Football Manager 2021 Wonderkids | The Ultimate Shortlist

For years our FM21 wonderkids list has been the go-to page for savvy Football Manager enthusiasts. This year we continue the success by providing you with our comprehensive list of the best Football Manager 2021 wonderkids and talents under 21 – helping you to track down the best wonderkids and talents quickly and efficiently!

Get our help to identify the best young players in Football Manager 2021 with the highest potential by browsing our comprehensive wonderkids list or import our massive shortlist directly into your own game!

About the Wonderkids List

Tracking down the best wonderkids of Football Manager 2021 as early on as possible can give you an edge over your opponents. Swooping them up early on can let you build a powerhouse of a squad able to compete for major trophies for years to come.

Our massive list of the best Football Manager 2021 wonderkids can in this instance definitely be of help!

Our list includes players born after July 1st 1999 – meaning they are 20 years or younger at the start of 2020/21 season as well as promising youth that might turn into wonder kids as the seasons progresses.

This will be your source to find the next generation of football talents coming through in world football and enables you to discover hot prospects and promising talents from around the globe – from regions famous for producing the greatest football talents to nations and clubs that take much pride in youth development.

Editor’s Pick

With hundreds of wonderkids and talents available in FM21 it’s impossible for us to showcase everyone beneath. For this reason, we’ve compiled a shortlist featuring ‘all’ the wonderkids of Football Manager 2021 letting you more easily find hidden and cheap wonderkids with lower reputation and current ability than the best ones.

In order to make it as easy for you to track down the best wonderkids we’ve limited ourself to compile the best under-21 talents to one major list – instead of providing individual positional pages. We believe this will serve you with a quick and efficient way to find the best wonderkids and talents of Football Manager 2021 in relationship with the featured shortlist – giving you the option to import the shortlist into your own save whenever you wish!

This shortlist is “work in progress” until the release of Football Manager 2022, and we look to continuously update it (if needed) for your benefit in order to help you discover new and amazing talents.

About the Ranking & Star System
To help you identify the best young players of Football Manager 2021 we have sorted this list by position, age and our personal recommendation rating ranging from 1 to 5 stars.

5 star wonderkids got the potential to become one of the best players in the future and possess the current ability to get matches for the first team. 4 star players got the potential to become notable international stars, while 3 star players will be great players of their nation.

How to identify Wonderkids?

A Football Manager wonderkid is a media description term used to describe players, at the age of 20 or beneath, with the potential to become future world-class stars. These so-called wonderkids possesses a mix of great current abilities, high potential and high reputation.

In FM terms, it’s a label used to describe young players where his current abilities are considerable for his age and close in on his potential ability level. The media describes them as wonderkid due to their immense quality relating to their age. Their player attributes and performance excels compared to more experienced players and could be a first-team option.

You can learn more about how to find the best wonderkids and newgens here.

We define wonderkids as young players under the age of 21 (born after 01.07.1999) who got the potential to reach international level – to play in the top 5 leagues or got the potential to become a significant player for the national team. While we are not allowed to reveal any CA or PA levels from the FM database or editor, our list of FM wonderkids includes players with incredible talent relating to player attributes and potential ability.

Currently work in process!

FM21 Goalkeeper Wonderkids [v21.0]

