Best defensive players from Angola

The best defensive players from Angola, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Beni of Guimaraes is the standout for raw talent across players from Angola, with a Field Insider Rating of 61.3, and Fábio Abreu has been the form player this season, grading 77.2.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Fábio Abreu has improved his Season rating most, up +39.4 on last season, while Hélder Costa's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +6.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Zito Luvumbo of Mallorca is the most valuable name in this group at 126.

Yunnan Yukun · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Fábio Abreu+39.4SsN

Beijing Guoan · 21/22→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	CS	Season	Rating
1	Clinton Mata Centre-back	Lyon	33	14	6544.5%	3616.5%
2	Fredy Attacking midfielder	Çorum FK	36	13	576.1%	2113.3%
3	Inácio Miguel Centre-back	Kaizer Chiefs	30	11	34199.1%	197.9%
4	Jonathan Buatu Centre-back	GIL Vicente	32	11	44121.3%	324.2%
5	Batxi Attacking midfielder	FC Krasnodar	28	10	2527.9%	2722.2%
6	Show Central midfielder	Kocaelispor	27	8	24419.1%	4119.3%
7	Fábio Abreu Centre-forward	Beijing Guoan	33	8	77104.2%	1664.1%
8	Gigli Ndefe Defensive midfielder	Slovácko	32	7	24	1
9	Pedro Francisco Full-back	Famalicao	21	7	30716.2%	611.5%
10	Beni Defensive midfielder	Guimaraes	24	7	3236.9%	61±0%
11	Nélson Luz Attacking midfielder	Qingdao Youth Island	28	6	23415.6%	2552.9%
12	Vá Centre-forward	Lillestrom	27	6	1327.9%	2632.1%
13	Mário Balbúrdia Defensive midfielder	Boluspor	28	5	27201.1%	3420.2%
14	Egas Cacintura Attacking midfielder	Akhmat	28	5	4018.7%	2713.9%
15	Maestro Central midfielder	Alanyaspor	22	5	2034.6%	4610.1%
16	Kialonda Gaspar Centre-back	Lecce	28	5	345.8%	5811.7%
17	Milson Winger	FK Crvena Zvezda	26	4	112.6%	335.5%
18	Zini Centre-forward	AEK Athens FC	24	4	1173.7%	3814.4%
19	Loide Augusto Winger	Rizespor	26	3	171.7%	418.8%
20	Miro Centre-forward	Dinamo Makhachkala	23	3	97.3%	2940.2%
21	Domingos Andrade Defensive midfielder	FC Porto B	23	3	1347.2%	469.6%
22	M'Bala Nzola Centre-forward	Pisa	29	3	2315.8%	4720.4%
23	Manuel Keliano Defensive midfielder	Akhmat	23	3	2218.4%	3143%
24	Capita Attacking midfielder	Radomiak Radom	24	3	2154.1%	364%
25	Kaly Centre-back	Casa Pia	22	3	16	546.5%
26	Mabululu Centre-forward	Al Ittihad	34	2	3	6
27	Bruno Paz Defensive midfielder	Oţelul	28	2	548.6%	2142.6%
28	Rui Modesto Defensive midfielder	Palermo	26	2	1555.2%	5442.1%
29	Anderson Lucoqui Full-back	Energie Cottbus	29	2	744%	2326.3%
30	David Kusso Winger	Chaves	22	2	11	4710.4%
31	Núrio Fortuna Full-back	Volos NFC	31	2	12229.7%	1840.2%
32	Zito Luvumbo Winger	Mallorca	24	1	1222.6%	699.6%
33	Dilson Centre-forward	El Geish	29	1	2	17
34	Elione Neto Defensive midfielder	Hradec Králové	20	1	243.3%	197.5%
35	João Gastão Centre-forward	Estrela	19	1	3	52
36	Jonás Ramalho Central midfielder	Olympic Charleroi	33	1	1251.4%	1267.5%
37	Lucas João Centre-forward	Nacional	32	1	484.6%	1761.9%