Best defensive U23 players in Eredivisie

The best defensive U23 players in Eredivisie, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

M. Godts of Ajax is the standout for raw talent across U23 players in Eredivisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 84.3.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: G. Zechiël has improved his Season rating most, up +55.9 on last season, while S. Shoretire's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +34.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Resink of Groningen is the most valuable name in this group at 100.5.

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#	Player	Team	Age	CS	Season	Rating
1	M. Godts Winger	Ajax	21	11	79238.8%	8411.8%
2	Y. Baas Centre-back	Ajax	23	11	545.7%	764.5%
3	M. Young Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	20	11	5969.4%	768.3%
4	T. van Bergen Centre-forward	Groningen	22	10	4461%	788.2%
5	T. Blokzijl Centre-back	Groningen	21	10	4149.1%	768.3%
6	Y. Taha Attacking midfielder	Groningen	23	9	461022%	7724.4%
7	D. Janse Centre-back	Groningen	20	9	4294.9%	7543.5%
8	G. Zechiël Defensive midfielder	Utrecht	22	9	66542.7%	8226.1%
9	J. Schreuders Attacking midfielder	Groningen	21	9	1557.3%	733.4%
10	A. Engwanda Defensive midfielder	Utrecht	23	9	43129.7%	7410.8%
11	L. Valente Attacking midfielder	Feyenoord	22	8	3212.5%	773.9%
12	M. Rots Full-back	Twente	20	8	42456%	8430.1%
13	W. Goes Centre-back	AZ Alkmaar	22	8	3916.3%	741.1%
14	Y. Regeer Central midfielder	Ajax	22	7	33164.8%	69±0%
15	S. Resink Attacking midfielder	Groningen	23	7	45581.8%	7939.2%
16	A. Gaaei Full-back	Ajax	23	7	2924.3%	718.2%
17	D. van der Werff Attacking midfielder	Groningen	21	7	21	7129.1%
18	T. de Jonge Defensive midfielder	Groningen	23	7	4271.3%	7214.9%
19	K. Hlynsson Attacking midfielder	Twente	22	7	50574.3%	8030.1%
20	S. Mito Attacking midfielder	Sparta Rotterdam	23	7	44104.2%	7410.1%
21	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	7	42345.7%	7739.1%
22	R. Owusu-Oduro Goalkeeper	AZ Alkmaar	22	6	1943.6%	716.1%
23	Y. Cathline Attacking midfielder	Utrecht	23	6	2920.7%	75±0%
24	C. Widell Centre-back	Excelsior	23	6	2836.6%	7111.6%
25	T. de Graaff Goalkeeper	PEC Zwolle	21	6	10444.4%	7342%
26	O. Gloukh Central midfielder	Ajax	22	6	35	72
27	A. MacNulty Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	23	6	305.9%	715.7%
28	I. Jensen Attacking midfielder	AZ Alkmaar	22	6	2335.2%	7150%
29	K. Smit Defensive midfielder	AZ Alkmaar	20	6	42336.1%	7919.6%
30	J. Breum Defensive midfielder	GO Ahead Eagles	22	6	455.1%	745%
31	A. Santos Defensive midfielder	Sparta Rotterdam	20	6	28	67
32	T. Land Winger	Groningen	20	5	1821.7%	6829.4%
33	G. de Regt Centre-forward	Excelsior	22	5	3536.3%	7128.5%
34	I. Yegoian Central midfielder	Excelsior	22	5	5239.7%	7323.9%
35	A. Adelgaard Full-back	GO Ahead Eagles	22	5	2546.8%	671.4%
36	S. Lemkin Centre-back	Twente	23	5	25620.6%	7194.8%
37	L. Sauer Winger	Feyenoord	20	5	2634.4%	771.5%
38	O. Braude Full-back	Heerenveen	22	5	3029%	775.5%
39	Yarek Gasiorowski Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	21	5	2883.7%	761.2%
40	K. Sano Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	22	5	5755.2%	809.9%
41	R. Daal Attacking midfielder	AZ Alkmaar	21	4	785.8%	653.8%
42	E. Dijkstra Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	19	4	23±0%	678.8%
43	R. Meerveld Attacking midfielder	Heerenveen	23	4	3412.4%	736.9%
44	M. Smit Centre-forward	GO Ahead Eagles	23	4	3487.4%	693.8%
45	S. Ouaissa Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	21	4	4952%	8212.9%
46	R. Hillen Centre-back	NAC Breda	23	4	3013.3%	645.6%
47	M. Linday Defensive midfielder	Heerenveen	23	4	4142.2%	6991.1%
48	M. Willemsen Centre-back	Heerenveen	23	4	2210.9%	7129.6%
49	O. Aertssen Full-back	PEC Zwolle	21	4	311%	674.2%
50	D. Kasius Central midfielder	AZ Alkmaar	23	4	3327%	72±0%