NAT.	NAME	CLUB	AGE	POS. Pref. Foot.	VALUE (€) WAGES (€ p/w)	SCORE
	Illan Meslier	Leeds	20	GK	€20Mill €22K p/w
	Diogo Costa	FC Porto	20	GK	€1.1Mill €3.8K p/w
	Mile Svilar	SL Benfica	20	GK	€400K €10.75K p/w
	Marco Carnesecchi	Atalanta	20	GK	€375K €3.9K p/w
	Gavin Bazunu	Rochdale Man City	18	GK	€210K €5.5K p/w
	Maarten Vandevoordt	KRC Genk	18	GK	€165K €4.5K p/w
	Stefan Bajic	Saint-Etienne	18	GK	€110K €1.1K p/w
	Manuel Gasparini	Udinese	18	GK	€70K €2.3K p/w
	Marcus Dewhurst	Carlisle Sheff Utd	19	GK	€135K €650 p/w
	Alessandro Plizzari	Reggina AC Milan	20	GK	€425K €10K p/w
	Berke Özer	KVC Westerlo Fenerbahce	20	GK	€250K €2.2K p/w
	Dominik Kotarski	Ajax	20	GK	€140K
	Francisco Meixedo	Porto	19	GK	€10.5K< €2K p/w/td>
	Stefano Turati	Sassuolo	18	GK	€98K €250 p/w
	Lucas Chevalier	LOSC Lille	18	GK	€93K €1K p/w
	Iván Martínez	Subiza Osasuna	18	GK	€28.5K €1.3K p/w
	Lucas Lavallée	LOSC Lille	17	GK	€45K €90 p/w
	Charlie Setford	Ajax	16	GK	€38K €100 p/w

FM21 Wonderkids Central Defenders [v21.0]

NAT.	NAME	CLUB	AGE	POS.	VALUE (€)	RATING
	Matthijs de Ligt	Juventus	20	DC	€38.5Mill €235K p/w
	William Saliba	Arsenal	19	DC	€12.75Mill €44K p/w
	Marash Kumbulla	AS Roma Hellas Verona	20	DC	€5.5Mill €34.5K p/w
	Ozan Kabak	Schalke 04	20	DC	€4.4Mill €38.5K p/w
	Nehuén Pérez	Granada At. Madrid	20	DC	€4.4Mill €16.5K p/w
	Eric García	Man City	19	DC	€20.5Mill €13.25K p/w
	Wesley Fofana	Leicester	19	DC	€12.75Mill €60K p/w
	Ethan Ampadu	Sheff Utd Chelsea	19	DC	€9Mill €8.25K p/w
	Jean-Clair Todibo	Benfica Barcelona	19	DC/DM	€5.25Mill €24K p/w
	Benoît Badiashile	AS Monaco	19	DC	€2.6Mill
	Strahinja Pavlovic	Monaco	19	DC	€1Mill €7.5K p/w
	Bafodé Diakité	Toulouse	19	DC	€425K €4.9K p/w
	Eduardo Quaresma	Sporting	18	DC	€800K €5K p/w
	Josko Gvardiol	Dinamo Zagreb (RB Leipzig 01.07.2021)	18	DLC	€1Mill €14.75K p/w
	Leonidas Stergiou	FC St. Gallen	18	DC	€1Mill €2.3K p/w
	Becir Omeragic	Zürich	18	DC	€450K €3K p/w
	Tanguy Nianzou	Bayern Munich	18	DC	€125K €37K p/w
	Armel Bella-Kotchap	VfL Bochum	18	DC	€65K €3.8K p/w
	Thimothée Pembélé	Paris SG	17	DC	€225K €5.75K p/w
	Elías Machuca	Racing Club	17	DC	€800K €450 p/w
	Olivier Aertssen	AFC Ajax	16	DC	€45.5K €100 p/w
	Nnamdi Collins	Bor. Dortmund	16	DC	€18.75K €60 p/w
	Mohamed Simakan	Strasbourg	20	DC	€700K €5K p/w
	Ben Wilmot	Watford	20	DC	€3.2Mill €5.5K p/w
	Davide Bettella	Monza Atalanta	20	DC	€725K €1.7K p/w
	Jorge Cuenca	Almeria Villarreal	20	DC	€200K €6.25K p/w
	Nicoló Armini	Lazio	19	DRC	€130K €19.5K p/w
	Andrea Papetti	Brescia	18	DC	€1.8Mill 220 p/w
	Tomás Araújo	SL Benfica	18	DC	€5.25K
	Devyne Rensch	AFC Ajax	17	DC/DM	€240K €1.2K p/w
	Bright Arrey-Mbi	Bayern Munich	17	DC	€55K €1.5K p/w

