Best defensive U23 players from Australia

The best defensive U23 players from Australia, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

A. Circati of Parma is the standout for raw talent across U23 players from Australia, with a Field Insider Rating of 84, and L. Jovanović leads the scoring with 11 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Circati has improved his Season rating most, up +47.6 on last season, while J. Bos's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +21.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Circati of Parma is the most valuable name in this group at 137.3.

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#	Player	Team	Age	CS	Season	Rating
1	A. Circati Full-back	Parma	22	10	521133.3%	8425.4%
2	P. Beach Goalkeeper	Melbourne City	22	9	30	21
3	C. Peupion Winger	ADO Den Haag	23	9	28659.5%	5812.5%
4	A. Robertson Defensive midfielder	Cardiff	23	9	3211.3%	5125.1%
5	J. Girdwood-Reich Centre-back	Auckland	22	8	331852.9%	2140.9%
6	M. Caputo Centre-forward	Melbourne City	20	7	29	21
7	Samuel Klein Attacking midfielder	Brisbane Roar	22	7	19	21
8	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	7	42345.7%	7739.1%
9	O. Priestman Defensive midfielder	Motherwell	23	6	7	43
10	A. Popovic Centre-back	Sydney	23	6	24458.1%	1956.7%
11	A. Segecic Attacking midfielder	Portsmouth	22	6	38103.2%	7128%
12	J. Valadon Defensive midfielder	Melbourne Victory	23	5	29	21
13	S. Esposito Centre-back	Melbourne Victory	21	5	32	21
14	Z. Schreiber Defensive midfielder	Melbourne City	21	5	20	19
15	A. Pantazopoulos Centre-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	23	5	24	20
16	R. Youlley Defensive midfielder	Sydney	21	5	122850%	1959.8%
17	Z. Sapsford Attacking midfielder	Dundee Utd	23	5	33	50
18	M. Younis Winger	Melbourne City	21	4	2719.4%	2062.5%
19	M. Memeti Centre-forward	Melbourne City	19	4	22	20
20	M. Natta Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	23	4	19	21
21	W. Dobson Attacking midfielder	Newcastle Jets	18	4	24	24
22	J. Rawlins Full-back	Melbourne Victory	22	4	2113.6%	2158.7%
23	L. Bayliss Attacking midfielder	Newcastle Jets	23	4	25	22
24	M. Di Pizio Winger	Central Coast Mariners	20	4	30	22
25	Kavian Rahmani Central midfielder	Melbourne City	19	4	20	20
26	L. Bonetig Centre-back	Melbourne City	21	4	15	18
27	J. Warshawsky Goalkeeper	Melbourne Victory	21	4	10	20
28	J. Vidic Centre-forward	Brisbane Roar	22	4	21	19
29	M. Ruhs Attacking midfielder	Brisbane Roar	23	4	12	19
30	J. Courtney-Perkins Centre-back	Sydney	23	4	15	1848.5%
31	C. Donnell Defensive midfielder	Central Coast Mariners	22	3	18	18
32	C. Taylor Attacking midfielder	Newcastle Jets	22	3	38	23
33	B. Brandtman Attacking midfielder	Central Coast Mariners	21	3	21	20
34	H. Steele Defensive midfielder	Central Coast Mariners	23	3	10	18
35	N. Paull Centre-back	Central Coast Mariners	22	3	21	19
36	K. Jelacic Attacking midfielder	Melbourne Victory	23	3	221471.4%	2039.5%
37	E. Durakovic Attacking midfielder	Melbourne City	20	3	7	19
38	Dylan Scicluna Defensive midfielder	Western Sydney Wanderers	22	3	28	19
39	L. Herrington Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	18	3	12	18
40	P. Kikianis Centre-back	Adelaide United	21	3	23	22
41	G. Kuol Winger	Sparta Praha	21	3	367.1%	297.4%
42	N. Irankunda Central midfielder	Watford	20	3	29	71
43	R. Bozinovski Defensive midfielder	Perth Glory	22	2	19	18
44	O. Lavale Centre-forward	Central Coast Mariners	21	2	9	18
45	C. Hollman Defensive midfielder	Sydney	22	2	6	17
46	M. Dench Full-back	Brisbane Roar	22	2	8	17
47	A. Badolato Attacking midfielder	Newcastle Jets	21	2	37	23
48	B. Mazzeo Centre-forward	Melbourne City	21	2	0	17
49	B. Gibson Centre-forward	Newcastle Jets	23	2	15	20
50	H. Eames Defensive midfielder	Central Coast Mariners	18	2	20	19