |
| Ludovit Reis | 19 | DM/MC | Barcelona B | €825K | |
 | Nail Umyarov | 19 | DM/MC | Spartak Moscow | €725K | |
| José Gragera | 19 | DM/MC | Sporting Gijon | €425K | |
| Andrea Ghion | 19 | DM MC | Sassuolo | €180K | |
| Victor Bobsin | 19 | DM MC | Gremio | €130K | |
| James Garner | 18 | DM/MC | Man Utd | €7.75Mill | |
| Oliver Skipp | 18 | DM/MC | Tottenham | €5Mill | |
| Mattia Viviani | 18 | DM/MC | Brescia | €1.2Mill | |
| Batista Mendy | 18 | DM (DC/MC) | Nantes | €825K | |
 | Michal Karbownik | 18 | DM/MC | Legia | €300K | |
| Bruno Gomes | 18 | DM | Vasco da Gama | €200K | |
| Caio Lopes | 18 | DM | Vasco da Gama | €24K | |
| Han-Noah Massengo | 17 | DM/MC | Bristol City | €1.8Mill | |
| Rafael Brito | 17 | DM DC | SL Benfica | €350K | |
| Titouan Thomas | 17 | DM/MC | Lyon | €275K | |
| Sandry | 15 | DM | Santos | €25K | |
| Lucas Gourna Douath | 15 | DM MC | Saint-Etienne | €85K | |
 | Bastien Toma | 20 | DM/MC | Sion | €2.9Mill | |
| Ibrahima Diallo | 20 | DM | Brest | €1.5Mill | |
| Peru Nolaskoain | 20 | DM/MC | Dep. La Coruna Athletic Bilbao | €875K | |
 | Matt Smith | 19 | DM/MC | Charlton Man City | €1.1Mill | |
| Duarte Valente | 19 | DM | Estoril | €950K | |
 | Cheickh Niasse | 19 | DM | LOSC Lille | €725K | |
| Mali | Cheick Doucoure | 19 | DM/MC | RC Lens | €675K | |
| Khéphren Thuram | 18 | DM/MC | OGC Nice | €375K | |
| Wesley Fofana | 18 | DM | Saint-Etienne | €350K | |
| Leonardo Mazza | 18 | DM/MC | Bologna A.C. Milan | €250K | |
 | Marko Bulat | 18 | DM | Sibernik | €230K | |
| Tom Krauss | 18 | DM | RB Leipzig | €160K | |
| Bernardo Silva | 18 | DM | Benfica | €1.1K | |
| Joris Chotard | 17 | DM | Montpellier | €350K | |
| Agustin Baldi | 17 | DM/MC | Tigre | €250K | |
| Noah Françoise | 16 | DM/MC | Rennes | €71K | |
| Diego Sosa | 16 | DM | Gremio | €36K |
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