FM21 Wonderkids Wingbacks / Fullbacks [v21.0]

NAT.	NAME	CLUB	AGE	POS.	VALUE (€)	RATING
[CAN]	Alphonso Davies	Bayern Münich	19	D/WB/M/AML	€6.75Mill €96K p/w
	Reece James	Chelsea	20	D/WBR	€28Mill €66K p/w
	Max Aarons	Norwich	20	D/WBR	€16.5Mill €19.75K p/w
	Juan Miranda	Real Betis Barcelona	20	D/WBL M/AML	€750K €8K p/w
	Brandon Williams	Man Utd	19	DRL (WBL)	€21.5Mill
	Sergiño Dest	Barcelona	19	D/WBR (D/WBL/M/AMRL)	€11Mill €27.5K p/w
	Nuno Mendes	Sporting	18	D/WBL	€4.9Mill €4.5K p/w
	Rayan Aït-Nouri	Wolverhampton Angers	19	DL	€2.5Mill €10.75K p/w
	Noah Katterbach	1.FC Köln	19	D/WBL	€1.1Mill
	Josha Vagnoman	HSV	19	D/WBRL	€425K €7.5K p/w
	Ki-Jana Hoever	Wolves	18	DRC/WBR	€275K €13.25K p/w
	Jesús Vázquez	Valencia	17	D/WBL	€68K €1.8K p/w
	David De la Víbora	Real Madrid	17	D/WB/ML	€7.25K €375 p/w
	Chahine van Bohemen	Ajax	16	DLC (WB/DM)	€43K €100 p/w
	Nuno Tavares	Benfica	20	D/WBL	€6Mill €5.5K p/w
	Pedro Porro	Sporting Man City	20	D/WB/M/AMR	€15.75Mill €33K p/w
	Mitchell Bakker	Paris SG	20	D/WBL	€240K €23K p/w
	Owen Wijndal	AZ Alkmaar	20	D/WBL	€3.1Mill €4.2K p/w
	Tomás Esteves	Reading Porto	20	D/WBR	€350K €3.8K p/w
	Michal Karbownik	Legia	19	DL (DR/DM/MC)	€425K €625 p/w
	Luca Netz	Hertha Berlin	17	D/WBL	€35.5K €60 p/w

FM21 Wonderkids Central Midfielders [v21.0]

