U21 defenders with the Best Potential in Eerste Divisie

The highest-potential U21 defenders in Eerste Divisie, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Tomas Galvez of Cambuur is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in Eerste Divisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 63.7, and I. Baouf has been the form player this season, grading 39.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: I. Baouf has improved his Season rating most, up +23.4 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Tomas Galvez of Cambuur is the most valuable name in this group at 16.9.

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	Player	Team
1	Tomas Galvez Full-back	Cambuur	21	3282.2%	6415.6%
2	I. Baouf Centre-back	Cambuur	19	39150%	6442.7%
3	N. Held Full-back	Waalwijk	20	2411.2%	6113%
4	F. Merién Centre-back	Jong PSV U21	17	3130400%	6035.8%
5	Lukas Larsen Full-back	Emmen	20	24	59
6	Raf van de Riet Full-back	Jong PSV U21	19	17351.4%	5926.2%
7	R. Besselink Full-back	De Graafschap	21	2624.3%	586.2%
8	N. Verschuren Centre-back	FC Volendam	21	2735.7%	581.8%
9	S. van der Plas Centre-back	Jong PSV U21	20	28270.7%	5718.6%
10	W. Kooy Centre-back	Jong Utrecht	21	23100%	5710.7%
11	E. Bassey Full-back	Jong PSV U21	19	28	5729.5%
12	E. van de Blaak Centre-back	Almere City FC	21	239.1%	56±0%
13	Viggo Plantinga Full-back	Jong Utrecht	17	19	56
14	P. Ugwu Centre-back	FC Volendam	20	1642.2%	565.7%
15	M. Monamay Centre-back	Jong PSV U21	20	20108.4%	5514.3%
16	P. Kloosterboer Centre-back	Jong Utrecht	21	23289.7%	5517.1%
17	S. Bultman Centre-back	De Graafschap	21	134%	5511.9%
18	Massien Ghaddari Full-back	Jong Utrecht	21	1528.4%	545.6%
19	A. Appiah Full-back	Jong Ajax	20	281121.7%	5418.6%
20	K. Symons Full-back	De Graafschap	21	1927.5%	54±0%
21	C. Østergaard Centre-back	Emmen	21	21	54
22	Lenn-Minh Tran Full-back	MVV	19	31	54
23	Jinairo Johnson Full-back	Jong Ajax	19	24266.2%	5312%
24	T. Vianello Full-back	Almere City FC	21	8	53
25	J. Zwart Centre-back	Jong AZ	19	25	53
26	Mathijs Menu Centre-back	Jong AZ	21	20385.7%	5310%
27	M. Bresser Full-back	Jong PSV U21	19	10128.6%	5316.4%
28	O. Renfrum Centre-back	FC Eindhoven	0	10	52
29	M. Muzungu Centre-back	Jong Ajax	18	23	52
30	L. Mol Full-back	FC OSS	21	141444.4%	527.1%
31	Y. Raap Full-back	Jong PSV U21	20	112750%	5217%
32	M. van der Lans Centre-back	Jong Ajax	19	19	51
33	L. Jetten Full-back	Jong Ajax	19	1652.5%	517.4%
34	M. Mariani Full-back	FC OSS	21	11	517.8%
35	J. Plug Centre-back	Dordrecht	21	18	5113.3%
36	M. van de Wetering Full-back	FC Eindhoven	17	11	51
37	Tijn Joosten Centre-back	VVV Venlo	19	12245.7%	519%
38	E. Butera Centre-back	Jong Ajax	20	196166.7%	5114.7%
39	Gijs Bolk Full-back	Emmen	21	16	5110.9%
40	A. Natali Full-back	Jong AZ	18	8	49
41	J. Mesbahi Full-back	Emmen	20	8	4916.3%
42	F. Andersen Full-back	Jong AZ	19	11	49
43	P. Sondergaard Centre-back	Emmen	18	8	48
44	K. Inge Full-back	Jong AZ	19	6	48
45	J. Esajas Centre-back	Jong AZ	21	923.9%	4811.1%
46	Djairo Tehubyuluw Full-back	MVV	21	11152.3%	482.8%
47	Xiamaro Thenu Full-back	Vitesse	21	12	48
48	M. Kuipers Full-back	MVV	20	5	48
49	K. Sy Full-back	MVV	21	17	477.5%
50	K. Kasanwirjo Centre-back	Jong Ajax	17	10	46