U19 midfielders with the Best Potential

The highest-potential U19 midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

Best goalkeepers Best defenders Best attackers Most in-form midfielders Top-scoring midfielders Most valuable midfielders

At a glance

M. Culbreath of Bayer Leverkusen is the standout for raw talent across U19 midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 75.7, and A. Doumbia has been the form player this season, grading 55.2, and V. Kostov leads the scoring with 12 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: H. Amass has improved his Season rating most, up +22.2 on last season, while O. Pietuszewski's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +30.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, H. Armstrong of Everton is the most valuable name in this group at 78.3.

O. Pietuszewski+30.4RTG

FC Porto · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

H. Amass+22.2SsN

Manchester United · 24/25→25/26

50 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	M. Culbreath Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	19	14	76
2	K. Merah Central midfielder	Lyon	19	15±0%	75±0%
3	Andre Attacking midfielder	Corinthians	19	34439.7%	7418.3%
4	H. Amass Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	19	26541.5%	721.9%
5	G. Justino Central midfielder	Botafogo	19	19	67
6	A. Ochoa Attacking midfielder	Malaga	19	12143.8%	6612.6%
7	Huguinho Defensive midfielder	Botafogo	19	21±0%	6548.1%
8	O. Pietuszewski Central midfielder	FC Porto	18	16	6588.6%
9	T. Rowe Central midfielder	Aston Villa	19	2414.6%	62±0%
10	J. Monga Central midfielder	Manchester City	17	111030%	6210.3%
11	João Simões Central midfielder	Sporting CP	19	914.9%	621.1%
12	K. Eichhorn Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	17	19	60
13	Bae Seung-Gyun Defensive midfielder	Feyenoord	18	19	60
14	N. Schelotto Attacking midfielder	Gimnasia L.P.	19	29233.3%	5922.2%
15	A. Thomas Central midfielder	RB Leipzig	19	2514.3%	593%
16	N. El Jamali Central midfielder	Saint Etienne	19	42.6%	57±0%
17	C. Comotto Defensive midfielder	AC Milan	18	13	57
18	Y. Hamdaoui Central midfielder	Antwerp	18	11	5623%
19	F. Thorvaldsen Attacking midfielder	Twente	19	25	56
20	T. Aranda Central midfielder	Boca Juniors	19	27	56
21	E. Mensah Defensive midfielder	AD Ceuta FC	18	6	55
22	J. van Ommeren Defensive midfielder	Jong Utrecht	18	20±0%	54±0%
23	L. Regiardo Defensive midfielder	Newells Old Boys	19	33115.8%	5410.9%
24	A. Ouazane Winger	Jong Ajax	16	24±0%	54±0%
25	A. Mehmeti Central midfielder	New York Red Bulls	17	49	53
26	V. Kostov Central midfielder	FK Crvena Zvezda	18	55	53
27	Z. Gozo Winger	Crystal Palace	19	52131.6%	5314.5%
28	Yoon Do-Yong Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	19	18291.5%	5313.1%
29	A. Medina Defensive midfielder	Lanus	19	159.6%	521.2%
30	Santiago Sandoval Central midfielder	Guadalajara Chivas	19	27	51
31	R. Sato Central midfielder	Valencia	19	10±0%	50±0%
32	Jacob Peter Hödl Defensive midfielder	Sturm Graz	19	27	50
33	J. Mattar Central midfielder	Newells Old Boys	18	192557.1%	4916.8%
34	B. Broggio Attacking midfielder	Falkirk	19	18±0%	48±0%
35	C. Sanchez Central midfielder	Atlanta United FC	18	222675%	4831.1%
36	D. van der Vaart Defensive midfielder	Jong Ajax	19	7	47
37	C. Ashia Winger	Huddersfield	19	11	47
38	E. Seck Central midfielder	KAA Gent II	19	23	47
39	T. Nyhammer Attacking midfielder	Tromso	19	28	46
40	O. Soroka Central midfielder	KAA Gent II	19	21	46
41	S. Brunell Defensive midfielder	Seattle Sounders	19	27378.6%	4612.3%
42	Lucas Ferreira Attacking midfielder	FC Luzern	19	26	46
43	A. Doumbia Central midfielder	BK Hacken	18	55	45
44	A. Bačanin Central midfielder	FC Basel 1893	19	15	45
45	B. Mazurek Central midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	19	23	4432%
46	L. Engelns Defensive midfielder	1899 Hoffenheim	19	15240%	4423.9%
47	Philipp Maybach Defensive midfielder	Austria Vienna	18	11	44
48	M. Diallo Central midfielder	KAA Gent II	19	15	43
49	Thomas Lopes Attacking midfielder	Servette FC	18	14	43
50	J. Bisiwu Central midfielder	Barcelona	18	469.8%	433.4%