NAT.	NAME	AGE	POS.	CLUB	VALUE (€)	RATING
	Sandro Tonali	A.C Milan Brescia	20	DM/MC	€11.5Mill €71K p/w
	Florentino Luís	Monaco Benfica	20	DM MC	€7.25Mill €18.5K p/w
	Dominik Szoboszlai	RB Salzburg	20	MC (ML/AMLC)	€6.5Mill €4.8K p/w
	Ryan Gravenberch	AFC Ajax	18	M/AMC	€1.8Mill €3.2K p/w
	Marco Kana	Anderlecht	18	D/DM MC	€210K €5K p/w
	Eduardo Camavinga	Rennes	17	DM/MC	€7.25Mill €20.5K p/w
	Jude Bellingham	Bor. Dortmund	17	M/AMC	€1.3Mill €57K p/w
	Sandry	Santos	17	DM (MC)	€700K €3.1K p/w
	Ilaix Moriba	Barcelona U19	17	MC (DM/AMC)	€210K €12.75K p/w
[JPN]	Pipi	Real Madrid	16	M (AMC)	€175K €10K p/w
	Matty Longstaff	Newcastle	20	MC	€9.5Mill €27.5K p/w
MAC	Eljif Elmas	Napoli	20	M/AMC	€8.25Mill €44K p/w
	Boubacar Kamara	Marseille	20	DM/DC	€7.75Mill €51K p/w
	Morgan Gibbs-White	Swansea Wolverhampton	20	M/AMC	€7.5Mill €16.5K p/w
	Gustavo Assuncão	Famalicão	20	DM MC	€4.1Mill
	Maxence Caqueret	Lyon	20	DM/MC	€4Mill €19.25K p/w
	Riqui Puig	Barcelona B	20	M/AMC	€2.6Mill
	Fausto Vera	Argentinos Jr	20	DM/MC	€1.8Mill €3.5K p/w
	Marcos Antonio	Shakhtar	20	DM/MC	€2.5Mill €7.5K p/w
	Romário Baró	Porto	20	MC	€1.7Mill €3.8K p/w
	Angel Gomes	Boavista LOSC Lille	19	AMC	€8.75Mill €22K p/w
	Sergio Gómez	SD Huesca Bor. Dortmund	19	M/AMC (M/AML)	€800K €15.25K p/w
	Tiago Dantas	Bayern Munich Benfica	19	MC	€230K €3.8K p/w
	Nicoló Rovella	Genoa	18	MC (DM)	€850K €250 p/w
	Kenneth Taylor	AFC Ajax	18	D/DM/MC	€525K €1.5K p/w
	Adil Aouchiche	Saint-Etienne	17	MC	€350K €18.5K p/w
	Hannibal Mejbri	Man Utd	17	M/AMC	€235K €5.5K p/w
	Ronaldo Camará	Benfica	17	M/AMC	€125K €3K p/w
	Youri Regeer	AFC Ajax	16	DM/MC	€115K €120 p/w
	Agustín Almendra	Boca Juniors	20	MC (MR)	€1.8Mill €5K p/w
	Alessio Riccardi	Pescara AS Roma	19	M/AMC	€240K €17.75K p/w
	Batista Mendy	Nantes	19	DM/MC	€475K €4.6K p/w
	Nohan Kenneh	Leeds	17	DM D/MC	€235K
	Xavi Simons	Paris SG	17	MC	€53K €650 p/w
	Torben Rhein	Bayern Munich	17	MC (DM/AMC)	€37.5K €850 p/w
	Pierre Dwomoh	KRC Genk	16	M/AMC / AMR	€115K €1.2K p/w

FM21 Wonderkids Attacking Midfielders [v21.0]

NAT.	NAME	AGE	POS.	CLUB	VALUE (€)	RATING
	João Félix	Atletico Madrid	20	AMRLC/ST	€41Mill
	Phil Foden	Man City	20	M/AMC	€38Mill €33K p/w
	Thiago Almada	Vélez Sarsfield	19	AMC AMRL/ST	€2.5Mill €4.8K p/w
	Reinier	Bor. Dortmund Real Madrid	18	AMC	€1.2Mill €10.25K p/w
	Pedri Pedro González López	Barcelona	17	MC/AMRLC	€8.25Mill €25K p/w
	Naci Ünüvar	AFC Ajax	17	AMLC/MC	€185K €1K p/w
	Rayan Cherki	Olympique Lyonnais	16	AMLC AMR/ST	€275K €9.5K p/w
[JPN]	Pipi	Real Madrid	16	M (AMC)	€175K €10K p/w
[CAN]	Jonathan David	LOSC Lille	20	AMRLC	€8.75Mill €35K p/w
	Hamed Junior Traorè	Sassuolo Empoli	20	M/AMC	€5Mill €17.75K p/w
	Roberto Lopez	Real Sociedad C	20	AMC AML	€1.2Mill €9.25K p/w
	Lee Kang-In	Valencia	19	AMRLC	€6.75Mill €20.5K p/w
	Takefusa Kubo	Villarreal Real Madrid	19	AMRC	€4.9Mill €42K p/w
	Yari Verschaeren	Anderlecht	19	AMC MC/AMRL	€300K €6.5K p/w
	Mohamed Ihattaren	PSV	18	AMRLC	€3.8Mill €4.4K p/w
	Ivonei	Santos	18	AMC	€95K €1K p/w
	Giovanni Reyna	Bor. Dortmund	17	M/AMC (AMRL)	€950K €16.75Kp/w
	Yusuf Demir	Rapid Wien	17	AMLC/ST	€325K €700 p/w
	Miguel Silveira	Fluminense	17	AMC	€63K €750 p/w
	Florian Wirtz	Bayer Leverkusen	17	AMC (AMRL)	€55K €1.5K p/w
	Florent da Silva	Olympique Lyon	17	M/AMC	€53K €650 p/w
	Jamal Musiala	FC Bayern II	17	AMC (AML/ST)	€35K €850 p/w
	Diogo Nascimento	Benfica	17	AMC	€15.75K €2.8K p/w
	Ömer Beyaz	Fenerbahce	16	AMC (MC)	€135K €275 p/w
	Gavi	16	M/AMC	Barcelona	€53K €850 p/w
	Mohamed Taabouni	AZ	18	M/AMLC	€150K €875 p/w
	Filip Stevanovic	Partizan Man City	17	AMLC	€35K €2.4K p/w

