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Centre-backs with the Best Potential in Liga Profesional Argentina 2026

The highest-potential centre-backs in Liga Profesional Argentina in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Ignacio Ovando of Rosario Central is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Liga Profesional Argentina, with a Field Insider Rating of 57.6, and Lisandro López has been the form player this season, grading 74.9, and G. Montiel leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lisandro López has improved his Season rating most, up +59.8 on last season, while L. Rivero's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +8.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Marco Pellegrino of Huracan is the most valuable name in this group at 24.6.

Best talent
Ignacio Ovando57.6RTG
Rosario Central
In form
Lisandro López74.9SsN
Belgrano Cordoba
Rising potential
L. Rivero+8.5RTG
River Plate · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Lisandro López+59.8SsN
Belgrano Cordoba · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
G. Montiel5goals
River Plate
Most valuable
Marco Pellegrino24.6val
Huracan
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PlayerTeam
1Ignacio OvandoCentre-backRosario Central1938905.3%5824.1%
2L. Di LolloCentre-backBoca Juniors225714.2%57±0%
3S. FernándezCentre-backTalleres Cordoba213553.3%5513.3%
4J. LudueñaCentre-backUnion Santa Fe2338160.5%5517.1%
5J. GarcíaCentre-backVelez Sarsfield25475541.9%
6M. RodríguezCentre-backUnion Santa Fe232870.1%5412.7%
7S. StuderCentre-backIndepend. Rivadavia232749.8%543.6%
8K. LomónacoCentre-backIndependiente243445.2%540.6%
9A. MaidanaCentre-backTalleres Cordoba212254
10L. RiveroCentre-backRiver Plate225423%541.5%
11F. ÁlvarezCentre-backArgentinos JRS266921.5%523.8%
12Thiago SilveorCentre-backVelez Sarsfield2012±0%5213.5%
13A. SchottCentre-backTalleres Cordoba26419.8%529.3%
14J. MeliCentre-backInstituto Cordoba255375.8%521.8%
15M. Di CesareCentre-backRacing Club243419.3%520.6%
16Marco PellegrinoCentre-backHuracan2449±0%512.2%
17Luciano VallejoCentre-backAtletico Tucuman22275021.3%
18K. JappertCentre-backBarracas Central223413.8%5010.4%
19Máximo PalazzoCentre-backHuracan212450
20Daniel HerreraCentre-backSan Lorenzo2231311.8%5013.8%
21V. MorenoCentre-backTigre2328479.6%4914.5%
22D. FernándezCentre-backDefensa Y Justicia25403.7%49±0%
23N. MerianoCentre-backBanfield253862.8%498.9%
24Agustín SeyralCentre-backSarmiento Junin212323200%4914.3%
25K. CoronelCentre-backArgentinos JRS2231785.7%4910.7%
26S. MoyaCentre-backAldosivi2311±0%485%
27E. LuceroCentre-backDefensa Y Justicia21178300%4815.6%
28R. De JesúsCentre-backLanus253137.3%474.4%
29J. FedorcoCentre-backIndependiente252678.4%4715.2%
30R. OrihuelaCentre-backSarmiento Junin252214.5%471.5%
31V. FascendiniCentre-backTalleres Cordoba2330±0%4611.1%
32R. GiampaoliCentre-backBoca Juniors264722.4%465.5%
33L. FerreiraCentre-backDefensa Y Justicia2642124.1%462.9%
34E. RaggioCentre-backPlatense242145
35Y. CasermeiroCentre-backCentral Cordoba de Santiago241932.9%443.3%
36A. CostaCentre-backBoca Juniors274511.1%441.1%
37S. MoralesCentre-backSarmiento Junin25112700%439.3%
38L. SoutoCentre-backDefensa Y Justicia27324342.1%
39E. MancusoCentre-backEstudiantes L.P.275064.9%4225.2%
40S. ArzamendiaCentre-backEstudiantes L.P.2839176.6%411%
41F. MansillaCentre-backCentral Cordoba de Santiago2749477.4%4115.3%
42E. MartínezCentre-backGimnasia L.P.2850271.6%4027.2%
43A. MaldonadoCentre-backBelgrano Cordoba286170.8%390.5%
44J. AntoniniCentre-backEstudiantes de Rio Cuarto27182.3%3926.6%
45L. MosevichCentre-backArgentinos JRS293952.4%3831.7%
46N. ColomboCentre-backRacing Club271864.7%3813.3%
47G. MontielCentre-backRiver Plate294314.1%389%
48M. GuillénCentre-backArgentinos JRS2511270%3817.8%
49M. BracamonteCentre-backDeportivo Riestra27234.2%361.7%
50N. ZalazarCentre-backAldosivi29355.4%3611.7%