Most valuable U18 centre-backs

The most valuable U18 centre-backs, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

T. Tati of Nantes is the standout for raw talent across U18 centre-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 78.8, and Allan De León has been the form player this season, grading 32.4, and C. Pavey leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Renders has improved his Season rating most, up +0.7 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Routh of Aston Villa U21 is the most valuable name in this group at 145.1.

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#	Player	Team	Age	val	Season	Rating
1	L. Routh Centre-back	Aston Villa U21	18	145.1	10	97
2	C. Pavey Centre-back	Sweden U17	18	143.1	0	95
3	G. King Centre-back	Crystal Palace U21	18	126.9	13	85
4	V. Vladimirov Centre-back	Bulgaria U17	18	121.5	0	81
5	I. Salhi Centre-back	Mallorca	18	120.2	9	80
6	W. Valenza Centre-back	Norway U17	18	111.6	0	74
7	C. De Paoli Centre-back	Udinese	18	107.1	0	71
8	Deiro Ochoa Centre-back	Envigado	18	107.1	0	71
9	A. Velilla Centre-back	Albacete	18	107.1	0	71
10	E. Mayers Centre-back	West Ham	18	103.7	0	69
11	J. Byfield Centre-back	Tottenham	18	103.2	0	69
12	T. Tati Centre-back	Nantes	18	95.7	27	79
13	M. Llorente Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	17	91.6	0	71
14	J. Olaizola Centre-back	Mallorca	18	90.9	0	66
15	Nacho Pérez Centre-back	Levante	17	86.7	1	67
16	D. Ofli Centre-back	Bayern München	18	85	0	68
17	Cassiano Kiala Centre-back	Bayern München	17	79.4	0	68
18	Stephan Zagadou Centre-back	Le Havre	17	79.3	9	70
19	C. Neumann Centre-back	1. FC Köln	18	79.2	1	64
20	Mick Schmetgens Centre-back	Werder Bremen	18	78.3	1	63
21	Brad-Hamilton Mantsounga Centre-back	Nice	18	75.5	2	62
22	R. Nijstad Centre-back	Twente	18	68.7	17	72
23	L. Lemke Centre-back	Hamburger SV	16	68.4	0	63
24	Vitão Centre-back	Atlético Mineiro U17	18	62.8	0	63
25	Marquinhos Centre-back	Botafogo	18	58.6	0	59
26	R. Otegbayo Centre-back	Stoke City	18	56.1	3	58
27	P. Fidel Cedillo Segura Centre-back	Almeria	18	51.2	1	58
28	S. Fernandez Centre-back	Deportivo La Coruna	18	50.8	0	57
29	Juan José Flores Castro Centre-back	Granada CF	18	50.3	4	57
30	Dani Albuera Centre-back	Cordoba	18	48.8	0	55
31	Alejandro Galdeano Centre-back	Valladolid	18	47.2	0	53
32	A. Gomes Centre-back	Zaragoza	17	46.3	7	56
33	D. Leonard Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	18	43.5	1	55
34	Boris Manuzah Lum Centre-back	Hertha BSC	18	42.3	2220%	533.1%
35	Noah Donkor Centre-back	Estac Troyes	18	42.3	0	54
36	K. Gray Centre-back	Leicester	0	41.7	0	54
37	J. Wijnreder Centre-back	Heracles	0	41.5	0	54
38	I. Mohamed Centre-back	Montpellier	18	40.5	0	52
39	Antonio Velilla Miro Centre-back	Albacete	0	38.7	0	55
40	Jon De Orue Otamendi Centre-back	Real Sociedad II	0	38.1	0	54
41	A. Calvo Centre-back	Huesca	0	37.1	0	52
42	Jaime Sánchez Centre-back	Zaragoza	0	36.7	0	52
43	Cristian Marai Centre-back	Mantova	0	35.3	0	54
44	F. Merién Centre-back	Jong PSV U21	17	34.2	3130400%	6035.8%
45	S. Renders Centre-back	Antwerp	18	33.7	98.6%	511.6%
46	Matheus Mattara Centre-back	Famalicao	0	33.2	0	52
47	M. Muzungu Centre-back	Jong Ajax	18	32.1	23	52
48	Jens Mathijsen Centre-back	Willem II	18	30.9	797.2%	509.2%
49	D. Djedje Centre-back	Bastia	0	30.5	0	49
50	S. Puljhun Centre-back	ADO Den Haag	18	29.8	1	49