FM21 Wonderkids Wingers [v21.0]

NAT.	NAME	CLUB	AGE	POS.	VALUE (€)	RATING
	Jadon Sancho	Bor. Dortmund	20	M/AMRL	€36.5Mill €115K p/w
	Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid	19	AML/ST	€19.5Mill £215K p/w/td>
	Rodrygo	Real Madrid	19	AMRL/ST	€6.75Mill £125K p/w
	Mason Greenwood	Man Utd	18	AMR/ST	€33Mill €27.5K p/w
	Ansu Fati	Barcelona	17	AMRL/ST	€23.5Mill €11.75K p/w
	Shola Shoretire	Man Utd	16	AMLC	€100K €160 p/w
	Ferran Torres	Man City	20	M/AMR	€33Mill €66K p/w
	Callum Hudson-Odoi	Chelsea	19	AMRLC	€28.5Mill €130K p/w
	Ryan Sessegnon	Hoffenheim Tottenham	20	D/WB/M/AML	€21Mill €60K p/w
	Dejan Kulusevski	Juventus	20	M/AMRC (MC/AML)	€25Mill €89K p/w
	Reiss Nelson	Arsenal	20	M/AMRL	€21Mill €44K p/w
	Emile Smith Rowe	Arsenal	20	AMLC	€14.25Mill €11K p/w
	Diego Laínez	Real Betis	20	AML (AMR)	€1Mill €8K p/w
	Francisco Trincão	Barcelona	20	AMRL	€7.25Mill €22K p/w
	Jens Petter Hauge	A.C Milan	20	AML	€4.9Mill €29K p/w
	Amine Gouiri	Lyon	20	AML/ST	€2.9Mill €11.5K p/w
	Paulinho	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	20	AML	€1.5Mill €29K p/w
	Gabriel Martinelli	Arsenal	19	AML/ST AMRC	€21Mill €38.5K p/w
	Curtis Jones	Liverpool	19	AML (M/AMC)	€8Mill €22K p/w
	Antonio Marin	Monza Dinamo Zagreb	19	AML	€475K €4.8K p/w
	Bukayo Saka	Arsenal	18	WB/AML	€28.5ill €33K p/w
	Facundo Pellistri	Man Utd	18	AMR/ST	€5.5Mill €27.5K p/w
	Ander Barrenetxea	Real Sociedad	18	M/AMRL	€4.4ill €13.75K p/w
	Talles Magno	Vasco da Gama	18	AMRL/ST	€2.7Mill €7K p/w
	Jérémy Doku	Rennes	18	AML/ST	€1.1Mill €15K p/w
	Amad Diallo	Atalanta Joining Man Utd	18	AMR	€275K €5K p/w
	Harvey Elliott	Blackburn Liverpool	17	M/AMRL	€5.5Mill €13.75K p/w
	Jayden Braaf	Man City	17	AML	€5.5Mill €8.25K p/w
	Yunus Musah	Valencia	17	M/AMRC	€1.3Mill €11K p/w
	Karamoko Dembélé	Celtic	17	M/AMR	€800K €875
	Adam Hlozek	Sparta Praha	17	AML/ST (AMR)	€375K €3K p/w
	Gabriel Veron	Palmeiras	17	AMRL	€125K €1.2K p/w
	Renyer	Santos	17	AMR	€54K €40 p/w
	Sávio	At. Mineiro	16	AMR	€71K 825 p/w
	Ilias Akhomach	Barcelona	16	AMRC	€66K 850 p/w
	Jamie Bynoe-Gittens	Bor. Dortmund	16	AML	€17.25K €60 p/w
	Pedro Neto	Wolves	20	AMRL/ST	€11.25Mill €44K p/w
	Antony	Ajax	20	AMR/ST	€7.5Mill €15K p/w
	Jeppe Kjær	AFC Ajax	16	AMRL/ST	€63K 100 p/w

