Most Valuable U21 defenders by Market Value in Primera A 25/26

The most valuable U21 defenders in Primera A in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Mena of Águilas Doradas is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in Primera A, with a Field Insider Rating of 28, and T. Palacios leads the scoring with 2 goals.

By our market-value index, J. Mena of Águilas Doradas is the most valuable name in this group at 2.5.

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	Player	Team
1	J. Mena Full-back	Águilas Doradas	21	2.5	23	28
2	K. Sandoval Centre-back	Deportivo Cali	21	2.2	0	35
3	T. Palacios Winger	America de Cali	20	1.6	7	26
4	M. Caicedo Centre-back	America de Cali	21	1.5	0	22
5	E. Cabezas Centre-back	Fortaleza FC	21	1.5	0	23
6	R. García Centre-back	Atletico Nacional	21	1.5	0	23
7	F. Villa Centre-back	Deportivo Pasto	21	1.5	3	23
8	F. Martínez Centre-back	Atletico Nacional	20	1.4	0	23
9	J. Barreiro Centre-back	Deportivo Cali	21	1.4	0	22
10	B. Quiñonez Centre-back	Internacional de Bogota	21	1.4	0	21
11	B. Garcia Centre-back	Millonarios	20	1.4	0	22
12	R. Garzón Centre-back	Llaneros	20	1.4	0	22
13	E. Pardo Centre-back	Llaneros	20	1.4	0	22
14	C. Guzmán Centre-back	Deportes Tolima	20	1.4	0	24
15	Jhon Rentería Centre-back	Santa Fe	20	1.4	0	23
16	K. Aponza Centre-back	Alianza Valledupar	20	1.4	0	23
17	J. Medina Centre-back	Fortaleza FC	20	1.4	0	23
18	Kevin Reyes Centre-back	Deportes Tolima	20	1.4	0	23
19	C. Uribe Centre-back	Atletico Nacional	18	1.4	3	25
20	R. Morales Centre-back	Deportivo Pasto	21	1.4	0	21
21	S. Quiñones Centre-back	America de Cali	20	1.4	0	23
22	J. Pinto Full-back	Union Magdalena	21	1.4	0	22
23	J. Mena Centre-back	Independiente Medellin	19	1.4	0	24
24	C. Olmos Centre-back	Junior	20	1.4	0	23
25	M. Martinez Centre-back	Deportes Tolima	19	1.4	0	24
26	M. Diaz Samuel Full-back	Millonarios	19	1.4	5	24
27	I. Venecia Centre-back	Deportivo Cali	19	1.3	0	22
28	Deiro Ochoa Centre-back	Envigado	19	1.3	0	22
29	Frey Berrio Centre-back	Envigado	19	1.3	0	22
30	D. Cortés Centre-back	Millonarios	19	1.3	0	22
31	Juan Quejada Centre-back	Envigado	19	1.3	3	23
32	J. Pérez Centre-back	Llaneros	20	1.3	0	22
33	J. Medina Obando Centre-back	Fortaleza FC	19	1.3	0	23
34	M. Benitez Centre-back	Deportivo Cali	19	1.3	0	22
35	J. Mosquera Centre-back	Deportivo Pereira	19	1.3	0	22
36	J. Beltrán Centre-back	Llaneros	18	1.2	0	23
37	Hian Rincon Centre-back	Once Caldas	18	1.2	0	23
38	José David Peñaloza Centre-back	Union Magdalena	18	1.2	0	23
39	Julián Hernández Centre-back	Internacional de Bogota	19	1.2	0	22
40	J. Lopez Centre-back	Deportivo Pereira	18	1.2	0	22
41	L. Maturana Centre-back	Independiente Medellin	16	1.1	0	24
42	J. Castro Centre-back	Llaneros	17	1.1	0	23
43	D. Martinez Centre-back	Llaneros	0	0.4	0	10
44	M. Ballesteros Centre-back	Union Magdalena	0	0.4	0	10
45	H. Tenorio Centre-back	Bucaramanga	0	0.4	0	10
46	W. Sagrera Centre-back	Union Magdalena	0	0.4	0	10
47	J. Oritz Full-back	Deportivo Pereira	0	0.4	3	10
48	J. Rodriguez Centre-back	Deportivo Pereira	0	0.4	2	10
49	G. Cadavi Centre-back	Águilas Doradas	0	0.4	0	11
50	Jaime Diaz Centre-back	Deportivo Pereira	0	0.3	0	10