Best defensive midfielders in Liga I

The highest-potential defensive midfielders in Liga I, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

E. Bödő of Csikszereda is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Liga I, with a Field Insider Rating of 37.3, and João Lameira has been the form player this season, grading 42, and I. Vînă leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Odada has improved his Season rating most, up +16.4 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Petro of FC Botosani is the most valuable name in this group at 11.9.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	E. Bödő Defensive midfielder	Csikszereda	19	18	37
2	C. Petro Defensive midfielder	FC Botosani	25	32	35
3	M. Lixandru Defensive midfielder	FCSB	25	29	34
4	D. Dongmo Defensive midfielder	Petrolul Ploiesti	25	2010000%	3330.2%
5	V. Dican Defensive midfielder	Farul Constanta	25	26	32
6	C. Vulturar Defensive midfielder	Rapid	22	17	32
7	A. Irimia Defensive midfielder	Metaloglobus	20	9	32
8	V. Pop Defensive midfielder	Unirea Slobozia	25	22	32
9	Ricardo Miguel Torrão Ramalho Defensive midfielder	Farul Constanta	25	25	32
10	R. Odada Defensive midfielder	Uta Arad	25	20468.6%	3121.6%
11	L. Liș Defensive midfielder	Metaloglobus	21	8	31
12	João Lameira Defensive midfielder	Oţelul	27	4220900%	3128.1%
13	D. Hrezdac Defensive midfielder	Uta Arad	24	7	30
14	A. Fică Defensive midfielder	CFR 1907 Cluj	25	13	30
15	M. Dulca Defensive midfielder	Petrolul Ploiesti	27	21	28
16	A. Ciobanu Defensive midfielder	Oţelul	28	23	25
17	João Paulo Defensive midfielder	Oţelul	28	2073.7%	2451.3%
18	Bruno Carvalho Defensive midfielder	Metaloglobus	28	13	23
19	G. Simion Defensive midfielder	Universitatea Cluj	28	12	23
20	B. Végh Defensive midfielder	Csikszereda	29	23	22
21	Aldaír Defensive midfielder	FC Botosani	28	13	22
22	Damià Sabater Defensive midfielder	Metaloglobus	30	35	22
23	T. Keita Defensive midfielder	CFR 1907 Cluj	29	20106.2%	2153%
24	S. Vereș Defensive midfielder	Csikszereda	30	27	21
25	D. Codrea Defensive midfielder	Universitatea Cluj	29	18	21
26	K. Muhar Defensive midfielder	CFR 1907 Cluj	30	3115%	2050%
27	I. Vînă Defensive midfielder	Farul Constanta	31	36	19
28	A. Ivanov Defensive midfielder	AFC Hermannstadt	30	22	19
29	O. Bic Defensive midfielder	Universitatea Cluj	32	31	17
30	J. Hromada Defensive midfielder	Rapid	30	13	16
31	S. Mino Defensive midfielder	Uta Arad	31	16	15
32	T. Lungu Defensive midfielder	Unirea Slobozia	31	12	15
33	A. Albu Defensive midfielder	Unirea Slobozia	32	19	13
34	V. Raţă Defensive midfielder	Arges Pitesti	33	21	12
35	E. Papa Defensive midfielder	FC Botosani	33	18	10
36	A. Mateiu Defensive midfielder	Petrolul Ploiesti	36	9	8