FM21 Wonderkids Strikers / Forwards [v21.0]

NAT.	NAME	AGE	POS.	CLUB	VALUE (€)	RATING
	Erling Haaland	Bor. Dortmund	20	ST	€62Mill €155K p/w
	Alexander Isak	Real Sociedad	20	ST	€6Mill €17.5K p/w
	Joshua Zirkzee	Bayern Munich	19	ST	€1.2Mill €15.25K p/w
	Fábio Silva	Wolverhampton	17	ST	€2.5Mill €38.5K p/w
	Moise Kean	Paris SG Everton	20	ST AMRL	€10Mill €€55K p/w
	Rhian Brewster	Shieff Utd Liverpool	20	ST AMR	€9.25Mill €46.5K p/w
	Dusan Vlahovic	Fiorentina	20	ST	€5.25Mill €28.5K p/w
	José Juan Macías	Chivas	20	ST	€675K €11.5K p/w
	Fiete Arp	Bayern Münich	20	ST	€525K €96K p/w
	Myron Boadu	AZ Alkmaar	19	ST	€8.5Mill €10.25K p/w
	Pietro Pellegri	Monaco	19	ST	€850K €19.5K p/w
	João Pedro	Watford	18	ST AMRL	€6.75Mill €22K p/w
	Troy Parrot	Millwall Tottenham	18	ST	€5.5Mill €11K p/w
	Eddie Salcedo	Hellas Verona Internazionale	18	ST	€1.4Mill €7K p/w
	Kaio Jorge	Santos	18	ST	€1.4Mill €2.8K p/w
	Sebastiano Esposito	SPAL Inter Milan	18	ST	€650K €3.6K p/w
	Willem Geubbels	Monaco	18	ST AMRL	€275K €25.5K p/w
	Lázaro	Flamengo	18	AMC/ST	€35.5K €1.7K p/w
	Karim Adeyemi	RB Salzburg	17	ST (AMR)	€1.2Mill €7.75K p/w
	Matías Arezo	River Plate Montevideo	17	ST	€1.1Mill €900 p/w
	Ivo Mammini	Gimnasia (LP)	17	ST	€700K €25 p/w
	Liam Delap	Man City	17	ST	€425K €5.5K p/w
	Marcos Leonardo	Santos	17	ST (AML)	€250K €350 p/w
	Wilfried Gnonto	FC Zürich	16	ST	€37K €230 p/w
	Matheus Nascimento	Botafogo	16	ST	€8.25K €180 p/w
	Luka Reischl	RB Salzburg	16	ST	€400 €60 p/w
	Vincenzo Millico	Torino	19	AML/ST	€875K €7K p/w
	Lincoln	Flamengo	19	ST	€2.2Mill €3.5K p/w
	Sontje Hansen	AFC Ajax	18	AMC/ST	€130K €4K p/w
	Brian Brobbey	Jong Ajax	18	ST	€100K €825 p/w
	Emrehan Gedikli	Bayer Leverkusen	17	ST	€15K €700 p/w