Best defensive U23 players from Spain

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

At a glance

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U23 players from Spain, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and Chupe leads the scoring with 24 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +71.2 on last season, while Álvaro Fernández's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +20.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Fermín of Barcelona is the most valuable name in this group at 167.8.

Álvaro Fernández+20.2RTG

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Jacobo Ramón Naveros+71.2SsN

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#	Player	Team	Age	CS	Season	Rating
1	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	15	761369.2%	8914.7%
2	Álex Full-back	Burgos	22	15	62	73
3	Sergi Domínguez Centre-back	Dinamo Zagreb	21	13	491046.5%	4244.1%
4	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	12	5134.3%	93±0%
5	Nacho Ferri Centre-forward	KVC Westerlo	21	11	3923.9%	621.1%
6	Álex Valle Full-back	Como	22	11	54429.4%	8516.7%
7	Marvel Full-back	Leganes	23	11	42116.9%	664%
8	Lamine Yamal Winger	Barcelona	19	10	9148.9%	100±0%
9	Samu Winger	FC Porto	22	10	4037.3%	6711.1%
10	Jesús Rodríguez Attacking midfielder	Como	20	10	34238%	856.2%
11	Álvaro Fernández Full-back	Real Madrid	23	10	5314.3%	9128.5%
12	Aleix Garrido Defensive midfielder	Eibar	22	10	2612950%	676.7%
13	Izan Merino Defensive midfielder	Malaga	20	9	1525.8%	7012.4%
14	Peke Attacking midfielder	Deportivo La Coruna	23	9	512.5%	753.7%
15	Diego Sánchez Full-back	Sporting Gijon	22	9	3021.1%	683.6%
16	David Torres Centre-back	Valladolid	23	9	33212.3%	669.1%
17	Chupe Centre-forward	Malaga	21	9	62384.4%	7728.2%
18	Dani Lorenzo Central midfielder	Malaga	23	9	34381.7%	6919.3%
19	Pedri Defensive midfielder	Barcelona	23	9	5915.9%	908.4%
20	Marcos Fernández Centre-forward	AD Ceuta FC	23	9	46	70
21	Fermín Attacking midfielder	Barcelona	23	8	5075.2%	916.4%
22	Iván Fresneda Full-back	Sporting CP	21	8	3443.5%	640.9%
23	Gael Alonso Centre-back	FC Andorra	23	8	39	67
24	Ale García Attacking midfielder	Las Palmas	23	8	26	6616.5%
25	Beñat Gerenabarrena Central midfielder	Castellón	23	8	39	66
26	Tomás Carbonell Defensive midfielder	Real Sociedad II	21	8	34	67
27	Alejandro Balde Full-back	Barcelona	22	8	3843.8%	865.8%
28	Yeremy Pino Attacking midfielder	Crystal Palace	23	7	1070.4%	298.1%
29	Álex Jiménez Full-back	Bournemouth	21	7	4398.6%	9118.7%
30	Ismael Ferrer Defensive midfielder	Beroe	23	7	16	31
31	Iker Almena Attacking midfielder	HNK Hajduk Split	22	7	15240%	3924.6%
32	Peter Central midfielder	Valladolid	23	7	34	653.6%
33	Aitor Fraga Goalkeeper	Real Sociedad II	23	7	14	65
34	Iván Azón Centre-forward	Ipswich	23	7	233.6%	698.8%
35	Pablo Barrios Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	23	7	403.6%	864.3%
36	Jorge Pascual Centre-forward	Granada CF	23	7	3139.7%	643.7%
37	Chuky San José Centre-forward	Valladolid	22	7	36246.6%	668.1%
38	Alberto Dadie Full-back	Real Sociedad II	23	7	36	6315.9%
39	Lander Astiazarán Attacking midfielder	Real Sociedad II	20	7	30	72
40	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	7	307.5%	812.2%
41	Mario Martín Centre-forward	Getafe	22	7	1638.6%	822.3%
42	Javi Rodríguez Full-back	Celta Vigo	23	7	323.5%	854.7%
43	Luken Beitia Centre-back	Real Sociedad II	22	6	2813650%	643.7%
44	Peio Canales Attacking midfielder	Racing Santander	21	6	392671.4%	776.2%
45	Marc Pubill Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	23	6	3129.9%	787.9%
46	Assane Diao Attacking midfielder	Como	20	6	2223.6%	844%
47	Cristhian Mosquera Full-back	Arsenal	22	6	351.4%	828.7%
48	Alberto Moleiro Central midfielder	Villarreal	22	6	5334.5%	9410%
49	Minsu Kim Winger	FC Andorra	20	6	29	705.3%
50	Lorenzo Aguado Full-back	Albacete	23	6	32	639.2%